Sara Guerrini

Member of an independent and international network of photo editors. Experiences: social visual management, picture and video researching, copyright clearances for social media, exhibitions, catalogues and other media outlets.

Selecting and editing photo-journalistic works, liaising with photographers, curating the Parallelozero's Fellowship (a professional development program aiming to introduce photojournalists to the editorial market and publishing industry).

Mondadori Portfolio (Grazia, Mondadori Scienze), D and D-LUI magazine, GEO Magazine, ecc.

In charge as Photo Editor for CLOTHES FOR HUMANS, quarterly Magalog by Benetton in which collection images are interspersed by in-depth photographic stories about what people wear in different parts of the world. Translated in 8 languages and worldwide distributed, the Magalog is an hybrid between a magazine and a catalogue and part of Benetton's new brand identity and marketing philosophy "Clothes For Humans".

Image consultancy at various levels of the visual production, commissioning of photo features and illustrations on current affairs, photo researches, conceiving of NW european edition covers, launching of the London photo department and following management (budget, contracts with photographers and photo agencies, web and other electronic media usage rights)

Picture Editor at D - La Repubblica, weekend supplement of Milan based La Repubblica national daily newspaper.

Leading requests and negotiation of rights with image buyers from the German and Italian corporate, commercial, editorial and media market. Managing contacts and communication with hi-touch photographers, providing bespoke image solutions, clearing of models and property releases. Editing and conceiving of creative content for marketing purposes. Meeting and presentations with agencies and clients.

Coordinating photo assignments in worldwide war and conflict territories (Afghanistan, Somalia, South Africa, Chechnya, Congo, Kashmir), organizing budgets and clearing of rights

Picture Editor and Archivist at Milan office of La Repubblica, national daily newspaper.

Picture Editor at D-La Repubblica delle Donne, weekly supplement of Milan based La Repubblica national daily newspaper. Editing, photo database research, research and editing of photographer's works and reportages, managing contacts with photographers, photo and press agencies, etc.

Picture Editor at First, monthly supplement of Milan based national newsmagazine Panorama. Photo assignments, editing, research and editing of photographer's works and reportages, photo database research, portfolio reviews, managing contacts with photographers, photo and press agencies, etc.

Customised stock photo research for commercial and editorial clients, coordinating photo assignments for the advertising department of Milan based International photo agency and picture library, Grazianeri. With an Intern position: Picture desk assistant in editing photographer's work. Assistant in coordination and press office workflow at Grazianeri's photo gallery. Curating and updating both digital and analogue archive.

Assistant at Berlin based German photo agency and picture library, Ostkreuz. Developing of photo researches in order to meet requests of editorial and commercial clients. Assisting in coordination and organisation of “Neueinstellung - 17 fotografische Positionen” photo exhibition. Editing, curating and updating both analogue and digital archive.

Leonardo EU Scolarship – Picture Editor at Stern, weekly German newsmagazine based in Hamburg. Working on researches in International and German photo libraries. Running daily check on incoming photo news. Managing contacts with agencies. Assisting the picture department in all photography matters related to the magazine, in editing and in portfolio reviews.

Graduation thesis in Sociology of Media and Communication: The Weekly Illustrated Newsmagazine: The Fall of German Magazine Stern.