Stop Wasting Hours
Hunting for Images.
Finding the perfect, un-clichéd stock photo takes hours of scrolling. Hire a highly-trained Virtual Assistant to run advanced boolean searches, verify commercial licensing, and curate perfect asset boards for your creative team.
Expert Navigators of Visual Asset Libraries
Generalist VAs Don't Understand Image Licensing.
Finding a picture is easy. Finding a high-resolution, un-clichéd image that has the correct commercial model releases and doesn't violate editorial-use-only restrictions is hard. A mistake here can cost your agency thousands in copyright infringement fines.
That's why Sagedoer provides managed Visual Researchers. Our VAs understand boolean search logic to find hidden gems, and our Project Managers QA every asset board for compliance before you see it.
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Advanced Search Mastery
We don't search "happy business people". We use operators to exclude common tropes, search by specific hex color codes, filter by photographer, and isolate specific negative space for your ad copy.
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Project Manager QA
Before a "Lightbox" of options is sent to your Creative Director, your Sagedoer Project Manager reviews the assets to ensure they perfectly match the creative brief and brand guidelines.
Visual Ops: What Your VA Handles Daily
Offload the tedious scrolling so your creative team can focus on design and strategy.
Asset Curation (Lightboxes)
Translating your creative brief into curated "boards" or "lightboxes" on Getty/Shutterstock containing 20-30 highly relevant, on-brand options for the final decision maker.
License & Compliance Checks
Vetting every image to ensure it has valid model/property releases. Identifying 'Editorial Use Only' restrictions to prevent costly copyright claims on commercial campaigns.
Metadata & Tagging
Downloading purchased assets and organizing them into your internal DAM (Digital Asset Manager) or Google Drive, applying strict naming conventions and searchable tags.
Credit/Budget Management
Tracking platform credits and subscription limits across Adobe Stock, Getty, and Shutterstock to ensure your agency doesn't overspend or waste expiring monthly downloads.
Reverse Image Searching
Using TinEye or Google Lens to check if a "perfect" stock photo has already been overused by your direct competitors, ensuring your campaigns remain visually unique.
Basic Formatting & Resizing
Downloading the massive 4K raw files and converting them into web-optimized JPGs/WebP files, cropping to specific aspect ratios for your social media or blog teams.
A Back-Office Creative Team Without the Overhead
Bypass the hassle of recruiting, testing, and managing junior researchers. Get curated visual assets delivered through one dedicated manager—at absolutely no extra charge.
Single Point of Contact
Your PM handles all VA supervision and task delegation. You just send the creative brief or article draft.
Zero Wasted Time
Centralised time tracking means you pay exclusively for pure, productive search and curation minutes.
Exceptional Quality
Our team is visually vetted. The PM reviews search results to ensure options aren't cheesy or off-brand before sending to you.
No Platform Fees
Unlike general freelancer platforms, we charge no hidden markups, no onboarding fees, and no monthly memberships.
Up to 70%
Savings vs. an in-house photo editor or junior designer.
Trusted by Content Teams & Agencies
"Our designers were spending 20% of their day just scrolling through Getty looking for the right vibe. Now, we send a slack message to our Sagedoer PM, and 4 hours later we have a curated board of 30 perfect, cleared images. Huge time saver."
"We publish 10 articles a day. Our Sagedoer VA reads the drafts, finds relevant editorial images, resizes them for our CMS, and adds the alt-text. The QA from the Project Manager means we never publish the wrong image."
"I had a nightmare previously where a VA used an 'Editorial Only' image in a paid Facebook ad. Sagedoer's strict compliance checking means I never have to worry about copyright infringement or licensing errors again."
"Not only do they find great images, but they manage our Adobe Stock credits perfectly. They organized our entire messy Google Drive of past assets into a properly tagged folder system. Highly recommend."
The Curation Workflow
From raw concept to perfectly licensed assets.
Submit the Brief
Share your platform access (Getty, Adobe), brand style guide, and current needs via Email or WhatsApp.
Strategy Alignment
Your dedicated PM will outline the search parameters, compliance rules, and finalize details.
Expert Execution
Your PM oversees daily operations, ensuring the VA curates brilliant lightboxes without clichés.
Pay Only for Output
We log and charge exclusively for the VA's actual search time. PM QA supervision is completely free.
Transparent Agency Pricing
Stop paying premium design rates for basic stock photo searching.
Part-Time
20 Hours Per Week
Est. $560 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
- Pay only for hours of pure work
- Dedicated Project Manager included
- Free management supervision
- Zero setup or onboarding fees
- No monthly membership charges
Full-Time
40 Hours Per Week
Est. $960 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
- Pay only for hours of pure work
- Dedicated Project Manager included
- Free management supervision
- Zero setup or onboarding fees
- No monthly membership charges
Comparison of Sagedoer
| Features | Traditional Platforms | THE SMART CHOICE Sagedoer |
|---|---|---|
| Platform & Management Fees | Up to 40% in hidden markups, bidding, and memberships | 0% Hidden Fees. Pay strictly for hours worked. |
| Daily Team Management | You must juggle and supervise multiple freelancers | Dedicated Project Manager acts as your single point of contact |
| Quality Assurance | Hit-or-miss talent with unverified credentials | Internally vetted, rigorously trained premium experts |
| Hiring & Deployment Speed | Endless cycles of interviewing and testing candidates | Instant delegation. We immediately assign the right specialist. |
| Billing & Invoicing | Complex, multi-freelancer invoices with currency headaches | Simple, unified, centralised USD invoicing |
| Staff Turnover & Replacements | Start the hiring and training process all over again | Seamless internal replacements with zero workflow disruption |
Operations FAQs
How does the VA learn our brand's visual style?
Do I have to give out my Getty or Adobe Stock passwords?
Who actually downloads and pays for the images?
What exactly does the Project Manager check?
Ready to Streamline Visual Ops?
Stop paying premium designers to do basic image searches. Outsource your visual curation to our managed team today.
Request a Consultation
Submit the form below. Your Sagedoer project manager will contact you within 24 hours.