Shutterstock is a premier partner for transformative brands, digital media and marketing companies, empowering the world to create with confidence. Fueled by millions of creators around the world, a growing data engine and a fearless approach to product innovation, Shutterstock is the leading global platform for licensing from the most extensive and diverse collection of high-quality 3D models, videos, music, photographs, vectors and illustrations.

From the world’s largest content marketplace, to breaking news and A-list entertainment editorial access, to all-in-one content editing platform and studio production service—all using the latest in innovative technology—Shutterstock offers the most comprehensive selection of resources to bring storytelling to life.

Our Values

Our mission is to connect customers to the content they need, wherever they are, so they can create, build or share their next big idea. Our purpose is to empower the world to tell their stories by bridging the gap between idea and execution.

Our values guide us in everything we do — from how we engage with each other every day, to how we make decisions for our company, including identifying top talent who best fit our team.

Diversity, equity and inclusion at Shutterstock

Shutterstock is deeply focused on equity and committed to diversity across areas including race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnicity, and national origin. Guided by our Build Community value, our goal is to create a workforce, contributor network, and content library that are representative of our diverse global community.

Employee Groups: Empowering Authenticity and Equal Success

We prioritize fostering an inclusive work culture that allows individuals to be themselves and have the equitable opportunity to succeed. Some of our achievements include:

Women@Shutterstock

Women@Shutterstock brings women’s issues to the forefront of the company to positively impact the company culture.

ShADEs

Dedicated to the retention, development, and advancement of Black employees while promoting a culture of inclusion in the communities where they live and work.

Minds Over Matter

Supports employees by raising awareness and providing resources about mental health and disabilities in the workplace.

Prism

Committed to creating a supportive, diverse, and inclusive company culture for LGBTQ+ people globally.

Todos Juntos

Todos Juntos is dedicated to furthering the recruitment, career development, and retention of Hispanic and Latinx employees at Shutterstock.

Pan-Asian

Pan-Asian is committed to empowering an inclusive company culture for people of Asian descent, and focuses on the recruitment, engagement, and retention of employees at Shutterstock.

MEDIA

The Middle East Diverse Influential Assemblage (MEDIA) aims to raise cultural awareness and celebrate the rich, vastly diverse traditions of the Middle East with all Shutterstock colleagues.

Seasons

Seasons is committed to giving employees of all ages a voice while bridging gaps between different generations and career levels.

Our DE&I Statement

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion vision is to build a company that is inclusive, equitable and representative of our global communities and customers. We do this through our Community, Talent and Action.

SSTK has a goal to increase representation across the company. We believe that the only way to address this is to bridge networks with diverse talent communities so we can connect with the communities and capture the broadest pool of candidates that is representative of the communities in which Shutterstock operates and serves. GTA Black Women in Tech was a natural partner in this goal.