This is your hub for everything related to submitting, managing, and getting the most from
your portfolio on Arcangel.

Step-by-step guides on uploading and keywording images, understanding licensing models and royalties, navigating the contributor portal, and meeting our technical and content standards. Whether you're new to Arcangel or a long-standing contributor, this section keeps you up to date on platform features, best practices for getting your work seen by buyers.

Everything you need to find, license, and use imagery from the Arcangel collection.

This section covers how to search effectively (including AI-powered and traditional search tools), understanding licence types and usage rights, downloading and managing assets, working with our team on bespoke briefs and image research, and integrating Arcangel into your existing workflows via Adobe. Whether you're sourcing a single cover image or managing licensing across a publishing programme, you'll find the guidance you need here.

Interested in joining Arcangel? This page covers what it's like to work with us, including our commission
structure, the kind of imagery we're looking for, and where we sit in the rights-managed market.

We've spent over 20 years building a curated, boutique library trusted by major publishers worldwide,
and we're always looking for photographers and illustrators whose work fits that standard.

Read on for an honest look at what we offer and whether Arcangel is the right home for your portfolio.

Your guide to building a stronger portfolio and a more successful partnership with Arcangel.

Our first course, Foundations, covers the strategic groundwork every contributor needs: how the Arcangel system actually works, what makes a professional contributor, how to think before you create, workflows and metadata, improving approval rates for both photography and illustration, genre and creative direction, long-term organisation, commissions and collaborations, and staying competitive through reinvention. 10 video lessons, roughly 20 minutes total. Free for all contributors.