Getty Images Names Editor and VP of Consumer Media

Getty Images announced that Bill Shapiro will join the company as editor and vice president of consumer media.

Based in New York, Shapiro joins Getty from Fast Company magazine, where he served as director for editorial and new business enterprises. Before that, he spent 18 years at Time Inc. where his diverse career included serving as editor of LIFE magazine, and as the founding editor of LIFE.com. He has worked in senior editorial positions in the magazine business for twenty years, is a curator of fine-art photography, and is an established author.