---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-017404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSTK"
cik: "0001549346"
company_name: "Shutterstock, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:26:41.625006+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shutterstock CEO Stan Pavlovsky resigns; founder Jonathan Oringer named interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Stan Pavlovsky resigns voluntarily effective May 3, 2022, to pursue other opportunities; resignation not related to any disagreement.
- Jonathan Oringer, Executive Chairman and founder, appointed interim CEO effective May 3, 2022, while search for permanent successor continues.
- Company reaffirms full-year 2022 guidance issued in Q1 earnings press release on April 26, 2022.
- Oringer previously served as CEO from founding (2003) until 2020; compensation unchanged for interim role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-017404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSTK
- cik: 0001549346
- company_name: Shutterstock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036122017404/0001140361-22-017404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036122017404/brhc10037122_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-017404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-017404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-017404.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stan Pavlovsky resigned as Director at Shutterstock, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: He also resigned from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) effective April 29, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036122017404/0001140361-22-017404-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stan Pavlovsky resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Shutterstock, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: voluntary resignation by Stan Pavlovsky from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036122017404/0001140361-22-017404-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Oringer was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Shutterstock, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board has appointed Jonathan Oringer, current Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as interim Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000114036122017404/0001140361-22-017404-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.