Occupation Atlaspicture editor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/72add02e-ae39-4dfb-8047-ced4c1a347f5
picture editor
Picture editors select and approve photographs and illustrations for newspapers, journals and magazines. Picture editors make sure that the photographs are delivered on time for publication.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT software specifications
- adapt to type of media
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- consult with editor
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- editorial standards
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- graphic design
- meet deadlines
- multimedia systems
- negotiate exploitation rights
- perform image editing
- photography
- post-processing of photographs
- press law
- select photos
- supervise staff
- supervise work
Optional (26)
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- check stories
- colour grade images with digital intermediate
- create editorial board
- create online news content
- create rough cut
- desktop publishing
- determine image composition
- digital content creation
- edit digital moving images
- follow newspaper house style
- follow the news
- maintain photographic equipment
- manage budgets
- motion graphics
- participate in editorial meetings
- perform backups
- perform video editing
- recruit employees
- search for a suitable filming location
- select camera apertures
- select photographic equipment
- set up photographic equipment
- use photographic equipment
- use presentation software
- use word processing software
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