picture editor
ISCO: 2642. Skills: 48. Essential: 22.
Essential skills
- 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
- ICT software specifications
- meet deadlines
- multimedia systems
- negotiate exploitation rights
- perform image editing
- photography
- post-processing of photographs
- press law
- select photos
- supervise staff
- supervise work
Supporting skills
- 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