picture editor
Code 2642.1.14
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.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Flujo de trabajo de edición digital
- Historia de la fotografía
- graphic design
- ICT software specifications
- photography
- copyright legislation
- press law
- editorial standards
- post-processing of photographs
- multimedia systems
Skills and competences
- adapt to type of media
- consult with editor
- consult information sources
- develop professional network
- edit photographs
- perform image editing
- edit negatives
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- select photos
- supervise work
- supervise staff
Transversal competences
- meet deadlines
- negotiate exploitation rights
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences