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Application Deadline
2 months from now
A media company require the services of a qualified candidate to fill this position
Responsibilities
- Covering events assigned by line-head
- Providing pictures at the office; properly filed, watermarked, captioned and resized for use.
- Handling the filing of photos and videos recorded
- Providing photos from ANY relevant event by reaching out to other photographers.
- Going scouting for ANY events
- Uploading photos to the website CMS
- Making short videos.
- Explaining technical photographic terminology to non-photographers;
- Handling relevant administrative arrangements, such as timing, press passes, transport and access to restricted areas, venues and events;
- Photographing events or personalities, noting details for photographic captions;
- Adding relevant keywords to image files relating to the photographic content for library sites so the image is recognised in search engines;
- Ensuring that all pictures are appropriate, processed, catalogued and ready in time to meet deadlines;
- Preparing and sending digital photographs for newspaper publication to deadline;
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge about current news stories and any specialist areas;
- Sourcing freelance photographers for a job or sourcing existing photographs if pushed to meet a deadline;
- Arranging lighting and other requirements for magazine studio shoots;
- Checking weather forecast and light values of areas and venues beforehand;
- Maintaining photographic and electronic communications equipment.
- Requires a combination of intuition, creativity and technical skills.
Qualification and Requirements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be creative, with a good eye for a picture
- Must have excellent technical and photographic skills
- Must have good communication and people skills
- Must have good IT skills, especially with computer programs such as Photoshop, Picassa, and Wordpress etc
- Must be reliable and able to meet deadlines
- Must be motivated and determined
- Must be confident in organising people
- Must be able to listen and interpret situation
- Must be able to focus on getting a good picture no matter what is going on around them
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