Corporate photographer job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Corporate photographer in details. A complete job description concludes Corporate photographer key duties/responsibilities, Corporate photographer job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Corporate photographer duties:

1. Compiling, consolidating, formatting, and summarizing information, graphs, and presentations to support internal clients and serving as the liaison with Prudential’s Compliance partners
2. Reviewing, updating and auditing the marketing materials database as required including inputting results data, summarizing information, graphs, and presentations
3. Coordinating and fulfilling direct mail activities including outside vendor contacts as needed.
4. Researching and coordinating fulfillment of promotional materials as needed, including inventory management.
5. Managing fulfillment of collaterals materials, requiring an understanding of inventory of marketing supplies such as pre-printed papers, folders, trifolds, etc., monitoring material usage and estimating future needs. Partnering with colleague who creates collateral pieces.
6. Provide support for the marketing team and other PMCC offices for CRM system and other proprietary databases, including gathering list of contacts, updating contacts as needed and maintaining data integrity.
7. Supporting marketing events as needed and disseminating marketing information to other PMCC offices.
8. Interacting with vendors as requested by marketing team for issues related to travel, shipping, bill payment, local arrangements, etc.
9. Coordinating corporate portraits with executives and photographer.
10. Responding to inquiries on PMCC's main marketing team number/website, referring callers and appropriately maintaining tracking log.
11. Processing sponsorships, invoices, and providing other administrative support to the marketing team.

II. List of Corporate photographer qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree preferred
2. Prior experience in marketing a plus
3. Computer proficiency with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn new and proprietary applications
4. Excellent communication, team work, and interpersonal skills
5. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
6. Ability to work both independently and as an integral member of a deal team
7. An online photography portfolio that demonstrates a strong grasp of applied techniques and a working knowledge of digital photography, lighting, composition, color quality, and aesthetics
8. Working knowledge of still and moving imaging software for both Mac and PC platforms
9. Proficient on both the Macintosh (OSX) and PC computing platforms

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.