Food photographer job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Food photographer in details. A complete job description concludes Food photographer key duties/responsibilities, Food 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 Food photographer duties:

         1.            Live for creative challenges, brainstorm potential concepts independently and with colleagues, and then execute those concepts utilizing their fresh perspective around multiple marketing and sales initiatives. Identify/design/produce extras that bring a campaign to life and communicate in a more interesting, powerful way.

         2.             Work with the Marketing team to formulate and execute the production of specific creative concepts around the company’s brands and seasonal promotions.

         3.            Contribute to the inspiration within design staff to realize outstanding and innovative designs geared toward the target market, challenging their skill sets as necessary.

         4.            Work with Boar’s Head staff to develop creative concepts and/or materials for corporate initiatives as requested.

         5.            Leadership skill to direct food stylist and photographer in photo shoots.

         6.            Stay on top of graphic and design trends and innovations, drive adoption of appropriate new ideas into the company.

         7.            Represent the department in staff meetings and creative review process.

         8.            Must work effectively with senior management, functional leaders within the company, and key customers and venders.

         9.            Maintain ongoing familiarity with product line.

     10.            Enjoy supporting multiple projects, partnering with diverse internal and client teams, and working on both quick-turnaround and longer-term projects.

     11.            Maintain the Creative Services Website and image archive.

     12.            Perform technical support duties on any Creative Services project.

     13.            Champion processes and innovative technologies that will contribute to the continuous improvement of the Creative Services department.

     14.            Mentor and contribute to the growth and development of other creative personnel

II. List of Food photographer qualifications

         1.            Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications or related field.

         2.            Five (5) or more years of professional progressively responsible experience in design/marketing field.

         3.            Demonstrated ability to communicate with consumers.

         4.            Ability to create superior, original designs, strong design style, including creative design solutions within the constraints of brand standards.

         5.            Strong conceptual skills.

         6.            Solid understanding of client deliverables, and the ability to take responsibility for them.
 Strong package design skills.

         7.            Leadership skills in art direction.

         8.            Experience with photography, preferably within the food industry.

         9.            Resourceful: Able to problem solve and find multiple design solutions, especially under narrow parameters or strict budget restraints.

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.