Lead photographer job description

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

1. Ability to translate products into accurate images for the website
2. Create 300-400 products images per week
3. Ability to work independently or as part of a team environment
4. Photographing products fabric, crafts, notions)
5. Retouching and color correcting images to create website ready photos for our customers
6. Produce high volume, high quality product shots and lifestyle images—you’ll shoot ThinkGeek products in inspiring, fun, and informative ways
7. Ensure that product photography and composite work showcases the unique ThinkGeek brand
8. Support lead Photographer in coming up with a photo strategy for our expanding apparel category
9. Retouch photos and execute composite work for more complex shots

II. List of Lead photographer qualifications

1. Expert in digital photography and retouching in Adobe Photoshop
2. At least 2 years of photography experience (SLR Digital Cameras)
3. Have an aesthetic that is fun, playful, witty, yet clean and simple
4. Product photography and studio experience required; skilled at telling a story with a photo
5. Experience designing & setting up various types of studio lighting
6. Experience creating product animations for web use (animated gif)
7. Excellent file organization skills required
8. Must be able to work on deadlines (and maybe even beat them!)
9. Excellent communication skills and willingness to be given creative direction when necessary
10. Pluses include portrait/model photography (particularly with apparel), Photoshop cutouts, photo compositing, video shooting and editing experience, graphic design, HTML and Web design.
11. Familiar with Internet and Geek culture (gaming, comics, science, manga, etc.)

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.