Web photographer job description

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

1. Responsible for all freepeople.com and freepeoplewholesale.com digital photography assets
2. Strong digital photography, lighting, and compositional skills
3. Research fresh lighting techniques and ideas, and be excited to try new arrangements
4. Work with styling team to arrange and execute new background materials…colored seamless, etc.
5. Striving to constantly refine and improve creative output
6. We’ll be looking for dynamic personalities with experience engaging modeling talent.  Being able to get models to open up for the camera will be of vital importance.
7. The ability to handle a high-volume studio workflow and execute both editorial and lifestyle imagery under tight deadlines
8. Working knowledge of Photoshop and Capture One Pro, Mac proficiency
9. Familiarity and comfort level with Canon 5D is a plus
10. Ability to work on your feet for 8 hours a day
11. We’re excited to find someone willing to experiment with lighting/color/filters for special, non-product web shots 

II. List of Web photographer qualifications

1. Working knowledge of Lightroom, Capture One or other digital capture software applications in the Mac environment required.
2. Experience processing RAW digital images to standard output file formats (tif, psd, jpeg, etc.) required
3. Experience use of digital photography equipment required. Experience using Nikon or Hasselblad digital equipment preferred
4. Familiarity with standard digital photography and lens selection concepts, practices, and procedures with working understanding of how natural lighting, artificial lighting, lens selection, camera positioning and digital image retouching contribute to the success of an image.
5. Portfolio that shows commercial lifestyle imagery that displays Photographer's creativity and ability to implement standard rules of design (i.e. compositional balance, rule of thirds, etc.)
6. Experience participating in creative conceptualization with art directors, creative management and stakeholders
7. Proven ability to capture high-quality commercial lifestyle images with natural and artificial lighting (in-studio and location power packs and speed lights) required
8. Experienced capturing real and staged action imagery
9. Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
10. Knowledge of hunting, team sports, fishing, and other outdoor sporting activities preferred
11. Availability to travel locally and on multi-day trips required
12. Availability to attend early morning, late day or weekend photo sessions to capture desired lighting required
13. Ability to maintain confidentiality of information required

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.