MINI ASSIGNMENT 1


Job roles within the media industry

Editor

In the magazine industry there are many different editors on a magazine and their responsibilities do vary. On large magazines the editor’s main job in the creation of the magazines is administrative, but the whole magazine—text, pictures, captions, and headings—is the final responsibility of the editor. On most magazines the chief editor also expresses the magazine's point of view through editorials, which are short essays on subjects of current reader interest. Most large publications hire managing editors to take charge of getting each issue out on time. These editors look after the day-to-day work of selecting articles, arranging copy, and supervising other editors. Sometimes they are put in charge of a bureau or branch office in another location such as New York or California. The qualifications that you need to be an editor in the magazine industry must include either a BA(hons) journalism or MA journalism and the best courses to get these are at the London institute, Cardiff school journalism or City college London.The editorial staff on a magazine may include senior editors, associate editors, assistant editors, and editorial assistants. These editors may have different job titles, but their basic responsibility is selecting and editing articles or stories for each issue of the magazine, and a magazine's success depends largely on the work of its editors.

Art director

Art directors are responsible for the visual aspects of the magazine. The art director helps to establish corporate identities, advertise products and services, enhance books, magazines etc. Some art directors with experience or knowledge in specific fields specialize in areas such as exhibitions and displays. But all art directors even those with specialized backgrounds must be skilled in and knowledgeable about not only design and illustration but also photography, computers, research and writing. In order to supervise the work of graphic artists, photographers, copywriters, text editors and other employees. The qualifications that you need to become an art director include having degrees from art schools where you have studied graphic design, photography and drawing and an expected ability to use computers to create graphic images with some ease.

Picture editor

The main roles of a picture editor include; discussing the photographer’s photo assignments with them to make sure that they clearly understand what it is they need to do, editing film and critiquing how the photographer approached the assignment, attending planning meetings, talking to editors and reporters about the magazine stories and writing up or assisting reporters in writing up photo assignments, talking to the design desk about the size, crop and place a photo will appear in the magazine, making sure that camera, photo processing equipment, computers and scanners are working and writing proposals to obtain new or up dated equipment. The qualifications you need to be a picture editor are relitively the same as the qualifications you need to be an editor and so you need either a BA (hons) journalism or MA journalisim and so the best courses to go for that allow you to get these qualifications are at the London institute, Cardiff school journalism or city college London.


Features editor

A magazine features editor’s main responsibility is to make sure that their publication is full of entertaining, informative and newsworthy articles, features editors can be employed by trade magazines, specialist publishers, online media and in-house magazines. The responsibilities of the features editor can include: generating ideas for features, commissioning work by freelance writers, editing and proofreading, managing writing staff and liaising with artists and photographers, overseeing artwork, design and photography for the features section of the magazine;
attending photo-shoots, organising meetings with writers and artists to discuss ideas for artwork, layout and features, selecting feature articles for each issue;
sending out briefs to writers which can include word count, deadline, fee and writing style, proofreading all pages before going to press, raising the profile of the magazine,assisting other staff to meet their deadlines. Magazine features editors do not always need specialist knowledge of the subject they cover, unless the content is highly technical, although an interest in the subject is usually expected. The qualifications you need to be a features editor are the same as the qualifications you need to be an editor and so include having a BA (hons) journalism or MA journalism and so the best courses to go for that allow you to get these qualifications are at the London institute, Cardiff school journalism or city college London.


Photographer
Taking photos is only one of a photographers responsibilities and although it is the main one there are other responsibilities which include; equipment maintenance and upkeep, knowledge of wide range of equipment, budget/Pricing/Billing/Accounting, location selection, model selection, lighting setup, background selection/creation, props, supervision of assistants and working with art directors/stylists. Although taking the photo is only one of the responsibilities that a photographer needs to master it's one of the most important, but without the other skills it's useless. You don't need to have qualifications to be a photographer in the magazine industry because most photographers are self taught and they gather most of their experience through taking more photographs.


Staff writer
A staff writer’s main responsibilities are to; Produce well-written and accurate content for the magazine, Research new destinations to be included in the magazine, Assist the Editorial team to create and update the content strategy as required, contribute to additional projects within deadlines as required to enhance the magazine, proof-read the work of other writers as required to provide an accurate service to the readers.You don't need to have many qualifications to be a staff writer but having a qualification in English Language or Literature is preferable.


job vacancies

Photographer job vacancy

Junior Digital Photographer
Employer: NET-A-PORTER.COM
Posted: 04 Aug 2010
Reference: Junior Digital Photographer
Contact: Miss Helena Gray
Location: Greater London - West London
Industry:
Media - TV
Sales - Media
Sales - Retail
Media - Digital
Media - Graduate
Qualifs: Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: competitive plus benefits

Photographer personal testimonies
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Art director job vacancy

Designer - Mr Porter
Employer: NET-A-PORTER.COM
Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Contact: James Hudson
Location: Greater London - West London
Industry: Retail
Qualifs: Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

Art director personal testimonials

I have always enjoyed Art from an early age. My earliest memory of this is doodling on sheets of computer paper and cutting up old Christmas cards to make new images. I can remember spending most of my childhood just drawing and being inspired to make and design anything and everything! This love of Art has stayed with me and developed and grown and, now, I cannot imagine wanting to do anything else. I have always wanted to work within the Art and Design industry because it has always felt like the right direction for me to take. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to go to an Art school and I now feel really lucky to have the opportunity to do so: I am feeling very excited about my future!I enjoy being creative and I view Art as a natural way for me to express myself. I particularly enjoy drawing and how this allows me to create images in a way that I see them. I enjoy working in a figurative and detailed way and I aim to make my work expressive and visually interesting through tone and mark-making. I feel, from my progression from G.C.S.E through A Levels to A.V.C.E, I am beginning to develop my own style and way of working. I particularly enjoy portraiture work and using animals as subject matter. - Paul Norman - Art Director.

To take a journey in art is to follow a path that is never ending; you will never know all there is to know or see and discover all there is out there. You will find yourself 10 years down that path still discovering new things, getting excited and inspired by the most ordinary of things, question the media to which we are exposed, whether it be the design of a C.D.cover, a window display, the layout of a room or even the shapes and lines of a shoe. For those of us that choose art, it is not a career or a hobby, but a passion, a way of life.We all see the world differently, and when I take a moment to look around me, my mind starts to buzz with ideas about my material surroundings.My future, as I see it, will have art as an anchor. I would hope that after completing my degree, I would continue my studies in my chosen field and make a professional career out of art. I couldn't possibly imagine never being connected to the art community and to a world of talent and imagination where anything is truly possible.
This personal statement was written by miaz9 in 2008.

Editor job vacancy

Managing Editor - Journals
Employer: REDWOOD PUBLISHING RECRUITMENT
Posted: 30 Jul 2010
Reference: TD101
Contact: Theresa Duncan
Location: Oxford
Industry: Media - Publishing
Qualifs: Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £22,000 - £26,000

Editor Testimonial

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