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picture-editor Occupational skill for the role 'picture editor' (also: photo editor, picture selector and organiser, picture selector and organizer, image editor, photograph editor). Use when the user asks for typical picture editor work such as: typical picture editor responsibilities

Picture Editor

Picture editors select and approve photographs and illustrations for newspapers, journals and magazines. Picture editors make sure that the photographs are delivered on time for publication.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • adapt to type of media
  • build contacts to maintain news flow
  • consult information sources
  • consult with editor
  • copyright legislation
  • develop professional network
  • edit negatives
  • edit photographs
  • editorial standards
  • follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
  • graphic design
  • ICT software specifications
  • meet deadlines
  • multimedia systems
  • negotiate exploitation rights

Hot technologies

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Facebook
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Hot technologies

Top tools from 35 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-18):

  • Adobe Photoshop — 40 %
  • Photoshop — 23 %
  • Adobe Lightroom — 20 %
  • Adobe Bridge — 17 %
  • Capture One — 9 %
  • Cloudinary — 9 %
  • Lightroom — 9 %

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/72add02e-ae39-4dfb-8047-ced4c1a347f5), ONET 30.3 (27-3023.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*