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Competences — picture editor

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/72add02e-ae39-4dfb-8047-ced4c1a347f5).

Essential

  • adapt to type of media (skill/competence)
  • build contacts to maintain news flow (skill/competence)
  • consult information sources (skill/competence)
  • consult with editor (skill/competence)
  • copyright legislation (knowledge)
  • develop professional network (skill/competence)
  • edit negatives (skill/competence)
  • edit photographs (skill/competence)
  • editorial standards (knowledge)
  • follow ethical code of conduct of journalists (skill/competence)
  • graphic design (knowledge)
  • ICT software specifications (knowledge)
  • meet deadlines (skill/competence)
  • multimedia systems (knowledge)
  • negotiate exploitation rights (skill/competence)
  • perform image editing (skill/competence)
  • photography (knowledge)
  • post-processing of photographs (knowledge)
  • press law (knowledge)
  • select photos (skill/competence)
  • supervise staff (skill/competence)
  • supervise work (skill/competence)

Optional

  • apply desktop publishing techniques (skill/competence)
  • check stories (skill/competence)
  • colour grade images with digital intermediate (skill/competence)
  • create editorial board (skill/competence)
  • create online news content (skill/competence)
  • create rough cut (skill/competence)
  • desktop publishing (knowledge)
  • determine image composition (skill/competence)
  • digital content creation (nan)
  • edit digital moving images (skill/competence)
  • follow newspaper house style (skill/competence)
  • follow the news (skill/competence)
  • maintain photographic equipment (skill/competence)
  • manage budgets (skill/competence)
  • motion graphics (knowledge)
  • participate in editorial meetings (skill/competence)
  • perform backups (skill/competence)
  • perform video editing (skill/competence)
  • recruit employees (skill/competence)
  • search for a suitable filming location (skill/competence)
  • select camera apertures (skill/competence)
  • select photographic equipment (skill/competence)
  • set up photographic equipment (skill/competence)
  • use photographic equipment (skill/competence)
  • use presentation software (skill/competence)
  • use word processing software (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 35 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • photo editing — 71 %