Researching Job Roles within print

Blogger/Vlogger –
A Blogger/Vlogger uses the internet in order to communicate an idea. The purpose is to bring fourth a thought or narrative to a larger audience, this is done to influence people who follow that particular person as an expert in the field and voice in which they can trust.

Art Editor –
An Art Editor creates the overall look of the magazine the company or group is publishing. They make sure the magazine looks attractive and is easy to read for it’s viewer.

Editorial Assistant –
The role of the Editorial Assistant is to help with the running of a publishing house, this means that they make sure everything is in check much like how the lead and main editor would. This covers all parts of the production of the magazine.

Copy Editor –
A Copy Editor’s role is to make sure that the soon to be published piece of work is free of spelling mistakes as well as grammar mistakes.

Translator –
This job is self-explanatory but what a translator does is convert one language to another within the product so that other people from different nationalities or places will be able to read and understand what is being said. The requirements of this job role are demanding as a second language and knowledge about foreign languages is required, as well as understanding cultural differences.

Web Content Manager –
Web Content Managers write content for websites that will attract more viewers as well as appeal to existing followers and fans. Another reason a Web Content Manager exists is to engage the potential new followers as well as existing fans too.

Writer –
The Writer of a publishing company uses descriptive and engaging language in order to create pieces of fictional work, poems and other written forms of art and style.

Technical Author –
A Technical Author job role entitles the use of explaining the technical process of something but in a simple and easy to understand way.

Medical Illustrator –
The Medical Illustrator is a skilled artist of who creates medical related pictures. For someone to fit the role of a Medical Illustrator they must have a keen mind for science and biology as well as have a passion for art.

Journalist –
Journalists research and investigate potential news stories or events of interest, this is done before creating and writing an article for a publication or self-publishing.

Commissioning Editor –
The role of a Commissioning Editor is to find and approve new books and ideas for publishing companies. On top of this, the Commissioning Editor brings them all the way to the printing stage.

Advertising and Editorial Photographer –
An Advertising and Editorial Photographer takes photographs with the purpose of advertising the product. This helps to sell the product or an idea as well as give a better and bigger picture to the contents of the magazine. For example, a certain person on the front page of the magazine with supporting text tells you more about what’s inside the magazine.

Two job roles that require you to multi-skill in Print-based Media

Freelance Sports Journalist/Journalist –
Evidence: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/case-studies/freelance-sports-journalist-matthew-howarth

Matthew Howarth is a freelance sports journalist where he writes about the sports he loves in Germany.

How do you have to multi-skill as a Freelance Journalist?

As a freelance journalist, no two days are the same. This applies to both a freelance and full time journalist for a company. Matthew says that when he works for a company on delivering sports content, he has to go through and write match previews, report on matches, write up news stories as well as analyse and go over results. This includes everything from the write up to gathering photographs and picking out selected highlights and fixtures of the sport. On top of this as a freelance journalist, he also works as a translator for FIFA.com where he translates articles and works on the FIFA weekly football magazine from home.

Copy Editor –
Evidence: https://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/4267_copy_editor

The website providing the information does not have a case study in which someone actually under goes but instead the lowdown on the different skills you’ll need and what the job actually contains.

How do you have to multi-skill as a Copy Editor?

A Copy Editor fills two different roles within a print-based media company. The first role of which the person must fill is to fix grammar and spelling mistakes within a book or article before its published. In addition, the Copy Editor also checks the facts and statements used in the publication to make sure they are correct and not false. Because of what tasks you will be completing, this makes for a very detail-orientated job which naturally requires a lot of concentration and a high level of understanding the English language.

Group B Padlet combination of job roles within print

This shows everything Group B (Including me) has produced on the topic of job roles within print. Each post features a job role and our own description of that job role, some are more in depth than others but all keep to the point and clearly explain what is what and what happens in that job role. We also put our names next to a chosen job role to interview an industry professional of.

In my case, I chose the job role of a writer and would like to pursue that further later on in the blog where I will be interviewing an industry professional on everything required to do the job.