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PHOTOGRAPHY/REPORTING
RESUMÉ ASSIGNMENT
Photographers attend school events and/or classes
RESUMÉ ASSIGNMENT
1.3 ROLES AND to interview and take photographs. They must be
available after school to attend a variety of functions.
CREATE A RESUMÉ FOR YOUR YEARBOOK STAFF APPLICATION USING THESE STEPS:
Photographers are responsible for reviewing and rating
RESPONSIBILITIES 1 TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF 4 MAKE IT PRETTY! their work and writing captions, and should be outgoing
■ Well, not necessarily pretty, but dress it up.
■ What are your interests?
and friendly.
■ Include relevant background information.
■ Use design, photography, writing, sales strategy.
■ What are your favorite colors?
talents and your strengths.
■ What do you want to be when you grow up? ■ Use whatever your skills allow to show off your
■ Tell me anything you think I’d be interested in! ■ Remember, I need to be able to read it, so
use headings to help guide me through the
information. SALES/MARKETING
2 TELL ME, WHAT JOB DO YOU
THINK IS RIGHT FOR YOU? ! NOTE
Yearbook staff are the school’s historians. They are ■ PHOTOGRAPHY: typically an outgoing personality, EVERY POSITION ON OUR STAFF IS IMPORTANT. Marketing keeps the program in business. Marketing
attend school events and/or classes, take notes and
And while certain staff and leadership positions are
limited, it is my goal to put you in a position that you
photos. Must be available after school.
are interested in having.
■ LITERARY: compose stories, proofread and activity generates publicity and sales—which includes
responsible for accurately covering the school year while also organizing content. Creative. everything from marketing, to processing orders, to
brainstorm coverage. Good at looking for angles and
■ DESIGN: work with yearbook design software to
create original, eye-catching layouts that generate
creating a quality publication that will be enjoyable and relevant visual interest. Has good planning and organization. It’s time to apply for your soliciting patrons/advertisers. It is the public face of
yearbook job!
3 TELL ME WHY I SHOULD the business via social media, the web and on-campus
to the school community for years to come. Ideally, it is a CHOOSE YOU
■ What are your qualifications?
■ How does your schedule fit this role perfectly? promotions.
completely student-produced publication. ■ What (if any) leadership roles might you want?
■ What specific skills do you have?
■ What is your experience level?
■ Include anything else that might be persuasive. BUILDING YOUR TEAM
There are a number of options for structuring a All programs work best when students are given
yearbook production staff. One way is to assign choices. Whether working with a novice team, or one
students to have specific roles and functions. Another © 2018 by Jostens, Inc. All Rights Reserved. whose involvement is intermittent, student buy-in
is to assign them to page teams and allow them remains key. And while some staff members may
to determine how to divide up the tasks needed to function in one role all year, many staff members will
complete their assignment. SAMPLE RESUMÉ
take on a variety of roles and responsibilities to ensure
Regardless of the structure, yearbook production that work gets done and deadlines are met.
tasks generally fall into four basic areas:
For the first few weeks, students should learn the
requirements of publication: design, photography,
WRITING writing, management. Teams will be assigned by the
Writing drives the direction of the publication. adviser and will be based on ability, student interest
Writers determine the subject matter, coming up with and commitment.
compelling angles for the stories they compose.
As proofreaders and editors, students have the final RESUMÉ ASSIGNMENT
eyes on every page in the book.
Several weeks into school, students should apply for
the job they are interested in by submitting a resumé to
DESIGN the adviser. In making a case for themselves, students
Design makes the book beautiful. Designers work practice a number of important advertising and design
closely with publication softwares like Adobe InDesign skills. It allows the adviser to staff her program based
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and Adobe Photoshop to create original, eye-catching on student interest and skill. It also requires resumé
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layouts. They look at typography, color and graphics to writing, a practical, real-world skill that is applicable to
implement the overall theme of the yearbook. students even after they leave the yearbook classroom.

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