What is Picture Press?
Picture Pressis a classic universal photo agency. Together with the diverse photos from G+J magazines, as well as images from our foreign partner agencies, our digital database has hundreds of thousands of images from around the world. We serve editorial staff of various magazines in Germany and abroad, book publishers and advertising clients with a broad range of images. We also produce our own catalogs and CD-ROMs for the German and international markets. We invite you to visit our web-site now to learn more about Picture Press. Just click on: www.picturepress.de

General requirements:
Extra-curricular activities, good grades, good ability to comprehend, fast work, careful work, communication skills, team skills, confident relations with customers, organizational talent and structured thinking, fun in working with photos/images. Foreign languages (particularly English) can be used. Basic knowledge for written and telephone communications. Independent and reliable work.

Duration:
3-6 months

Tasks:
- Support in daily business, various projects
- Interest and/or experience in documentation, in telephone relations with clients, in IT (online research, image preparation)

Of advantage would be:
- Interest in photography

Tasks:

Duration:
3-6 months

The following tasks will be taught and required:
- Introduction to the central archive
- Workflow for catalog production:
editing the images, scanning, digital image processing, inspection, administration and organization of the images within the production workflow, inspection of proofs, printing labels, labeling duplicates, archiving the catalog images (originals).

IT experience (online research, text and spreadsheet programs; database knowledge would be of use)

Duration:
6 months

Tasks:
- Support in daily business, diverse projects
- Introduction and training in the archive and its structures
- Drafting contents, documentation of photo material
- Independent project work, such as preparing ingoing material of a specific agency and integration into the archive.

IT experience (online research, text and spreadsheet programs; database knowledge would be of advantage)

Duration:
6 months

Tasks:
- Support in daily business, diverse projects
- Work with the distribution marketing instrument (Filemaker database) for mailings and sending out materials: Creating new customers or inputting material shipments.
- Looking after catalog orders and registrations arriving through the Picture Press Website.

Duration:
6 months

Tasks:
- Requirement Profile - Data Management
- Scanning of prints and slides
- Post-editing in Photoshop (touch up, color value correction, file info)
- Check file info for completeness; if needed, complete in Fotostation Pro 4.5
- Loading checked and complete data into the databases
- Inspect the results

Duration:
6 months

Archive service:
Preprocessing of analog photos; statistics; IT collection of negatives, for example, inspection and viewing of loaned photos

Archiving:
(with appropriate experience)digital collection across topics, analogous to special topics

possible research:
(with corresponding experience)database research, image selection and loaning of photos

Please apply here and use our online application forms!