Museum photographer competencies

Museum photographer competencies

In this post, you can ref competencies needed for Museum photographer position. The standard job competencies include knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA model).

Apart from that, you can ref a job qualification also contains other elements such as education, experience, license, qualities, training courses, physical requirements, degree or certificates…

I. Job qualifications

You can find out competencies from standard job qualification below:

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills; Attention to detail and strong editing and grammar skills essential.
2. Strong organizational skills and prior office work experience.
3. A good understanding of Public Relations and interest in the Arts & Design field.
4. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel are required.  Robust Excel skills in particular are a definite plus.
5. Fluency with Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Hootsuite) required.
6. InDesign, Photoshop and html skills preferred.
7. Minimum of six years’ curatorial experience in photography
8. Experience with professional museum principles, practices, and procedures
9. Demonstrated accomplishments in scholarly research and writing
10. Management and budgeting experience
11. Teaching undergraduate or graduate courses preferred (but not required)

II. Key skills employers are looking for

Below are top 7 skills/abilities that every employers are looking for, you should pay attention to them:

1. Adaptability/Flexibility
2. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
3. Teamwork
4. Positive Attitude
5. Professionalism
6. Willingness to Learn
7. Communications Skills