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Yearbook Committee 2010. Informational Meeting May 19, 2009. What To Expect. To have your ideas listened to To be part of creating something you can be proud of A lot of hard work! A lot of fun! Experience for college, scholarship, and employment applications
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Yearbook Committee 2010 Informational Meeting May 19, 2009
What To Expect • To have your ideas listened to • To be part of creating something you can be proud of • A lot of hard work! • A lot of fun! • Experience for college, scholarship, and employment applications • To make memories that will last a lifetime
Staff Positions • Chief Editor • Business Manager • Photographers • Design Editors • Sales Staff • Content Specialists
Chief Editor • Responsibilities: • Assist adviser in coordinating activities of all other yearbook staff • Oversee design consistency and proofreading on all pages • Coordinate photographers to ensure adequate coverage of all events • Lead meetings and train new staff as necessary • Communicate with students, parents, and community as needed • Be prepared to take on any job in any section at the last minute
Business Manager • Responsibilities: • Coordinate, plan, and track all sales efforts • Design and lead all marketing campaigns • Communicate marketing and financial progress with Adviser, Chief Editor, and other staff. • Oversee sales staff
Photographers • Responsibilities: • Document daily student life in photographs • Attend a variety of extracurricular activities and document in photographs • Process photographs (remove red-eye, color correction, cropping, etc.) • Upload and organize images • Owning a digital camera is strongly recommended
Design Editors • Responsibilities: • Design page layouts online • Work with Chief Editor to ensure consistency in themes and styles • Work with photographers to obtain necessary images • Depending on number of design editors on staff, this position may be specialized to include Sports Editors, Club Editors, and Activities Editors
Sales Staff • Responsibilities: • Work with Business Manager to design and execute marketing campaigns • Promote sales of yearbook ads with parents, students, coaches, and community businesses • Promote sales of yearbooks with students
Content Specialists • Responsibilities: • Develop ideas for page content such as surveys and student interest pieces. • Report on and write content for pages with text. • Work with Chief Editor and Design Editors to provide content as necessary.
What Do I Do Now? • Applications are required for the positions of Chief Editor and Business Manager, and are due back by Thursday at the end of the day. • List the positions you are interested in on the sign-in sheet. • Put a star by your name if you would like me to create a login for you to try out the design software over the summer. It will be emailed to you. • Put a check mark by your name if you are interested in working the yearbook table at registration.’
What Happens This Summer? • Take pictures over the summer at any school activities you may participate in. • Begin coming up with ideas for the theme and the cover. • Practice using the design software if you would like. • Look for email updates.