About me

Dear Sir/ Madame

I am applying for the role of Photo Editor for TravelZoo as advertised.

My skills include the ability to maintain excellent relationships with editorial teams, agencies and PR's, delivering quality work to a professional high standard, controlling budgets effectively and managing client expectations. Coordinating and liaising with editorial teams to create engaging and effective features and packshots.

As a highly motivated and well-organized person with strong communication skills and great initiative, I am comitted to delivering what is required and more, to a tight brief and within deadline.

For the last 7 months I have been a Picture Executive for British Airways, and before that I have been freelancing within a variety of media companies specialising in an assortment of industries such as equestrian, automotive and entertainment, my responsibilities included:

- Development, planning and implementing client briefs

- Assisting in the delivery of high-impact imagery

- Planning and implementing activity including:

o Commissioning photographers

o Communicating the client brief to team members and delegating responsibilities

o Coordination of projects (team leader), liaising with editorial and production teams

o Editing and researching imagery

o Updating finance systems and liaising with accounts departments

- Picture department representative at brand meetings and conference.

- Managing invoices and ensuring all campaign work outsourced is accounted for

- Supplying the finance department with the necessary paper work in order to process staff payments

I look forward to the prospect of being given the opportunity to join your company. I relish a challenge and the chance to get my teeth into challenging new projects.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Oliver Parsons