The document provides information about positions on a high school yearbook committee for the 2010 year. It outlines responsibilities for various staff positions including Chief Editor, Business Manager, Photographers, Design Editors, Sales Staff, and Content Specialists. Students are instructed to sign up for positions they are interested in and note if they want access to the yearbook design software over the summer.

1. Yearbook Committee 2010
Informational Meeting
May 19, 2009

2. 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

3. Staff Positions
Chief Editor
Business Manager
Photographers
Design Editors
Sales Staff
Content Specialists

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.’

11. 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.