Before the coronavirus took havoc on us all, I traveled to North Carolina in place of my manager, the Director of Marketing, to help co-lead a photoshoot for one of our brands with our media agency.

It was the first time that I had ever attended a shoot without a manager and was allowed to guide the shoot a bit more with my expertise.

I thought that I'd be nervous about taking on such a significant learning opportunity, but it wasn't that bad. Thanks to my team (the media agency, a brand manager, and a product manager), I was able to get through a two-day shoot without too many mistakes.

Here are the seven things that I learned from co-leading my first professional photoshoot as a Marketing Manager on the brand side.