BFA Photo Events Assistant (Hybrid)

The New School; United States; Hybrid; USD 2,755,000 - 5,510,000; Part time

Job summary

The New School's BFA Photography program is seeking a student aide to support programmatic events and End of Year festivities. You will work with program leadership and the program administrator on internal curricular events, including Critique Days and the Thesis Exhibition.

Responsibilities include assisting with event setup/teardown, creating posters, updating the Thesis site, and helping with installation and de-installation. Hybrid work with some on-campus presence is required.

Qualifications

• Fluency with Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign.
• Design posters/flyers for public and curricular events.
• Strong communication and timely email responses.
• Reliable and able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the BFA Photography Program in all public events, including Visiting Artist lectures and End of Year festivities.
• Help with setup and breakdown of events.
• Create visual marketing materials (posters) for events.
• Design and print wall labels for BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition.
• Update the BFA Photography Thesis website with student works.
• Support Thesis Exhibition installation and de-installation.
• Direct students in the gallery space during drop-off and pick-up.
• Attend programmatic events when possible.
• Build out BFA Photo Thesis website pages for each graduating student and upload images/text.
• Utilize InDesign to support production of materials for the Thesis exhibition.

Skills

InDesign

Poster design

Communication

Time management

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The New School's BFA Photography program is seeking a student aide to support programmatic events and End of Year festivities. You will work with program leadership and the program administrator on internal curricular events, including Critique Days and the Thesis Exhibition.

Responsibilities include assisting with event setup/teardown, creating posters, updating the Thesis site, and helping with installation and de-installation. Hybrid work with some on-campus presence is required.