Campus Visual Media Editor: Lead Student Storytelling

University of Wyoming; Laramie (WY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Wyoming seeks a Student Visual Media Editor to lead visual storytelling for Student Media across newspaper, website, and broadcast platforms. You will supervise student photographers, videographers, designers, and other contributors, ensuring engaging, ethical, accurate visuals aligned with editorial standards.

The role requires mentoring staff, coordinating coverage of campus news, athletics, and events, and meeting strict deadlines for print and digital content on campus.

Qualifications

• Experience in photography, videography, graphic design, multimedia production, or visual journalism.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud software such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, or comparable creative software.
• Understanding of visual storytelling, composition, design principles, and multimedia production techniques.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the visual presentation of all Student Media products, including the newspaper, website, broadcast programming, and social media platforms.
• Direct the planning, creation, and publication of photographs, videos, graphics, illustrations, infographics, and other visual content.
• Assign, supervise, and mentor photographers, videographers, graphic designers, and other visual media staff.
• Coordinate visual coverage of campus news, athletics, features, entertainment, opinion, and special events.
• Work closely with editors, reporters, producers, and designers to ensure visual content complements editorial coverage.
• Ensure all visual content meets journalistic ethics, copyright requirements, accessibility standards, and Student Media policies.
• Review, select and edit photographs, videos, graphics, and layouts for quality, accuracy, technical excellence, and consistency.
• Assist with page design, digital presentation, and multimedia storytelling as needed.
• Ensure deadlines for visual content are met for print, digital, broadcast, and social media publications.
• Train student staff on photography, videography, graphic design, editing software, camera equipment, lighting, and multimedia production techniques.
• Assist with recruitment, training, and evaluation of visual media staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of Student Media operations.

Skills

Photography

Videography

Graphic design

Multimedia production

Visual journalism

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Adobe InDesign

Job description

University of Wyoming seeks a Student Visual Media Editor to lead visual storytelling for Student Media across newspaper, website, and broadcast platforms. You will supervise student photographers, videographers, designers, and other contributors, ensuring engaging, ethical, accurate visuals aligned with editorial standards.

The role requires mentoring staff, coordinating coverage of campus news, athletics, and events, and meeting strict deadlines for print and digital content on campus.