Multimedia Intern

Jefferson Lab; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Lab seeks a Multimedia Photo and Video Assistant to support day‑to‑day photography, editing, and archiving. You will focus on people and event imagery, post‑processing, and metadata for historical records.

You’ll work with Adobe Creative Suite, Photo Mechanic, and Final Cut Pro, collaborating with printers, designers, and researchers to preserve lab history and communicate science across channels.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; full‑time college student majoring in Communications, Photography, Videography, or related visual multimedia with GPA 2.5+.
• Experience with photography, post‑production editing, and metadata creation is preferred.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and writing in AP style is expected.

Responsibilities

• Photograph, post-process/edit, and archive images for publications, websites, and communications needs.
• Create extensive metadata for historical archiving.
• Use or be trained in Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Creative Suite, Photo Mechanic, and Final Cut Pro.

Skills

Photography

Post-production editing

Adobe Creative Suite

Oral communication

Team collaboration

AP style writing

Education

High School Diploma or GED

College student in Communications/Photography/Videography

Tools

Photo Mechanic

Final Cut Pro

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great mindstruly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $37,700 - $44,500 year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Responsible for assisting the Multimedia Photo and Video Specialist in a variety of photography and videography needs. More emphasis will focus on day-to-day people and event photography, post-processing/editing, metadata creation, and historical archiving. Promote a Department of Energy national lab while also contributing to the preservation of its history.

In This Job You Will

• Photograph, post-process/edit, and archive various visual themes and subjects at Jefferson Lab for use in publications, scientific research presentations, websites, social media, and internal and external communication needs.
• Create extensive metadata for all images for historical archiving purposes.
• Use, or to be trained in Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Creative Suite, Photo Mechanic, and Final Cut Pro.

Experience

• Required: none
• Preferred: Professional experience and customer service skills working alongside VIP guests including politicians, high leadership positions, stakeholders, etc.

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED Full-time college student majoring in Communications, Photography, Videography, or other visual multimedia areas with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Wide range of media, including photography and post-production editing.
• Understanding of manual camera settings, lighting subjects, and/or studio setups.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Outstanding oral communications skills.
• Ability to work well in a team with others, including printers, copywriters, photographers, other designers, account executives, website designers and/or market specialists.
• Writing and copyediting skills, AP style.
• Knowledge of other photography/videography software, such as Photo Mechanic, Final Cut Pro.

Additional Licenses And Certifications

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] or contact Human Resources by calling [phone] and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.