Photographer, Staff Assistant

Bridgewater State University; Bridgewater (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgewater State University is seeking a Staff Assistant, Photographer and Digital Media Specialist to produce high-quality portraits, events, and campus imagery for BSU channels, while maintaining the digital photo library.

The role supports enrollment, marketing and communications, with potential hybrid/remote work per BSU policy. A Bachelor’s degree and a 1-year photography portfolio are required, along with strong editing skills in Lightroom/Photoshop.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1 year of professional-level photography experience.
• Portfolio with professional-quality portraits, event images, and editorial photography.
• Advanced skills with mirrorless and/or DSLR cameras, studio lighting.
• Experience with Lightroom and Photoshop.
• Knowledge of digital asset management best practices.
• Flexible schedule for occasional nights and weekends.
• Portfolio link to be included in application materials.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, execute, edit, and deliver top-flight imagery aligned with BSU visual identity.
• Produce high-quality portraits of students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders in studio and on campus.
• Continuously update stock images of campus buildings, classes, programs, and activities.
• Provide event photography coverage for enrollment, marketing, and communications, with occasional evenings/weekends.
• Manage and maintain BSU's digital library of photographs (PhotoShelter), ensure searchability, keywords, and metadata.
• Collaborate with Director of Digital Content to advance institutional photography standards and align visuals with campaigns and brand messaging.
• Oversee pre-shoot production: scheduling, booking subjects, coordinating with stakeholders.
• Edit photographs to meet aesthetic and technical standards and project requirements.
• Mentor student photographers and oversee metadata quality control.
• Maintain equipment inventory and advise on new purchases.
• Occasionally capture footage to support video projects.

Skills

Team collaboration

Portrait photography

Studio lighting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop

PhotoShelter DAM

Job description

Successful candidates will be staff members that can work collaboratively with their colleagues in Marketing and across the university to meet the mission of the department in serving, supporting and enhancing our racially and ethnically diverse campus community and in driving enrollment. The staff assistant, photographer and digital media specialist, is responsible for serving as the University?s primary photographer provide high-quality images of people, programs, events, and campus life for BSU website, social media channels, marketing materials, and other institutional projects. The staff assistant, photographer and digital media specialist, will also be responsible for maintaining and optimizing the institutional digital photo library. The staff assistant, photographer and digital media specialist, will also assist in the management of our student-employee content creators, University-issued equipment, and photo studio.

TOUR OF DUTY: Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, some nights, and weekends. This position is located on campus in Bridgewater, MA. This position is eligible for hybrid/remote work in accordance with BSU remote work policy.

Salary Range \$65,000-\$70,000 This is a full-time, 12-month APA position and is subject to the terms of that union agreement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• - plan, coordinate, execute, edit, and deliver top-flight imagery that is authentically, inclusively, and unmistakably aligned with BSU visual identity
• - produce high-quality portraits of students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders in our studio and on campus
• - continually update stock images of campus buildings, classes, programs, and activities
• - provide event photography coverage for the Division of Enrollment, Marketing, & Communications and the Office of the President, which will require occasional evening and weekend availability
• - manage and maintain the University\'s digital library of photographs located in PhotoShelter, which includes optimizing system functionality, ensuring searchability through keywords and asset rating, providing quality control, and delivering images to campus partners
• - collaborate with Director of Digital Content to advance institutional photography standards and style, develop creative concepts, and align visual content to brand messaging for campaigns and external-facing projects
• - manage pre-shoot production, including scheduling, booking subjects, and communicating with campus stakeholders
• - edit photographs to meet University\'s aesthetic style, technical standards, and project requirements
• - mentor division\'s student-employee photographers and monitor the photography workflow, which includes quality control of keywords and other metadata
• - maintain photography equipment inventory in our photo studio, coordinate usage of equipment and advise on new equipment purchases
• - capture footage occasionally to support the video production team\?s projects

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• - Bachelor\'s degree
• - 1 year of professional-level photography experience
• - portfolio with professional-quality portraits, event images, and editorial photography
• - advanced skills with mirrorless and/or DSLR cameras, studio lighting, off-camera flash
• - experience with professional photography editing tools (i.e. Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, or equivalent programs)
• - demonstrated knowledge and usage of digital asset management best practices (i.e. keywording, metadata, taxonomy)
• - flexible schedule to provide occasional night and weekend availability
• - knowledge of portrait photo techniques (including posing) and comfort in directing photo subjects during shoots
• *Please include a link to creative portfolio within application materials

Posting Number: S01353P