Student Employee - Assistant Photographer

Title: Student Employee - Assistant Photographer

Hours Per Week: Up to 25 Hours

Compensation Type: Hourly Salary

New Hire Starting Pay: 13.50

Employee Classification: Students Working

Level: Student-2

Division: Information Technology Services - 60000

Department: Technology Support Services - 60140

Campus Location: LCC Downtown Campus

Position Type: Regular/Continuing

Bargaining Unit: Non Bargaining

Department Contact Name (Student): Kevin Fowler

Department Contact Email (Student): [email protected]

Department Contact Phone # (Student): (517) 483-9895

Job Summary

The Student Assistant Photographer position will have the ability to understand and operate digital DSLRs, including the knowledge of shutter/aperture combinations to achieve desired creative results. Be skilled in lighting accessory set up and the artistic application of the same. The student in this position will need to anticipate the needs of the photographer while evaluating problems and addressing them in a calm manner. This position also needs a basic understanding of captioning and key wording used by image management software.

Essential Duties

• Use Photoshop and Lightroom software for image manipulation, retouching and color-correction.
• Assist the photographer in creating high quality professional photography used for print and the Web. This includes being skilled in lighting accessory set up and the artistic application of the same and by anticipating the needs of the photographer while evaluating problems and addressing them in a calm manner.
• Provide conversion, archiving and duplication of projects into electronic media for e-mail and the Web.
• Use skills to create high quality professional photography used for print and web.
• Provide support for college corporate identification standards such as college branding and visual guideline issues for printed and electronic media as they relate to photography.

Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.

Requirements For LCC Student Employment

The primary purpose of student employment is to provide current LCC students the opportunity to acquire job skills and experiences during semesters in which they are attending classes as follows:

• Fall and/or Spring Semester(s) = 6.0 credits minimum (taken over 16-week period)
• Summer Semester = 3.0 credits minimum (taken over 8-week period)
• Enrolled and actively attending the following total LCC credit hours by semester
• 2.00 GPA minimum (unless it’s student's first semester of enrollment at LCC and/or granted approval to waive requirement from the Student Employment Coordinator)

Note: International students (i.e. F-1 visa holders w/ valid I-20 issued by LCC) must meet the following minimum enrollment requirements each semester, in order to maintain employment eligibility per United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USICS):

• Summer Semester = 3.0 credits min. (taken over 8-week period)
• Fall and/or Spring Semester(s) = 12.0 credits min. (taken over 16-week period)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3.0 GPA

Lansing Community College is an equal opportunity, educational institution/employer.