Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.
Posting Date: 08/17/23
Hourly Range: $16.25 - $18.00 (hourly rate determined by number of completed credit hours)
Work Location Type: Hybrid 60% on-site (combination of on-site and remote work based on business needs)
Jefferson Lab is seeking a creative Photography and/or Videography student to join our team as the newest Multimedia Intern.
What your job will look like:
Reporting into the Creative Services arm of the Communications Office, you will be responsible for assisting the Multimedia Photo and Video Specialist in a variety of photographic and/or videography needs. More emphasis is needed assisting with photographic assignments like photography, post-processing/editing, metadata creation, and historical archiving. Videography skills are a plus and there is room for videography work, if interested. You will use your technical expertise, creativity, and compositional skills to document and preserve a Department of Energy national lab’s history.
In this role, you will...
- Photograph, post-process/edit, and archive various visual themes and subjects at Jefferson Lab for use in publications, scientific research presentations, online websites, social media use, and internal and external communication needs.
- Create extensive metadata for all images for historical archiving purposes.
- Provide photographic support for the website, social media channels, and other lab departments.
- Use, or to be trained in: Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Suite, Photo Mechanic, Final Cut Pro, Preservica (archiving system.)
Qualifications:
Required Skills:
- 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.
- Skilled at handling multiple tasks.
- Ability to prioritize, organize and complete complex and varied tasks with limited supervision.
- Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate, explore and implement alternative solutions.
- Ability to work well in a team with others, including printers, copywriters, photographers, other designers, account executives, website designers and/or market specialists.
- Excellent organizational skills.
Education:
Full-time college student majoring in Photography, Videography, or other multimedia areas with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Other:
Candidate must be a US citizen.
Must be available to work a 18-20 hours per week during school sessions and 40 hours per week between school sessions (ex: spring break, summer break, and winter break)
Preferred Skills:
- Canon equipment knowledge preferred.
- Knowledge of videography helpful.
- Writing and copyediting skills, AP style.
- Knowledge of other photography/videography software, such as Photo Mechanic, Final Cut Pro.
- Knowledge and love of science, STEM, science communication, especially physics.
- Professional experience and customer service skills working alongside VIP guests including politicians, high leadership positions, stakeholders, etc.
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 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 Jefferson Science Associates, 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.
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. As part of the JSA’s equal employment opportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons 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 recruiting @ jlab.org or call (757) 269-7100 to provide the nature of your request. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Employment with JSA 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.
