Do you take great photos? Are you able to capture video for social media?

The Middlebury Institute Marketing and Communications department is seeking a graduate assistant for the fall semester with an option to extend. We want your creative skills! Most weeks, we need photo and video captured for our social media and we need someone who could go to a mix of events and gatherings, often in the late afternoon/evening and occasionally on weekends. Most of this work could be executed on a smartphone with a high-quality camera.

Required:

Experience taking photos and videos Basic photo editing skills (fixing color, exposure, cropping)

Desired:

Experience creating photo and video content for social media (Instagram, Youtube, TikTok) Event photography experience Access to a high-quality DSLR camera with flash (Some events might be indoors with poor lighting)

Estimated hours per week: 1-4

Typical assignments:

Capture 10 photos of Welcome Week activities and 3-5 short videos (vertical orientation) Attend evening event and capture high-quality still photos of the faculty introducing the speaker, 1-2 shots of audience reactions with emotion and a few photos of the panel discussion Attend art workshop in the garden and pull together a fun Instagram story/reel with photos/video Take a weekly 1-2 photos illustrating life on campus and Monterey life for our Instagram Capture video b-roll of campus for social media (vertical orientation)

This is a level B position.