Creative Assistant - Photography

The Creative Assistant – Photography serves as the photo lead or support for a variety of projects for the Office of Student Life, which includes five unique teams: Residence Life, Housing, Commuter Life, Graduate Life, and Online Life. The Creative Team of Student Life has the privilege of supporting a variety of project and program needs from event coverage, staged photoshoots, and environmental photoshoots.
The Creative Team of Student Life is highly collaborative, therefore regular partnering with social media, design, and videography Creative Assistants should be expected. This collaborative nature of the team may provide opportunity to help execute social media strategy, design graphics, copywrite, or provide video event coverage. While outside the standard scope of photo work, these opportunities will support individual growth in these areas while also strengthening team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct and manage talent on-set, provide photo editing, color correction, and photo manipulation.
• Partner with the larger team to develop photo style guides, filters, and other unifying photo elements.
• Ingest, manage, and archive photo content and digital files in Dropbox.
• Research current photo trends, styles, and applications.
• Serve as a liaison with internal and external partners to coordinate locations, develop strategy documents, and photo delivery.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Must be a Liberty University student.

Experience

• Experience in content creation (photography, photo editing and/or manipulation, etc.)
• Ability to operate a DSLR camera and accessories.
• Ability to use Adobe Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Education

• Liberty University student in a creative/communications field of study.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in content creation (graphic design, videography, copywriting, etc.)
• Proficient ability to use Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication

• Effectively communicates in both verbal and written forms to convey clear, well-articulated information.
• Able to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Demonstrates strong organization, project management, and managerial skills.
• Possesses excellent computer skills, necessary for Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite.

Initiative & Work Ethic

• Task oriented and dedicated, meets deadlines while going the extra mile and producing quality work products.
• Anticipates needs and takes steps to meet those needs before they crop up, taking a proactive and intentional approach to their duties.

Leadership & People Skills

• Sincere and affable, is able to build relational rapport quickly, establishing productive relationships across a variety of departments and contexts.
• Develops priorities for their team, and provides tangible steps and tasks to enable their team to achieve these priorities.
• Intentional to show care for others, exhibiting intentionality, conscientiousness, and emotional intelligence in interpersonal interactions.

Organization

• Detail-oriented, catching and fixing small errors and details in both visual and written communications.
• Manages their own schedule, project timelines, as well as the schedules of their team with punctuality and proactivity.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Frequently required to travel to local and campus locations.
• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate and review OSL media content.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 20 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is in an office setting.  However, work frequently occurs in a variety of other settings; including, but not limited to, residence halls, warehouses, and outdoor activities. 

Driving Requirements

Use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) may be required for travel in the performa