Photography Lab Technician
The Photography Lab Technician assists the Photography Lab Manager with overseeing and monitoring the Photography Labs for the College of Art & Design's Photography program. This position reports directly to the Photography Lab Manager. The starting pay rate is $10/hr. The position is evaluated 2x a semester with one mid-semester evaluation and one end-of-semester evaluation.
Essential Duties
- Responsible for renting photography equipment to students; helps to maintain proper function of rental and lab equipment.
- Assists in maintaining inventory of equipment.
- Ensures that chemical and ink inventory is accurate.
- Provides technical assistance to students: including but not limited to procedures for processing film and prints in the darkroom, digital printing, and scanning film.
- Provides technical assistance with alternative processes as needed.
- Provides assistance to students with print finishing, display, and lighting studio.
- Ensures that policies and procedures are followed throughout the photography area including: Darkroom, Lighting Studio, Print Labs, and Classrooms.
- Assists professors and students during and after class times by answering questions, reiterating lab procedures, and any other information that is needed.
- Prepares the labs and classrooms before each use and ensures the labs and classrooms are cleaned up after use.
Qualifications
- Experience in photography, art, or related field is preferred.
- Familiarity with the operation of B&W darkroom enlargers, B&W film processing, photography lighting equipment, analog and digital photography, microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and Teams, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Basic computer knowledge and excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Basic math skills
Required documents are a part of this application process.
To be considered for this position, submit your answers to the below questions in a PDF document titled “required-document”. Applications utilizing ChatGPT will be declined:
- Why are you interested in working as a photography Lab Technician?
- Have you taken any photography classes? If so, where and what classes?
- Have you been trained on scanning film? Do you have knowledge of wet scanning?
- Do you have any darkroom experience? If so, please describe the processes you have worked with.
- Do you have any studio lighting experience? If so, please describe.
- What digital printing experience do you have?
- Do you qualify for work study? (please contact financial aid prior to submitting an application if you’re unsure)
Submit application materials as PDF files only.
The application materials are to include: required-document (see above), resume, upcoming semester class schedule, and work time availability preferences for the semester you are applying for. Applications missing any of this information will be declined.
*PLEASE NOTE* This role does not actively take photographs. Do not send your photographic portfolio. Please reach out to the hiring manager with any questions regarding your application.