BFA Photo Events Student Assistant

The New School

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The BFA Photography program is seeking a knowledgeable, dedicated, and enthusiastic student to join our team supporting programmatic events and End of Year festivities. This person will be working closely with program leadership and the program administrator, supporting the program on internal curricular events, including year-based Critique Days and the end of year Thesis Exhibition.

Requirements

Fluency in the Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign)
Design skills to create posters / flyers for public and program events
Strong communication skills and responsiveness to emails
Timely submission of work
Strong work ethic

Responsibilities

Support the BFA Photography Program in all public events, including the Visiting Artist lecture series and End of Year festivities.
Help with setup and breakdown of events.
Create visual marketing materials (posters) for public and curricular events.
Design and print wall labels for BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition.
Update the BFA Photography Thesis website with student works.
Support BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition installation and de-installation.
Help to direct students in the gallery space during drop-off and pick-up.
Attend, when possible, programmatic events.
Build out the BFA Photo Thesis website pages for each graduating student and uploading the images and text.
Utilize InDesign to support the production of materials for the BFA Photography Thesis exhibition.