Student - Creative Photo Team Lead

Utah Valley University•Main Campus - Orem, UT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Utah Valley University Athletics seeks a creative and skilled Student – Creative Photo Team Lead to lead a team of photographers and create engaging photo content for in-venue displays and social media. The role involves capturing, editing, and producing high-quality athletics photography; planning and storyboarding content; collaborating with social media, marketing, creative, and campus teams; and maintaining and accounting for equipment. The successful candidate will understand sports photography and social media trends and be flexible about work environments and schedules. As part of the UVU Athletics Marketing team, the position supports marketing and communications campaigns intended to advance revenue generation and ticket sales, fan and student-athlete experiences, social media and broadcasting, brand awareness, creativity, community outreach, and attendance. The role creates compelling, timely content, supports designated events and game days, assesses marketing strategies, and prepares reports on campaign objectives and results. The position requires current UVU student status and attendance at mandatory staff meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. Office hours are scheduled during regular business hours by agreement with the applicant and supervisor. Work includes weekends, evenings, holidays, and flexible shifts, indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions.

Requirements

Must be a current UVU student.
Two or more years of work experience in photo shooting and editing.
One or more years of work experience in sports shooting and editing.
Must attend mandatory staff meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Office hours are scheduled during regular business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in agreement with the applicant and supervisor.
Must work weekends, evenings, holidays, and flexible shifts.
Must work indoors and outdoors in conditions that may include hot and cold temperatures, wind, rain, and snow.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Lightroom and Photoshop.
Knowledge of camera operation, lighting setup, and photo editing.
Knowledge of production techniques, including photography, compression, and file delivery.
Ability to adapt equipment setups and provide alternative setups or workarounds when necessary.
Good interpersonal skills, judgment, and diplomacy to interact effectively with and provide customer service to a broad audience.
Ability to work independently and effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Ability to meet strict deadlines.
Effective time-management skills.
Ability to receive and implement constructive feedback.
Experience leading a team of 5–10 people.
Ability to perform desk-based computer tasks, frequently stand and walk, perform fine and forceful grasping, and reach or work above the shoulders; occasionally sit and twist, bend, stoop, or squat.
Visual acuity, including color vision.
Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Responsibilities

Lead, oversee, mentor, and support a team of creative photographers, providing guidance and feedback.
Assist in planning and storyboarding content to create a consistent, engaging narrative across platforms.
Collaborate with social media, marketing, creative, and other teams to develop content supporting brand and marketing strategies.
Maintain, account for, and prepare equipment for use, including performing regular checks and maintenance.
Execute strategic and innovative marketing and communications campaigns supporting ticket sales, fan experience, social media and broadcasting, brand awareness, student-athlete experience, community outreach, and attendance.
Execute digital and social marketing campaigns across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, and websites, using owned, paid, and earned media.
Use campaign KPIs to optimize reach, engagement, and conversion across audiences in a time-sensitive manner.
Attend events for designated sports and programs and share the UVU story through accurate, compelling creative photography.
Create attention-grabbing content that creatively engages digital audiences and supports ticket sales and event attendance.
Build collaborative relationships with campus stakeholders, including Athletics Communications, Athletics Marketing, corporate partners and community outreach, Athletics Development and Wolverine Club, University Marketing, University Communications, and University Photography Services.
Support designated game days and events, including pre-game, in-game, and post-game activities and setup/takedown.
Assess marketing strategies and apply industry practices to support campaign and program goals.
Prepare executive reports outlining campaign and program objectives, audiences, targets, tactics, and actual results against targets at campaign and year end.
Perform other marketing-related duties as assigned.