Position Summary

Essential Functions

• Monitor Fine Arts, Photography, Music, and Photo Lab facilities to help ensure the safety and well-being of students and the protection of equipment and spaces.
• Open and secure studios, music practice rooms, and lab areas for students enrolled in approved courses; notify security if rooms are found unlocked and unoccupied.
• Maintain studio and lab spaces by keeping facilities clean, orderly, and properly supplied, including assisting with photo darkroom chemicals and related materials.
• Provide students, primarily in photography, with basic technical assistance while refraining from evaluating or judging the content of student work.
• Enforce lab and studio policies and promptly report issues, concerns, or policy violations to faculty, lab technicians, or the immediate supervisor.
• Conserve resources by ensuring lights, water, equipment, and other materials are turned off or secured when not in use.
• Follow instructions related to studio and equipment procedures, including safety-related tasks such as shutting down equipment as directed.
• Demonstrate reliability by reporting to assigned shifts on time and arranging appropriate coverage when absence or tardiness is anticipated.
• Assist faculty or the immediate supervisor with special projects and other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Must be a Fine Arts major or minor; Photography majors are preferred.
• Must have completed PHO 203 Basic Photography and receive faculty approval.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in black-and-white darkroom printing, matting, dry mounting, and mixing photo darkroom chemicals; RA4 color printing proficiency is preferred.
• Must be able to operate basic photo lab equipment, including a dry mounting press and darkroom enlarger.
• Must be reliable, responsible, friendly, helpful, respectful, and able to follow instructions carefully.
• Must be comfortable working in person in studio, lab, and classroom-related environments, including areas where photography chemicals and equipment are used.
• Evening and weekend availability is preferred.