Part-Time Photographer / Videographer

Compensation Range: $18/hr - $19/hr commensurate with experience.

Benefits:
We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview:

The Part Time Photographer/Videographer will support Housing Works businesses, advocacy, fundraising, and services through regularly scheduled shoots, basic editing, and archiving of photography and video. This position is part time (20 hours/week) with some nights and weekends required. Requires a highly motivated and organized individual with strong communication skills. Creativity, collaboration adaptability, and attunement to client preferences and media trends are crucial to this role.

Responsibilities:

Primary:

• Editorial photoshoots to support Housing Works social enterprise retail (including Thrift Shops, Bookstore, and Cannabis Dispensaries)
• Documentary photography and video to support Housing Works advocacy
• Staff headshot updates as needed
• Event photography and video
• Photo editing
• Video editing for social media, advertising, and archival purposes
• Works with department leads on shot lists and scheduling
• Adheres to Housing Works brand guidelines

Secondary:

• Ensure all files are labeled and archived appropriately
• Participate in meetings and special events as applicable
• Strict adherence to deadlines as dictated by the promotional calendar and as assigned by management

Requirements:

• Experience in any/all of the following: product photography, fashion editorial, interiors
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience with editing video for press kits and social media
• Experience with prop styling a plus
• Fluency in photo and video editing software
• Knowledge of social media platforms Knowledge of and interest in HIV/AIDS and related social justice issues.
• The ability to manage one’s own projects along with managing the team’s work flow in a fast-paced environment

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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU