Photographer/Video Producer

Position Title: Photographer/Video Producer

Department: Digital

Reports to: Director of Digital

FLSA Status: Full-time, Exempt



Grade: 7

Position Description:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s photographer/video producer documents the Garden, its collections, and its work and uses visual media to tell the Garden’s stories and support visitor engagement. Job responsibilities encompass asset management, still photography, video, post-production, and creative support, and the successful candidate will demonstrate strong aptitude and experience in all areas.

Responsibilities:

• Produce creative and engaging photography assets and video content in order to share mission-based stories with online audiences and foster engagement.
• Document the Garden’s spaces and visitors, horticultural collections, and programs and events.
• Maintain digital image and video assets, including maintaining asset metadata, writing descriptions that follow house style and voice, and managing closed-captioning.
• Using institutional resources, accurately identify and label plant images.
• Fulfill research requests from colleagues and process and archive assets from other staff.
• Manage work by external photographers and video producers, including monitoring technical specs, conveying brand standards, and managing asset transfers and archiving.
• Oversee department’s photography and video equipment.
• Maintain subject releases and licenses/contracts for outside work.
• Upload content to the Garden’s website in partnership with others on the Digital team.
• Perform other related duties or special projects as directed.

Qualifications:

• Confident self-starter able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Proficiency with high-quality digital photography techniques, shooting and editing video, and recording and editing professional-quality sound
• Excellent eye and demonstrated sense for visual storytelling including subject matter, composition, and pacing
• Fluency with Adobe software suite including Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro
• Agile, detail-oriented approach to projects; ability to meet deadlines
• Command of English language and ability to follow house style
• Ability to cover weekend and/or evening events on occasion

Preferred:

• Familiarity with garden plants and botanical nomenclature
• Understanding of digital file organization and metadata best practices; experience with archiving systems and DAMS

Compensation and Benefits:

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  Salary Range – $64,000 – $80,000
  
  
  Brooklyn Botanic Garden considers several factors when determining the appropriate salary to offer a candidate within the listed salary range. These factors include (but are not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, a candidate’s relevant work experience and education/training, prior union/ DC37 experience (for union positions), job skills, and equity across the institution, as well as market and organizational considerations.
  
  
• BBG offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
  
  
  • Health Insurance that begins the date of hire; employees are offered coverage through the City of New York’s Office of Labor Relations and can choose from a variety of plans, some at no cost to the employee.
  • Dental/Vision/Prescription Benefits
  • Pre-Tax Benefits that include flexible spending, dependent care, transit/parking accounts
  • CIRS Pension/401K/Life Insurance: BBG is a member of the Cultural Institutions Retirement System (CIRS) and offers a pension and 401K plan for eligible employees. Life insurance is provided through CIRS as well.
  • Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off including sick time, vacation time, and 12 annual holidays
    
    
• As a 501(c)3, BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer.
• Museum Pass , which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free

To be considered for this position, please submit an application by clicking Apply below. Applications submitted without a résumé and cover letter will not be considered.

No telephone calls for position inquiries, please. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system, or who may require reasonable accommodation during the application process, should contact Human Resources at [email protected].

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.