Part-Time Photographer

Job Summary

Indiana University Kokomo seeks a creative and dependable part-time photographer to provide photographic coverage of campus events, academic programs, student life, and university initiatives throughout the year.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Produces high-quality photography for use across digital and print communications, including the university website, social media, publications, advertising, and news media.
• Pays an important role in documenting the life of the university and producing compelling visual content that supports recruitment, brand awareness, alumni engagement, and institutional storytelling as a member of the Media and Marketing Team.
• Photographs university events, ceremonies, and campus activities.
• Captures candid student life, classroom, laboratory, and campus experience photography.
• Produces environmental portraits of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.
• Photographs campus visits, admissions events, donor activities, and community engagement programs.
• Provides faculty and staff headshot photography.
• Creates seasonal campus imagery and maintain a diverse library of recruitment photography.
• Assists with athletic and spirit photography as assigned.
• Selects, edits, and color-corrects images using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
• Uploads, captions, keywords, and organizes photography within the department's digital asset management system.
• Maintains consistent file naming and archiving practices.
• Delivers edited photography within established turnaround times.
• Works closely with Media and Marketing staff to support strategic communications initiatives.
• Coordinates photography assignments with project managers and campus partners.
• Assists in planning photography needs for major university events and campaigns.
• Represents Indiana University Kokomo professionally while interacting with students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and community members.
• Moves and transports photography equipment.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in photography, visual communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field

Work Experience

Required

• 1 year of photography experience in journalism, marketing, communications, higher education, events, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Licenses and Certificates

Required

• Possesses a valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University Upon Date of Hire

Skills

Required

• Experience using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple assignments
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Preferred

• Strong technical photography skills
• Excellent interpersonal abilities
• Demonstrated experience with Canon
• Experience photographing live events and people
• Experience creating photography for marketing or recruitment purposes
• Familiarity with higher education communications
• Experience with digital asset management systems
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud applications
• Strong visual storytelling ability
• Excellent composition and lighting skills
• Ability to work efficiently under deadline
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional judgment when interacting with subjects
• Ability to balance scheduled assignments with changing priorities
• Commitment to creating authentic visual representation of the university community

Working Conditions / Demands

This position requires regular movement throughout campus and occasional travel to off-campus university events. This positions requires the ability to move and transport photography equipment. Ability to stand, sometimes for long periods of time, and the ability to move around an event location to capture images.

Evening and weekend work is required during commencement, Welcome Week, Homecoming, admissions events, alumni activities, and other university programs.

This position requires the ability to work a schedule driven by the university event calendar, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Examples of Assignments

The photographer will regularly support activities such as:

• Commencement ceremonies
• Welcome Week
• Homecoming
• Convocation
• Campus Visit Days
• Admissions and recruitment events
• Alumni and donor events
• Student organization programming
• Academic program photography
• Faculty and staff portraits
• Campus marketing campaigns
• Seasonal campus photography
• General assignment photography for university departments

Work Location

Kokomo Indiana

Advertised Salary

$16.00 per hour

Work Hours

The schedule averages approximately 12 hours per week over the course of the year and offers flexibility based on event needs.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Part Time Employee

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Part Time Employee

Job Family: Part Time Employee