What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2025 Photographer/Videographer position at St. Olaf College?
St. Olaf College Student Employee Job Description
Job Title: Photographer/Videographer
Department Name: Office of Residence Life
Length of Position: 2025 - 2026 Summer Terms and Intersession. Initial training period tentatively set for April 26, 2025- September 5, 2025
Supervisor: Associate Dean of Students for Residence Life & Student Conduct/Designee
Pay Rate (Check One) Standard Hourly Rate x Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate
II. Description/Purpose of the Position: This position provides photography/videography support for the Residence Life Team. Secondary support will be provided for social media engagement and strategy, website management, and visual asset content through photography and or videography. The position acts as a representative for Residence Life. The individual will do the following, create, support, and integrate themselves into the office’s branding through physical, visual, and social media content. The position requires an individual to demonstrate extroverted characteristics and have the ability to engage in verbal and electronic dialogue to demonstrate the value of on-campus living.
Summer Hours/week:
- If academic class is taken
- Minimum 12 - Maximum 20
- If no academic class is taken
- Minimum 12 - Maximum 40
If the summer positions require student leaders to perform their role in the spring or fall semester, the hours above are negotiated.
I. Compensation/Benefits:
- Housing
- Double-occupancy room with a roommate of staff member’s choosing.
- If a roommate is not chosen, this bed will be added to the vacancy list.
- Total housing cost for Summer 2025 is waived.
- Wage
Disclaimer: Work award is not capped during the summer term.. If employment ends before the agreed upon date, payment for housing will be retroactively removed at a weekly prorated amount.
II. Duties Meetings and Time Commitments
- Average hours per week:
Photographers/Videographers can expect a weekly average of up to 12 hours.
- Duty Rotation
- Photographers/Videographers shall serve between 7pm-7am on weeknights, and 24 hours per day on weekends. The duty phone must be held at all times during these periods to respond to resident issues and concerns.
- The Photographers/Videographers when on-call shall:
- Be accessible to provide secondary support to the campus (no more than 15 minutes away from campus)
- Serve-in the on-campus rotation as primary support when requested.
- Point of contact between student staff and the facilities operations teams after regular business hours
- Special Time Commitments
- Full Participation in Staff Training. This mandatory training will take place over up to six cumulative hours in late May/early June.
- Available to assist with summer housing transitions at beginning and end of summer term when applicable
- Regular Common Meeting Time Requirement:
- Every Monday, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Meeting may be canceled when necessary
- Every Monday, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- In-Service Time:
3rd Thursdays of each month, 6:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
- Other Meetings/Trainings/Professional Development:
There may be other opportunities to support the student staff in their role. Student staff members are expected to participate unless there are obligations communicated to the supervisor during the hiring process or academic schedule conflict.
III. Requirements of this position:
- Students on the graduation list for May 2025 are not eligible to apply for this position.
- Minimum cumulative/semester GPA of 2.5
- Good academic standing.
- No open sanctions.
- Assignment of academic probation or disciplinary sanctioning at any point during employment may result in immediate dismissal from this position.
IV. Qualities essential to this position:
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to quickly evolving situations
- Demonstrated emotional maturity to cope with day-to-day challenges of employment
This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.
