Position Title: Seasonal Content Coordinator/Photographer

Department: Digital

Reports to: Director of Digital

FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal, Non-exempt

Compensation: $40 per hour

Schedule/ Term: 20 hours per week, 4–6 months

Position Description:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a treasured natural space, esteemed for its plant collections and design, educational programs, and public events. Photographs and video are essential means to convey the Garden’s story across media including web, email, social, and print. BBG seeks a part-time photographer to help maintain digital image files, support staff and outside photographers, assist with special projects, and document the Garden’s collections and programs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage image files and maintain digital image archives on various platforms. Accurately identify and label images and upload to the Garden’s servers, being mindful of format and content standards.
• Research image libraries on request.
• Support staff and outside photographers who contribute images and video:
  • Convey content objectives and file standards.
  • Provide tips to non-professional photographers.
  • Transfer and QA image files.
  • Perform color correction, cropping, and optimization when needed.
  • Perform video edits, including titles and closed captioning.
• Help document the Garden’s collections, programs, and events in photographs and video.
  • Capture marketing-quality images of visitors engaging with the Garden’s plants and programs.
  • Photograph ephemeral blooms and events.

Qualifications:

• Detail-oriented approach to projects; ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Experienced in Adobe software suite
• Proficiency with high-quality digital photography and video techniques
• Experience shooting and editing video and audio
• Experience with web content management systems and html
• Excellent eye for clean composition
• Command of English language and ability to follow house style
• Ability to cover occasional weekend and/or evening events required

Preferred:

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

Benefits:

• BBG offers certain benefits to part-time employees including:
  • Up to 56 hours of sick leave
  • Short-term disability/New York Paid Family Leave
• 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 a reasonable accommodation during the application process, should contact Human Resources at hr@bbg.org.

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