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About the Role
Barnard College seeks a Principal Photographer to lead its visual brand, directing and producing photography across all College activities and partnering with leadership to uphold visual standards. The ideal candidate possesses extensive editorial experience, strategic thinking, and a commitment to owning the College's image from capture to archiving.
Responsibilities
- Lead photography for the College, capturing high-quality, storytelling-driven images of events, lectures, portraits, and campus life.
- Provide on-site coverage for high-impact College events, including evenings and weekends, with occasional local travel.
- Partner with editorial, digital, and design teams to produce visuals aligned with College messaging priorities.
- Participate in editorial planning meetings and contribute to content strategy, advising on visual positioning.
- Ensure all College imagery meets editorial and visual brand standards.
- Edit, crop, color-correct, and retouch images using Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent tools.
- Write clear, accurate captions and alt text aligned with Barnard's editorial standards.
- Support a centralized image library, ensuring files are organized, tagged, and discoverable.
- Gather supporting imagery from story subjects.
- Handle production needs including lighting setups, gear transport, and equipment maintenance.
- Operate and help maintain the Communications Department's photography equipment.
- Perform other responsibilities as needed.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in editorial, institutional, or newsroom photography.
- Portfolio demonstrating range across events, portraiture, and editorial storytelling.
- Demonstrated fluency in editorial photography with a strategic, message-driven lens.
- Proven ability to capture dynamic images under tight deadlines.
- Strong post-production skills (Lightroom, Photoshop, or equivalent).
- Experience with digital asset management and a commitment to clean, searchable archives.
- Ability to write informative, accessible captions aligned with messaging goals.
- Sound judgment and strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
- Experience working across editors, designers, and stakeholders to align on creative direction and deliver on deadline.
- Organizational skills to manage multiple shoots, priorities, and stakeholders while maintaining quality.
- Self-direction, initiative, and enthusiasm for documenting college campus life.
- Proficiency with professional camera equipment, lighting kits, and stabilizing tools.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed.
Skills
- Editorial photography
- Post-production (Lightroom, Photoshop, or equivalent)
- Digital asset management
- Caption writing
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Self-direction
- Initiative
- Professional camera equipment operation
- Lighting kits operation
- Stabilizing tools operation
Location
- On-campus
Work Type
- Full-time
- On-campus
Experience Level
- 5+ years of professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- $78,000 - $83,000 annually
About the Company
- Barnard College