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Photo Lab Manager
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Fairfax, VA
Classified Staff
Opening on : May 6 2024
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Department : Col of Visual and Performing Arts
Classification : Media Specialist 2
Job Category : Classified Staff
Job Type : Full-Time
Work Schedule : Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs / wk)
Location : Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type : On Site Required
Pay Band : 03
Salary : Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check : Yes
About the Department :
George Mason University's School of Art is a collaborative academic and professional community focused on advancing creativity through traditional and new media applied to varying social contexts.
The School of Art educates artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society, preparing them to be agents of change in an increasingly connected, complex, inclusive world.
We highly value rigor in conceptual approach, skill in art production, and imaginative methods for implementing projects and engaging audiences.
Each student is given a background in aesthetic and analytical judgment, the ethical framework for professional practice, the confidence to be both self-reliant and collaborative, and the mastery of design and production necessary to thrive as a professional artist in a competitive global environment.
About the Position :
The Photo Lab Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations for the School of Art's photo labs : darkroom, photo classrooms, print studios, and lighting studio.
The Photo Lab Manager has operational facilities oversight, providing exhaustive guidance and ongoing technical support while the facilities are in use, whether for classes or faculty-assigned students projects.
This includes training faculty, staff, and students in the safe use of a variety of equipment and chemicals used in traditional black-and-white photography, as well as analog film developing chemistry.
Responsibilities :
Provide operational facilities oversight, providing exhaustive guidance and ongoing technical support while the facilities are in use, whether for classes or faculty-assigned students projects.
This includes, but is not limited to : processor operation to develop negatives, prints and transparencies, workflows for mixing and maintaining concentration and temperature of chemicals, and enlarger adjustments for proper composition and prints exposition.
Guide students in the digital lab, studio, and film processing area outside of class time. Prepare "cheat sheets" for students representing routine, multi-step tasks, photograph for SoA (headshots, student work, etc.
Troubleshoot and repair photography equipment. Maintain instructional areas in a safe, clean, and orderly manner; assure security of the facilities as assigned.
Work with student workers to complete departmental tasks; and
contact vendors for information, cost estimates, and process purchase requests and payments in accordance with unit and University policies and procedures; and
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor and / or senior leadership faculty / staff.
Required Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Instructions to Applicants :
For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Photo Lab Manager at https : / / jobs.gmu.edu / . Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume.
Posting Open Date : May 6, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by : May 19, 2024
Open Until Filled? : Yes
Last updated : 2024-05-07
Full Time
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math.gmu.edu
Fairfax, VA
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