Senior Photographer

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r**Senior Photographer**

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r**Category:** Administrative, Professional & Staff Positions

r**Department:** PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN PRODUCTION

r**Locations:** Macomb, IL

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rRESPONSIBILITIES: Employees in this position perform complex projects

with digital retouching and printing, maintain and update the online

photo files and digital asset management software, train colleagues on

the use of digital asset management software, implement new and relevant

procedures for documenting photo services, as well as supervising and

completing highly technical work in photography. This position performs

highly technical work in photography including studio photography and

on-location campus photography for Macomb and WIU-QC Campus.

WORK LOCATION: Macomb campus

APPOINTMENT: As soon as possible

HOURLY WAGE: \$20.67 - \$22.73

Western Illinois University employees may be eligible for a variety of

State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the

Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). These benefits

include: Health Insurance plans, (HMO\'s, OAP\'s, QCHP, and CDHP),

Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death &

Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long-Term Disability (LTD), Flex

Spending Accounts (HAS, MCAP, and DCAP), 403(b) Supplemental Retirement

Plans and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans.

Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities

Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for

employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.

Other benefits available to eligible employees include: paid time-off,

Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Waiver programs, and discounts to

the local YMCA.

For a full list of benefits as a WIU employee, please visit our Benefits

Homepage

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For questions on benefits, or eligibility, contact our benefits team at

[HR-Benefits@wiu.edu](https://apptrkr.com/get_redirect.php?id=7321717&targetURL=mailto:HR-Benefits@wiu.edu)

or by calling 309-298-1971.

Job Requirements

1\. High school diploma or equivalent.

2\. Any combination totaling five (5) years (60 months) from the

Following Categories

• college course work in photography, digital manipulation and
  
  

processing or a closely related field, as measured by the following

Conversion Table Or Its Proportional Equivalent

• 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
• Associate\'s Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18
  
  

months)

• 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
• Bachelor\'s Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36
  
  

months)

• progressively more responsible work experience in professional
  
  

photographic work.

• Pre-graduation applicants are welcome to apply. In order to be
  
  

considered for employment, the degree must be conferred at the time of

application, unless applicant is in the final semester of a degree

program; if so, the degree must be conferred at the time of appointment.

For a degree to be considered, it must be conferred from a regionally

accredited degree-granting institution of higher education (or

equivalent from an international accrediting body).*

Additional Information

[About

WIU](https://apptrkr.com/get_redirect.php?id=7321717&targetURL=http://wiu.edu/about){target="_blank"}

Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided outstanding

educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and

well beyond our region and state. WIU\'s traditional residential campus

in Macom , Illinois, is the educational, cultural and athletic center of

the region, while the WIU-Quad Cities non-residential branch campus in

Moline, Illinois, is the only public university in the immediate Quad

Cities region.

WIU-Macomb, IL: Western\'s traditional, residential main campus offers a

comprehensive slate of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a

doctorate in education, and post-baccalaureate certificates. A diverse

community in west central Illinois, Macomb features a unique blend of

agriculture, industry, service, retail, education, and culture. Macomb

serves as the county seat, with connections across the state with Amtrak

providing twice-daily service from Macomb to Chicago (and point in

between). Macomb is located approximately 75 miles from the Quad Cities

International Airport (Moline, IL) and 70 miles from the Greater Peoria

Regional Airport (Peoria, IL).

WIU-Quad Cities: Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in

Moline, Illinois, the WIU-Quad Cities campus is the only public

four-year regional university that serves the Quad Cities region.

Designed as a metropolitan commuter campus, WIU-Quad Cities offers

select undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Moline is located

just 80 miles north of the Macomb campus and is centered within a

diverse, bi-state community of 383,000 that off