Jobs and Employment - Shaffer's High Sierra Summer Camps

Photographer/Videographer Job

Overview

Shaffer's High Sierra Summer Camp offers children 8 to 17 a traditional summer camp experience but with a focus on noncompetitive wilderness adventure activities in California's splendid Tahoe National Forest. (Go to our Home page to read more.)

As of May 26, 2008, the position has been filled. However, you may call the Camp to see if there is a last minute opening.

The Camp employs a person to take still photographs and video. This person is not only responsible for taking digital photos, but also for selecting, touching-up, and uploading the photos to an online gallery, and to use them to produce an annual calendar. This person is also responsible for taping various activities at camp, producing a still/video production at the end of each session, and packaging it into a memory DVD.

The Photographer/Videographer will also assist in driving, as needed.

Dates

You will start at Camp on approximately June 18, 2008, and will go through 3 days of training, with a day off before campers arrive. We will operate 8 weeks of children's camp, from June 22 through August 16, 2008. You will likely need a couple days after the children leave to complete your projects.

Pay

The salary is $300 per week, plus 20 percent of profits from photography and DVD sales.

Requirements

You should have experience with portraits, landscapes, and sports photography and photo editing programs such as Photo Shop. In addition, you must have experience with prosumer grade camcorders, sound and lighting, and video editing on NLE programs such as Vegas or Adobe Premier. You must also be at least 21. See our job description for a more complete description of duties. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to read the job description; you may download a FREE copy

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If you have any questions after reviewing the job description, please contact us. We look forward to seeing your application!

Operated under a Special-Use Permit on land under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. We provide services, accommodations, and privileges regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, or national origin. Persons are employed on an equal basis to operate, maintain, or construct facilities for public use. (Rev. 3/28/2008)