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 non-competitive wilderness adventure activities in California's splendid Tahoe National Forest. (Go to our Home page to read more.)

As of Feb 4, 2012, the Camp has filled both its Photographer and Videographer positions.

The Camp employs one person to take still photographs and another to do video.

The Photographer is responsible for taking digital photos, selecting, touching-up, and uploading the photos to an online gallery, packaging them into CDs, producing an annual calendar.He/she must also have the ability to consistently organize, name, and store photos.

The Videographer is responsible for taping various activities at camp, uploading nightly to a YouTube channel with some minimum editing first, producing a video production at the end of each session, and packaging it into a memory DVD. The Videographer may spend some of his or her time lending a hand with office work in addition.

Both the Photographer and Videographer will also assist in driving, as needed.

Dates

You will start at Camp on approximately June 21, 2012, and will go through 3 days of training, with a day off before campers arrive. We will operate 7 weeks of children's camp, from July 1 through August 18, 2011. You will likely need a few days after the children leave to complete your projects.

Pay

The salary for the Photographer is $325 per week. The salary for the Videographer is $325per week.

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!

(Rev. 2/04/2012)

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.