Job Description

This role would provide LPA with an hourly position to address many of these tasks, limiting the role of videographer ICs to off-site field work.
The new A/V Editor & Videographer would work directly with curators to prepare clips from archival materials and to create final edits of filmed work.

• Job Type: Part-Time Job
• Long Manhattan, New York
• Department: PRGMS- Public Programming
• Starting Salary: $50.00/Hr.
• Job ID: 11398

Overview

Audio and moving image materials (AMI) are an essential part of the collections at the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA). Additionally, documentation of performances continues to be a core function of the divisions at LPA. There is an ongoing workload of filming and editing generated by this activity that necessitates regular access to a skilled AMI editor and videographer.

This role would provide LPA with an hourly position to address many of these tasks, limiting the role of videographer ICs to off-site field work. The new A/V Editor & Videographer would work directly with curators to prepare clips from archival materials and to create final edits of filmed work.

Principal Responsibilities

Reporting to the Associate Director for Collections & Research, the Videographer will:

• Work with curatorial staff to edit footage of original documentation field shoots and residencies.
• Edit special collections audio and moving image content for use in NYPL public programs, classes and exhibitions and additionally support external loan and donor requests.
• Serve as resident videographer for programming in the Bruno Walter Auditorium in LPA.
• Serve as one of the available videographers for TOFT and Dance Division Original Documentation shoots.
• Liaise with Playback staff to deliver digital files for virtual programming.
• Create and embed captioning on A/V files as appropriate.

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10 years of professional work experience in performing arts film documentation and editing

Minimum Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of A/V editing software including Premiere.
• Proven experience documenting live dance and theatre performances to archival standards.
• Experience with captioning.
• Experience with sound mixing and synching.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of non-English languages

All team members are expected and encouraged to embody the NYPL Core Values:

• Be Helpful to patrons and colleagues
• Be Resourceful in solving problems
• Be Curious in all aspects of your work

Work Environment

• Office setting
• Offsite work in performance venues.

Physical Duties

• Limited physical effort is required
• Light lifting required
• Lifting up to 40 lbs. Required
• May require travel within NYC

Starting Salary

$50.00/Hr.

Hours

On average 8-10 hours per week as needed

How to Apply

APPLY ONLINE
Job ID: 11398

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