Visual Arts Photography Lab Assistant

This role provides essential support to the Visual Art Photography Studios, classrooms, and Equipment Check-Out Office. Student workers help maintain clean, organized, and functional work spaces, assist with setting up and monitoring the darkroom during open lab hours, and provide customer service by checking out equipment to students and ensuring accurate tracking of all returns.

• 40% - Classroom and Workspace Maintenance
  • Clean, organize, and maintain functional classrooms and work spaces to ensure a safe and efficient learning environment.
• 30% - Photo Lab Operations
  • Open and close photo labs, prepare and set up the darkroom, and monitor lab activities during open hours.
• 30% - Equipment Management
  • Check out equipment to students, accurately record all transactions, and manage the intake and inspection of returned equipment.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.

Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
• This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter addressing required/preferred qualifications

To ensure full consideration, please apply before the Final date to receive applications of January 5th, 2026.

Sky Maggiore
sjmaggio

Advertised Salary Range: $11.00 per hour

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Start Date:

Friday January 16, 2026

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