Dolphin Research Center currently has a full-time opening for a Visual Communications Staff Member. DRC is a nonprofit education and research facility dedicated to teaching, learning and caring for marine mammals and the environment we share. We are home to a family of dolphins, sea lions, tortoises, and birds.
Join our Visual Communications Department if you enjoy working outdoors around the water, interacting with people, and watching dolphins at play. Photograph program participants to provide lasting memories of their experiences. This is a team department, and most projects involve working closely with other V-C staff members and with co-workers from other departments. Note: All photographs and videos are the sole property of Dolphin Research Center. Any photos taken with your own camera and your equipment during personal time are for your personal use and not to be sold or published. This is NOT the position for someone hoping to transition to a marine mammal trainer.
Abilities and Skills
- Ideal candidate must be a team player, self-motivated, dependable, flexible and have a positive attitude
- Must have physical agility, good balance, and be able to take steep steps while climbing on and off floating docks.
- Must also be able to squat and/or kneel to take photographs and/or shoot video.
- Must be able to work long days in the Florida Keys heat.
- Windows-based computer skills are required.
- Familiarity with digital photography is required.
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud software is a plus.
Position Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Taking candid digital still photos of guests and dolphins during public programs.
- All phases of video recording and editing. Types of projects include promotional, educational, documentary, narrative, and visual music montages.
- Photograph and video record DRC animals, programs, and events to support corporate-wide needs.
- Creating corporate publications, including advertisements and marketing pieces.
- Creating on-site informational and directional signage.
- Tracking and maintaining production schedules.
- Working directly with guests to select and process print and/or digital photos.
- Willing to train the right candidate.
Benefits
DRC currently offers medical benefits, life and disability insurance plan, a 401(k)- retirement plan, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, paid holidays, vacation, sick, and overtime, as well as personal growth and training opportunities. DRC seeks to provide for the well-being of its employees and with our high benefits offers a competitive total package right for our environment. DRC is a 501(c)(3) qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. To see if you qualify for student loan forgiveness, please visit https://studentloans.gov/mydirectloan/pslfflow.action.