Photography Intern – Buffalo Sabres

Summary

Hockey Western New York is on the lookout for a Seasonal Photography Intern to affix the images workers for the 2026-2027 season. This job entails producing top quality content material on tight deadlines for house video games, practices, studio campaigns, neighborhood occasions, and enterprise improvement aims in addition to different related inner requests for each the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits. This part-time, seasonal internship is an onsite function in Buffalo, New York.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create high-end nonetheless images for the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits.
• Assist in picture asset administration course of together with curation and upkeep of PhotoShelter and bodily archive.
• Creatively deal with studio portraits, on-location occasions, live shows, press conferences, meals, and venue images.
• Produce compelling content material in high-pressure, deadline conditions.
• Provide manufacturing help to all Digital Strategy workers as wanted.
• Handle images gear with care and guarantee correct upkeep.
• Represent Hockey Western New York in an expert method.
• Maintains a excessive degree of confidentiality and professionalism. 
• Other associated duties as requested.

Minimum Qualifications for the Position:

• Candidate is at the very least 18 years of age.
• Must submit a digital portfolio to be thought-about.
• Pursuing or accomplished a Bachelor’s diploma or an Associate’s diploma with equal expertise.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom, PhotoMechanic, and Microsoft.
• Working information of Sony Alpha cameras and Profoto Lights.
• Prior hockey expertise is most popular however not required.
• Experience with an athletic division, professional staff or expertise with an expert media outlet is most popular however not required.
• Understanding of fundamental metadata.

Critical Competencies

• Enthusiastic collaborator with a team-first mentality.
• Willing and capable of assume huge and take dangers when applicable.
• Proficient information {of professional} digicam and lighting gear in addition to business tendencies throughout all main manufacturers.
• Up so far on present social media tendencies, internet content material, digital promoting ways and techniques.
• An wonderful written and verbal communicator.
• Multi-tasker that’s snug in an atmosphere of ambiguity, the place selections have to be made rapidly.
• Self-starter that may work independently and present initiative to unravel issues in new methods.
• Strong consideration to element.

Compensation & Hours

This function pays $16.00 an hour.  This is a component time function and should have the flexibleness to work prolonged hours, evenings, weekends and holidays.  This is a short lived place for the 2026-2027 season. 

Work Environment & Physical Demands

This internship operations in each an workplace setting and in a reside occasions setting.  Live occasion protection does encompass being round loud stadium noises and crowds. 

While performing job duties, the worker is frequently required to face, sit, stroll, run, attain, kneel, and crouch.  Specific imaginative and prescient skills required by this job embody shut and targeted imaginative and prescient.  Candidate should be capable to function, transport and manipulate digicam gear as much as 50 kilos. 

Hockey Western New York, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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