Washingtonian: FT Photo Assistant job

You’d have to share an apartment with 5 others on this salary but at least it’s a full time job with benefits for a recent grad:

Publication or Company     Washingtonian Magazine
Industry     Magazine Publishing, Photography
Salary    Under $30,000
Benefits    Dental, Health
Job Duration    Full Time
Job Location    Washington, DC USA
Job Requirements    The Washingtonian Magazine is seeking a full-time, organized, detail-oriented administrative assistant for their Photography Department. The ideal candidate should have a great phone manner and excellent people skills. Photo/Video background preferred. Duties include monthly invoicing, budget tracki ng, photo research, scheduling photo shoots, digital archiving, and monitoring deadlines with design, editorial, website, and production staff. Excellent entry-level opportunity to learn the magazine business – both in print and on the web. Salary mid 20s. Please respond via email only to photo_asst@washingtonian.com.
About Our Company    Glossy monthly city magazine – Washington DC

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NPR’s John Poole teaches multimedia workshop in DC

MOMENTA ANNOUNCES A NEW PRICE AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR 3-DAY MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP

Momenta Workshops announced today the lead instructor for Memorial Day Multimedia audio and video training workshop will be National Public Radio’s video producer John Poole. The workshop will take place on May 23-25, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Poole has won numerous awards including Television Editor of the Year. His current position is video producer for NPR and, previously, he was the senior documentary video producer for Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. Poole also is a skilled instructor, honing his teaching skills while on faculty at the prestigious Corcoran School of Art + Design in Washington, DC.

The price of the workshop is $775 for 3 days of training. This price allows professionals to get affordable, hands-on training during this economic downturn. Momenta also made the workshop public transportation accessible so participants can take the subway or walk to all the activities.

“We know times are hard, especially for journalists and people need relevant training to be competitive,” said Rose. “We designed this particular workshop to be affordable and accessible. Whether you want to hop the train from New York or Philly or if you are walking over from downtown DC, you can do it for under a grand.”

For more information, visit http://www.momentaworkshops.com/memorialday09.php.

Momenta Workshops is a division of Momenta Group LLC, a communications company based in Washington, DC. For company information, visit http://www.momentaworkshops.com.

CONTACT: Director of Workshops, Jamie Rose, at 202.203.8758 or via email Jamie@momentaworkshops.com.

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Nanine featured on a blog!

Nanine Hartzenbusch, of the famous potlucks in Maryland, was featured on a blog about work/life balance.

http://powerofslow.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/former-ap-photographer-takes-a-new-shot-at-life/

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