Photography Adjunct

Title: Photography Adjunct

Agency: Brightpoint Community College

Location: Chesterfield - 041

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: Salary and rank commensurate with experience and education

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Job Description:

Brightpoint Community College is a two-year, public institution of higher education and the third largest of the 23 community colleges in Virginia. Brightpoint Community College adds value to the greater Richmond community by offering freshman- and sophomore-level classes that easily transfer to top-notch colleges and universities, more than 60 in-demand career and technical programs, personal enrichment and professional development classes for lifetime learning, professors committed to excellence in teaching, and high-quality, easily accessible, and affordable education for our entire community.

General Information: The Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Brightpoint Community College augments full-time teaching faculty with qualified part-time instructors to enhance the student learning process. Adjunct Faculty teaching is limited to a maximum of 8 credit hours in the summer semester, 12 credit hours in the fall semester, and 12 credit hours in the spring semester. These limits are for total number of credits hours taught in the Virginia’s Community Colleges (VCCS). Additional restrictions may apply depending upon other positions occupied within VCCS.

Please note there may not currently be an opening in this area and that the division office will contact you should an opening occur.


Responsibilities: To provide online or traditional (on-campus) delivery instruction on either the Chester or Midlothian campus of the college. Courses offered in the discipline include Alternative Photographic Processes, Basic Photography, Commercial Photography, Digital Film Editing and Post Production, Digital Photography II, Electronic Darkroom, Film Production I & II, History of Photography, Introduction to Digital Photography, Nature Photography, Screenwriting, Studio Lighting I & II, and Wildlife Photography.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: Minimum of a master’s degree in the discipline or master’s degree in related field with 18 graduate semester hours of coursework in Photography. Additional Considerations: Prior teaching experience at the postsecondary level. Ability to use instructional technologies. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Preferred Qualifications:

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