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Company Overview: Blacks Alchemy and Science Academy (BASA) Who We Are (Public Charter) The Blacks Alchemy and Science Academy (BASA) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit Buddhist temple, community outreach center, and scientific research institute based in Oklahoma City. Grounded in the traditional tenets of compassion, mindfulness, and enlightenment, our temple provides vital sanctuary, holistic education, and resources to the city's most vulnerable populations. Alongside our spiritual foundation, BASA operates a dedicated botanical and scientific research department committed to sustainable outreach, natural alchemy, and open-source data collection meant to uplift the downtrodden and freely benefit the public. The Underground Reality: The 2026 Beggars' Union While our doors are open to all seeking refuge and spiritual growth, BASA operates on a much deeper frequency. We are the modern iteration of the legendary Beggar Sect—a massive, highly organized underground guild of the overlooked, the discarded, and the outcast. In 2026, the streets speak, and we are listening. Operating entirely in plain sight, our network acts as the ultimate intelligence guild. Disguised as vagrants, street-sweepers, and the everyday downtrodden, our union forms the "eyes and ears" of the modern martial world. Where high society sees invisibility, we see absolute, unfiltered access. Information flows through the gutters, alleys, and shelters directly back to the temple, ensuring that our community remains protected, informed, and quietly powerful. Our Dual Mandate Community Outreach & Sanctuary: We operate localized food drives, provide shelter, and teach mindfulness, self-reliance, and inner peace. We believe that true enlightenment is found through service to others. The Intelligence Guild: We utilize our vast, decentralized network to monitor the pulse of the city. We protect our people from exploitation by gathering critical, street-level data to navigate the complexities of the modern landscape. Alchemy & Open-Source Research: We conduct biological and scientific research to ensure the tools for survival, healing, and self-sufficiency are never locked behind corporate patents, but remain freely accessible to the people who need them most. Our Philosophy We embrace the dirt on our hands and the cracks in the pavement. At BASA, we believe true power does not sit in corporate high-rises or ivory towers; it walks the streets in tattered clothes. Through brotherhood, unyielding loyalty, and the relentless pursuit of truth, we turn society's forgotten into its most formidable force.

Job Title

Part-Time Research Photographer & Videographer

Department

Research Data Collection

Location

Oklahoma City, OK (On-Site)

About Us

The Blacks Alchemy And Science Academy (BASA), operating in partnership with Danks Farm Corporation, is an innovative educational platform and research facility based in Oklahoma City. We are dedicated to providing essential resources, education, and open-source agricultural research to uplift the community. We are currently documenting a massive, multi-year botanical breeding project focused on exotic, highly resilient, and open-source genetics.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Part-Time Photographer & Videographer to join our Research Data Collection department. You will be responsible for documenting our "seed-to-harvest" pheno-hunts in a visually clean, episodic, and educational documentary style. You will work directly inside our advanced cultivation environments to capture macro-level botanical data and high-quality vlog-style chapters for our digital platforms (Patreon, Instagram, etc.).

Key Responsibilities

• Macro Documentation: Capture extreme close-up, high-resolution photos of plant anatomy, specifically focusing on capitate-stalked trichome development, swelling bracts, and seed maturation (tiger-striping).
• Episodic Video Production: Shoot stable, high-quality video chapters documenting the cultivation process, breeding techniques, and facility updates.
• Lighting Adaptation: Successfully navigate and custom white-balance camera equipment under intense, full-spectrum LED grow lights to ensure natural, crisp, and accurate color representation.
• Data Logging Integration: Work closely with the lead breeder to ensure all visual assets are properly labeled and synced with our digital genetic tracking spreadsheets.

Requirements & Essential Skills

• Workplace Culture: Must be strictly 420-friendly and completely comfortable working long hours inside an active, legal cannabis cultivation environment.
• Equipment Mastery: Must possess or have access to professional-grade camera equipment with dedicated macro lenses and video stabilization (gimbals/tripods).
• Bio-Security Compliance: Must be willing to adhere strictly to our facility's sanitation and bio-security protocols (e.g., wearing clean facility clothing, utilizing footbaths, and preventing cross-contamination).
• Discretion & Privacy: A high level of professionalism and respect for operational privacy is strictly required.
• Mission Alignment: A strong understanding of, and respect for, our core mission to keep agricultural genetics open-source and freely available to community farmers without corporate utility patents.
• Bonus: Previous experience with botanical, agricultural, or cannabis macro-photography is highly preferred but not required if you have a strong macro portfolio.

What We Offer

• Health care benefits.
• A $50 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).
• Complimentary on-site meals provided during your shifts.
• Flexible, part-time scheduling based around the plant's natural growth cycles.
• The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a heavily documented, open-source agricultural movement.