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Job:

Coordinator/ Creative Technologist / Researcher Movement Lab

Job Summary:

The Barnard College Movement Lab is seeking a full-time Coordinator / Creative Technologist / Researcher to support the Lab's mission and the continued development of its services and programs. This position will be central to supporting the operational logistics of running the Movement Lab. This includes: assisting with administration and scheduling, Artists in Residence liaison including contracting and payment, supporting Lab staff and students in technical and creative endeavors, and assisting the Associate Director and Post-Baccalaureate Fellow with on hand staffing when rehearsals and workshops are running. Additionally, the Coordinator must have the ability to pilot their own creative movement/technology practice with a keen interest in actively developing best practices in the field and sharing these in creative work and engagement.
This hire will assist with both the development and implementation of long-term goals and the day-to-day logistics of running the Movement Lab. This includes strategizing to increase accessibility and reduce barriers of entry to the Lab, co-facilitating Artist in Resident and Student Artist in Resident engagement, fielding emails, scheduling hours, and managing the Lab's calendar. This hire will also supervise the opening and closing of the space for classes, workshops, creative sharing and collaboration, when other staff are not available.

Job Description:

Essential Duties Summary

1). Daily Operations: the Coordinator will:

• Provide front-facing support for Lab users during designated "Open Lab" periods, as well as agreed upon off hour 'rehearsals/ explorations', emphasizing safe and responsible equipment use throughout the space. This includes keeping inventories updated and the smooth running of equipment checkout.
• Supporting Artists in Residence and student artists while on-site, should they run into troubleshooting issues or user questions they need help answering. Assisting with technical and creative mentoring of Student Artists in Residence and Post-Baccalaureate Fellow.
• Co-facilitate Movement Lab programming with the rest of the staff, including programming development, production, and promotion.
• Assist the Associate Director in providing course-related support to faculty and students.
• Assist the Associate Director in collecting and analyzing Center usage data and generating reports that communicate key data points to Center stakeholders.
• Share administrative tasks with other Movement Lab staff members, including but not limited to: setting agenda and running Lab team meetings, fielding emails, writing contracts, scheduling, payment processing, attending BLAIS and all-staff meetings.

2). Community Building: the Coordinator will

• Contribute to inclusive and welcoming creative space, and help ensure that users adhere to similar practices when interacting with others throughout the space.
• Assist in updating lab media feeds and updating website content when needed.
• Build connections with the other Milstein Centers as well as with BC/CU Departments and Offices, keeping an eye towards collaboration and mutual development.
• Act as a Movement Lab liaison when engaging with artists outside of BC/CU.

3). Additional job responsibilities and duties as needed

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Interact with students, staff, faculty, artists, and workshop leaders in a collaborative manner. Understand and be willing to engage with the needs of experimental laboratory work in the arts and sciences as relates to the study of human movement, creative technology, film and theatrical production, and collaborative inter-disciplinary work which may require non-standard hours of engagement.

Reference and be aware of best practices within the field and to assist in translating these into practice in the Lab. Understand broadly, and be willing to engage with cross disciplinary purposing of technology, artistic practice, and scientific investigation as relates to movement and cognition. Have an understanding of workflow and time management and the skills in any software required to facilitate this effectively. Have the capacity to pick up and quickly master new technologies as they develop.

The Coordinator will also the have the opportunity to explore, research and engage in creative work for their own projects. In fact, this is required with the aim of working in a horizontal collaborative structure towards deep creative practice and skill sharing.

Salary: $60,000 - $62,000 annually.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• Proficiency with multiple of the following: Adobe Creative Suite. Microsoft Excel. QLab. Projection Mapping software. ETC Lightboard. Digital Audio Board. Prototyping. Choreography. DaVinci Resolve. Motion Capture. Machine Learning and AI. JavaScript. Java. Python. Unity. Unreal Engine. Ableton. Logic Pro. Audacity. Max MSP/JITTER. Isadora. Data Analysis. AutoCAD. Arduino. UX/UI Design. Front-end Web Development.
• At least 1 to 3 years of related work experience, or a combination of education and related experience.

Please submit resume and cover letter with your application

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Company:

Barnard College

Time Type:

Full time