Graduate AssistantMovement Lab

Daily operations and creative engagement

To provide student facing support for the Movement Lab in both operational and non-standard hours.

To assist in the training of lab use and its technologies for new lab users.

To engage in a horizontal structure approach to planning and problem-solving, bringing their creative insights and interests into a shared process of imagining the Lab’s themes of investigation, cohorts of artists and the projects they offer.

• Support the Associate Director and Coordinator in the training of lab use and its technologies for new lab users.
• Engage in a horizontal structure approach to planning and problem-solving, bringing their creative insights and interests into a shared process of imagining the Lab’s themes of investigation, cohorts of artists and the projects they offer.

Instructional and curricular support

To assist with workshops and production needs for Student Artists and Artists, as well as class support when needed.

• Collaborate with the Associate Director and Coordinator in calendar booking, use and maintenance of space, and web updating requests.
• Avoid the need for application instructions, boilerplate, or other extraneous material.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements

• Ability to work in a horizontally structured team.
• In a creative exploratory environment.
• The ability to multi-task, particularly near semester ends when production workloads and non-standard hours of engagement intensify.
• Good interpersonal and oral skills.
• Understanding of emerging technologies as related to creative practice.
• Required Qualification:
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Enrollment in a Graduate Program that can contribute to the Lab’s particular areas of artistic and technological engagement.
• Demonstrated experience in Emerging Technology and Creative practice and/or Arts Management.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Interact with students, staff 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, as well as film and theatrical production, 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 human movement and cognition.
• Have an understanding of workflow and time management and the skills in any software required to facilitate this effectively.

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.