Fall positions at CAMLab: Public Interface Team Educators

Full description and details here.

Harvard FAS CAMLab seeks current Harvard students to gain direct experience in the day-to-day operations of an experimental exhibition space and the UI/UX design process. All positions are paid and require 8–12 hours of work each week during the academic year. 

Educator, Public Interface Team

Reporting to CAMLab’s Assistant Curator, Educators will amplify impact among audiences who explore CAMLab’s digital platforms and our exhibition space. Educators will contribute to CAMLab projects’ online presentations by conducting website usability studies and in generating public information for digital publicity channels. Furthermore, they will act as the primary point of contact for visitors to CAMLab Cave, our physical hub. From trainings on exhibitions’ conceptual and historical research as well as their technological engineering, Educators facilitate exhibition visits by sharing essential information and engaging visitors dialogically. Educators will have the opportunity to serve in an advisory capacity to CAMLab by not only reporting their on-the-ground observations of CAMLab audiences’ experiences, but also offering ideas for public programs, digital engagement campaigns, and more. 

Responsibilities

• Participate in training on topics relevant to CAMLab projects, ranging from Buddhist art to museum pedagogies and digitization practices. 

• Under CAMLab core team’s direction, execute usability studies for CAMLab websites. 

• Serve as exhibition audiences’ primary point of contact during their visit.

• Provide visitors with a short exhibition overview, serve as a resource for questions, facilitate visitor flow through the exhibition space.

• Contribute to CAMLab’s broader social media content calendar and public information efforts.

• Based on trainings, provide simple troubleshooting support for exhibition equipment.

• Make recommendations to CAMLab regarding how to refine the audiences’ experience and amplify engagement.

Skills that will be developed 

• Public speaking

• Distilling complex concepts for general audiences

• Usability study development and execution

• Collaborating on Figma

• Audience engagement and feedback collection

• Knowledge of curatorial and exhibition operation processes

• Knowledge of the Art & Technology field

• Knowledge of Buddhist Art, Art History, and the digital humanities

Compensation 

• $16–$20 per hour

Deadline: September 22, or until the position is filled.

Location

Lower Level of 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Application materials

Please send a cover letter and resume to Simone Levine, Assistant Curator, simonelevine@fas.harvard.edu. 

About Harvard FAS CAMLab 

Integrating humanistic inquiry with cutting-edge technology and design, CAMLab explores innovative, interdisciplinary ways of showcasing art and culture through immersive installations, exhibitions, films, digital publications, and other multimedia forms. CAMLab creates and curates forward-looking, experimental exhibitions that explore enduring questions of human consciousness. Using cutting-edge multimedia storytelling and multi-sensory technologies, we model cultural and historical experiences that engage and transport participants beyond the here and now, across the continuum of time and space.

For more information

https://camlab.fas.harvard.edu/ 

@HarvardCAMLab on Instagram