Master Instructor - Digital Arts
Job Responsibilities :
This position provides instructional digital arts classes for children, youth and adults at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.
Courses offered include Graphic Design, Digital Photography, Digital Animation, Video Editing, Sound and Music Recording, Coding, 3D Printing, Website Design, and / or Desktop Publishing.
Knowledge of Cricut 3 machine, scanners and large format printers is recommended. The successful applicant must be an independent, reliable individual able to work with minimal supervision and expected to assist in developing curriculum for digital arts programs.
Responsibilities include :
- Preparing, leading and delivering digital arts classes in a Macintosh environment to meet the needs of all participants registered in the program
- Assisting with research and development of appropriate digital arts programming for children, youth and adults, ensuring that digital art activities are safe, creative, and inclusive of all program participants
- Providing a positive learning and recreational experience for all participants
- To support Town department objectives and mandate
Qualifications :
- Enrollment in or completion of a post-secondary program in Digital Arts or a related discipline
- Demonstrated abilities and a strong knowledge of contemporary Digital Arts trends and technologies
- Experience developing lesson and activity plans for children, adolescents and adults
- Previous teaching experience with Digital Arts in an educational classroom setting
- Familiar with a broad range of digital techniques, technologies and practices with one or more of the following interests / skills : Graphic Design (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator);
- Digital Photography (Photoshop, Lightroom); Digital Animation (Flash); Video Editing (Premiere, iMovie); Sound and Music Recording (ProTools, Ableton);
Coding (Minecraft); 3D Printing (TinkerCAD); Website Design (WIX); Desktop Publishing (Publisher, InDesign); Cricut 3 machine; Large format printers
- Must be familiar with a Macintosh environment
- Strong organizational, planning, time management and leadership skills
- Ability to be flexible and adapt instructional practices to diverse audiences
- Ability to work independently
- HIGH FIVE Principles of Healthy Child Development (PHCD) is a requirement for instructing children’s programs ages 4-12 years.
- Successful candidates, who are new hires and / or who have not performed in this position previously will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check dated within the last 30 days as a condition of employment.
Letters of application should address the candidate’s expertise in the areas of teaching, professional work, and community service.
All applicants must be able to provide a portfolio that demonstrates all of the above during the interview process.