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Overview of the position:

The position supports the curriculum and studio resources for the School of Art’s Video area such as equipment and studio spaces used by faculty, students, and visiting artists in their creative art production and research. In collaboration with the Business Manager, the position is responsible for executing the implementation of the School’s vision for the Sound Stage. The technician is responsible for coordinating the video studio areas outside of scheduled class hours and serves as the primary point of support for students engaging with the sound stage and media crib. Their responsibilities include training students how to use equipment properly and advise on the technical components with projects. The technician is responsible for applying the Universities safety policies and instil in students an awareness of proper studio conduct and etiquette. Successful implementation of duties will contribute to the School of Art strategic goals and to an exceptional student experience. Installs, organizes and maintains the equipment and facility as an effective resource for all users. Supervises student workers. Provides ongoing technical assistance to all users.

Overview of the School of Art:

The School of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Studio, 240 students), Bachelor of Fine Arts (Art History, 10 students), Diploma in Art (30 students), Master of Fine Art (10 students), and Master of Arts in Art and Architectural History (8 students). There are 16 administration office staff, 7 studio technicians, 20 full-time faculty members, 20-25 sessional instructors, teaching assistants, student monitors and work study students serving approximately 300 undergraduate students and 10 grad students.  The approximate budget for the School of Art is $5 million.

Responsibilities:

– Responsible for the daily operation of the sound stage and video studio area including, supervision of users (students and staff).

– Repairs and mechanical adjustments to the Sound Stage equipment. For anything more complex, the technician would identify the problem and contact a specialist on or off campus for repairs via proper purchasing procedures.

– Maintaining video equipment, such as video cameras, and regular cleaning.

– Provides orientations, responds with assistance and technical advice, and follow-up technical instructions to questions from all users.

– Contributes and assists in creating technical information and resources in formats such as web pages, PDFs.

– Develops procedures and maintains the facility as an effective resource for all curriculum and related activities.

– Maintains libraries of technical information. Acts as a technical resource for all users to facilitate curriculum and pedagogical goals.

– Researches the technical equipment and workflow, standards & best practices to maintain an up-to-date research and production environment.

– Develop technical demonstrations for training and research purposes, i.e. safety orientation, sound stage techniques, etc.

– Provide one-to-one and group demonstrations as required.

– Help students with equipment related problems.

– Consult with faculty members regarding equipment or materials required

– Ensure adequate equipment or supplies are available for required classes

– Ensure consumables are restocked in a timely manner.

– Receives, stores, and issues video cameras, materials, and equipment.

– Issues media crib equipment to students, faculty and instructors and maintains records of equipment issued and returned, manually or using computer.

– Prepares periodic inventory and maintains perpetual inventory of video equipment in the media crib, manually or using a computer.

– Reporting regularly to the Business Manager with items that are requiring repair, and items that are not returned to the media crib.

– Keeping the media crib and equipment log updated with items taken out of service and adding any new items.

– Maintain and provide student orientation to the use of the equipment loaned out of media crib.

– Develop and post studio procedures that comply with the university’s safety policies and procedures.