Full-time Technician, Photography & Media Resources

Parsons School for Design, a division of The New School, seeks a Full-time Technician in Photography and Media Resources for the Making Center. The Technician should be a personable, proactive, detail-oriented individual who will become integral to the daily workings of the facilities within the Making Center, with the ability to learn new skills and technologies as needed. This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment that runs year-round. The Technician will interface with students and faculty daily and work with Making Center staff to support multiple processes and resources for all users in a range of making spaces including a traditional black and white darkroom, film processing room, experimental darkroom, Digital-C printing lab, film scanning and inkjet printing labs, photography and motion capture studios, and the Equipment Resource Center. • Acquire working knowledge of Digital C printing and a variety of Motion Capture and Augmented/Virtual Reality practices (including but not limited to: full body tracking, facial tracking, projection mapping, mixed reality, Motive (or other equivalent Motion Capture software), relevant CG and SFX software and SDKs) within the first 6 months of employment. • Completion of university-required staff trainings and necessary COF's for all Making Center Facilities within the first 6 months of employment. • A desire to learn new skills and processes related to Parsons Making Center initiatives.