This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.
Work Arrangement: This is an on-site position, based on the Stanford campus.
Budgeted Salary: The budgeted full-time base salary range for this position is $75,000 to $92,000 annually. The indicated salary range will be prorated to 75% of full-time status.
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.
Department/Program Description
The Department of Art & Art History is an interdisciplinary department offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in art history, art practice, documentary filmmaking, and film and media studies. Our department’s core values include integrity, respect, inclusion, creativity, service, and stewardship. The Department of Art & Art History is committed to building an equitable, antiracist, and non-discriminatory environment that empowers all students, staff, faculty, and community members. Department courses offer opportunities for students to better understand the meaning and purpose of the arts, their historical development, and their role in society through practical engagement with various physical and digital media and theoretical and critical study. (Mediums include wood, metal, sound, photography, film, comics, virtual reality, and more).
Brief Position Summary
The Department of Art and Art History is seeking an Art Practice Technician and Safety Specialist. The Art Practice Technician and Safety Specialist will work under general supervision of the Studio and Sculpture Lab Manager and must possess and demonstrate a positive outlook on continuous process improvement efforts while maintaining a team-based and student-centered mindset. It is critical that this position exhibit the abilities to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit a strong desire to continuously learn new and unfamiliar business topics, policies and procedures as they relate to supporting art practice courses – the ability to translate this information into operational successes will be critical.
The Art Practice Technician supports one of the most renowned Art Practice programs in the country. Under the supervision of the Studio and Sculpture Lab Manager, the Art Practice Technician works closely with faculty, staff, and students to provide day-to-day support of graduate and undergraduate art practice courses in the Department of Art & Art History.
Working closely with the Art Practice Lab Managers, the Art Practice Technician is responsible for ensuring an accessible and safe learning environment, by overseeing the use and safe keeping of art practice facilities. This is a hands-on position that provides critical support and has independent responsibilities in maintaining equipment and organizing material safety in line with all University policies including Environmental Health and Safety.
The position will routinely work with beginning and advanced level students by conducting group, class, and one on one project-based training and safety orientations for students across the Art Practice Labs and keep open lab hours in the Sculpture Lab. The position may supervise student employees.
The Art Practice Labs are multifaceted and uniquely designed to each art discipline. Areas include Sculpture, Experimental Media Arts, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography and Interdisciplinary studios. Equipment includes but is not limited to woodshop and metal shop equipment, digital fabrication tools, and printing presses.
Candidates with an MFA in an art discipline are strongly preferred. This is a 75% FTE (Full-Time Equivalent), two-year fixed term, non-exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus. This position will have a regular schedule of 30 hours per week, generally 10am to 6pm, Tuesday through Friday, subject to change based on operational needs.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional highly preferred qualifications for this position includes:
- MFA in art discipline
Prior experience with digital fabrication tools, contemporary art, electronics, printmaking, and CAD/CAM workflows
