{"id":18329,"date":"2017-04-12T00:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T04:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=18329"},"modified":"2017-04-12T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T04:21:19","slug":"job-fost-freelance-technical-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2017\/04\/12\/job-fost-freelance-technical-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: FoST Freelance Technical Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Title: \u00a0Freelance Technical Assistant<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Description: \u00a0Future of Storytelling (FoST) is seeking friendly and enthusiastic freelance Technical Assistants to facilitate tech equipment setup, breakdown, and troubleshooting for our upcoming FoST-produced interactive pop-up exhibits, museum openings, in-house tech tastings, and our annual Summit and Festival taking place October 4\u20139 in New York. We are looking to create a roster of freelance Tech Assistants who we can call on regularly for future events.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FoST is a passionate, creative community of people from the worlds of media, technology, and business who are exploring how storytelling is evolving in the digital age. The \u00a0New York Times describes FoST as &#8220;a TED-type conference for a hipper, new-media crowd.&#8221; Forbes noted &#8220;(i)t\u2019s hard to imagine how they\u2019ll top it next year, but I certainly wouldn\u2019t want to miss finding out.&#8221; The Creators Project had our personal favorite headline, \u201cWe\u2019ve Seen the Future of Storytelling, and It&#8217;s F@#%ing Awesome.\u201d The Summit was also recently named one of the \u201c10 Most Innovative Conferences\u201d by \u00a0Inc. \u00a0magazine and one of \u201c7 Emerging Conferences Every Ad Exec Should Know About\u201d by \u00a0Adweek.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information about FoST go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/futureofstorytelling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/futureofstorytelling.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1492056177676000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUyWen3Kl5zksU0NYCgk_bcYurrQ\">\u00a0https:\/\/futureofstorytelling.<wbr \/>org\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Essential Duties and Responsibilities:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Assist in helping staff assemble and break down tech for exhibit<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Assist in troubleshooting tech when problems arise<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Assist FoST staff in maintaining a safe environment in and around installations<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Supervise space and equipment to avoid theft, loss, and avoidable damage<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Relay technical or patron-related issues to FoST staff<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Docent experiences<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Position Requirements:<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Strong familiarity working with computers and digital equipment<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Capable of setting up and running projects on Vive, Oculus, PSVR, Cardboard, and Gear.<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Ability to be quick on your feet<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf An energetic, positive, and friendly attitude<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Days\/Hours: \u00a0TBD based on exhibit<\/div>\n<div>Compensation: \u00a0$15 per hour; not eligible for benefits<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If interested, please contact <a href=\"mailto:jess@futureofstorytelling.org\" target=\"_blank\">jess@futureofstorytelling.org<\/a> with your resume by May 1.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: \u00a0Freelance Technical Assistant Description: \u00a0Future of Storytelling (FoST) is seeking friendly and enthusiastic freelance Technical Assistants to facilitate tech equipment setup, breakdown, and troubleshooting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}