Employment Opportunity: ICMA Coordinator for Digital Engagement
Job Description:
The International Center of Medieval Art (“the ICMA”) seeks applications for a 6-month part-time position as ICMA Coordinator for Digital Engagement, a post supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) emergency relief response to COVID-19. The Coordinator will work with the ICMA President, Vice President, Chairs of our committees on Advocacy, Digital Resources, and Programs & Lectures, and our Executive Director to develop and oversee online offerings that serve the needs of scholars, instructors, museum professionals, and other enthusiasts and specialists in medieval art history at a time when we cannot gather in person. The ICMA Coordinator for Digital Engagement will be the contact person for a suite of online initiatives that include: a repository of resources for online teaching; digital events with museum professionals; virtual classroom visits with experts in the field; mentoring sessions; and an oral history project with podcast interviews.
Applicants must hold or be pursuing a PhD in medieval art history, be eligible to work in the United States, currently be without full-time employment, and have experience with and curiosity about digital platforms for meetings, pedagogy, and collaborative work (such as Zoom, Crowdcast, Perusall, and Voicethread). We underscore that the individual hired may hold another paid position, but it should not qualify as “full-time” under the legal US definition.
Please send a CV and letter of interest (no more than two pages, single spaced), specifying your research expertise; history of engagement, if any, with the ICMA; and knowledge of relevant digital platforms; as well as several ideas for initiatives that you believe could serve the community of medieval art historians in this challenging moment. These documents can be uploaded here.
Also, please arrange for one brief letter of reference, specifying your digital proficiencies and capacity for teamwork. This document can be uploaded here.
The International Center of Medieval Art is a 501 (c) (3) organization whose Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Committee members, Associates, and other officers work volunteer. For information on the ICMA, please visit www.medievalart.org
Compensation: $9,000 (6 months @ $1,500 per month; average 10 hours per week); technology subsidy: $600 (6 months @ $100 per month); no fringe benefits
Applications due July 1, 2020, 5pm ET; position runs July 15 – December 31, 2020. Finalists will be invited for an online presentation and interview in early July 2020.
Direct any questions to Ryan Frisinger, Executive Director, at icma@medievalart.org.