Creative Tech Residency

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TECH RESIDENCY
The GIANT Room is for kids with GIANT dreams who dare to act on them. We are a makerspace + art studio for children and their families to discover interests, ideate challenges they care to solve, get messy and bring their ideas into reality. Our promise to children is to help them find joy in problem-solving, creating, and inventing. Our promise to parents is to provide the best-in-class STEAM (STEM + Arts) education as well as a safe, relaxed, and fun space for them to bond with their children. We are currently fully operational in person at our hub and online. In-person in NYC we follow all of the CDC and NYC guidelines for health and safety including wearing masks, hand washing, physical distancing, increased airflow.

As part of this residency, you will work directly with founders of The GIANT

Room, Dr. Azadeh Jamalian and Dr. Jessica Mezei, and GIANT team on designing developing programs focused on creative tech tools, support or lead workshops, and assist with web-development projects.

This is a part-time paid position as a contractor.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Assist in writing, documenting, and organizing instructional content focused on creative technologies, coding, robotics, microcontrollers, and fabrication techniques such as 3D design and printing, laser cutting, and more

Assist in teaching workshops to children 3 to 12 years old online and in-person based on level of experience and areas of expertise

Assist in designing and developing installations and projects with appropriate technology tools

Assist in designing, prototyping, playtesting, and fabricating new products and DIY kits

Assist in special projects based on areas of expertise

REQUIREMENTS
Background in art/design, computer science, engineering, and/or STEAM education

You are interested in STEM + Arts, maker education, and fabrication

You are interested in building technology tools and projects with children. Ideally, you have work experience with children (3-12 year old)

You are interested in working with a small business to help it grow

Nice to have experience or interest in tools like: Roblox, Minecraft, Scratch, code.org and other block based coding applications or AI tools for kids

Nice to have experience with physical computing tools like: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Microbit etc.