Exhibit Studio Coordinator for the Contemporary Exhibitions Office

Deadline: Friday, Sep 2, 2022, 11:00am

The Contemporary Exhibitions Office is looking for two student employees to coordinate the Exhibit Studio for the academic year 2022/23 (October 2022 to November 2023). The Exhibit Studio is an exhibition space of around 100 sqm in the main Academy building at Schillerplatz, which opened in autumn 2021. It offers students the opportunity to organize exhibition projects autonomously.

Position profile

As a coordinator, you will work in the Contemporary Exhibitions Office and serve as a point of contact for the Exhibit Studio space. You will be engaged in communication with Academy students, research possible project ideas and review proposal submissions. You will be in charge of deciding which projects are selected and supporting the students to implement their exhibitions. It is planned that the annual program of the Exhibit Studio will be summarized in a magazine at the end of each academic year.

We invite applicants from students who are in the secondary stages of their studies at the Academy. Applications may be submitted individually or as a duo, whereby in case of the latter, it is preferable if the two members are studying in different institutes or studios.

Desired qualifications:

interdisciplinary interest in the academic and artistic curriculum and practices of the Academy, which should be reflected in the exhibition program
enthusiasm for producing exhibitions, excellent organizational skills, and a disciplined and conscientious approach to work
good knowledge of both written and spoken German and English
independent and proactive work ethic
high social competence and communication skills
gender competence and discrimination critical competence

Experience in contemporary exhibition-making, knowledge of exhibition theory and/or art education are desirable but not a prerequisite to apply.

Conditions of employment

The successful candidates will begin with an introductory phase that provides insight into the institutional procedures. During this period, the Studio Coordinators will supervise the last exhibition of their predecessors, who will act as contact persons for the handover and training until the end of November.

From the beginning of 2023, the Exhibit Studio will be the responsibility of the coordinators, who can implement exhibition projects there up to and including October 2023. A project budget is available, which the coordinators manage with the support of the Contemporary Exhibitions Office and which can be used to cover the following costs: Fees, production, transportation, material costs for exhibition and presentation architecture, production of exhibition posters and designs, costs for supporting program events, and photo documentation.

Application

Deadline: Friday, 2nd September 2022 | 11a.m.

The application documents should be uploaded as two separate PDF files (file size: 2 MB each) and include the following:

curriculum vitae
letter of motivation (about half an A4 page), detailing what your particular interests or concerns as a coordinator of the Exhibit Studio would be, and your ideas for the programming and supervision of the space.

After the application deadline, the Exhibition Committee of the Academy will select candidates to be interviewed. The interviews will take place in mid-September and will be carried out by the Contemporary Exhibitions Office together with the Studio Coordinators of the academic year 2021/22 and representatives of the ÖH.

General terms

The role is paid by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Students will receive a contract as a student assistant with a monthly gross salary of EUR 483,60 plus bonus payments for 8.75 hours per week from October 1st, 2022 to November 30th, 2023. The work schedule can be arranged in consultation with the Contemporary Exhibitions Office. A student cannot be employed in more than one student assistant position at the Academy at a time. Any previous contracts as a student assistant must be completed at least 6 months prior. A student cannot graduate earlier than November 30th, 2023 in order to be eligible for the position.

Unfortunately, this activity is not excepted from the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals (AuslBG) due to the specifics described. For third-country nationals, an employment permit with a labor market check (Beschäftigungsbewilligung ohne Arbeitsmarktprüfung) has to be submitted to the AMS, the Austrian unemployment office, before commencement of contract and start of employment:

https://www.ams.at/content/dam/download/formulare/001_BB_Kuenstler_u_Studenten.pdf

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna strives to increase the proportion of women and strongly requests applications from qualified women. Furthermore, the Academy strives to create application and working conditions that are as accessible as possible. In this context, the Academy actively supports the application of people with disabilities. Applicants can contact the Human Resources Department or the Academy’s disability representatives in advance.

For questions regarding applications, please contact Stephanie Damianitsch (s.damianitsch@akbild.ac.at, +43 (0)664 80 887-1304).

To use the submission system you have to register once (if you do not yet have an account). Please use your @student.akbild.ac.at address to identify yourself as a student. Login is NOT possible with the Akademie Online password, as this is a separate system.

For further information please contact Daniela Jungmann-Masilko (d.masilko@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1202)

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