Creative Technology Research Associate (one year fixed term)

Grade: 2 £27,000 

"Everyone at Watershed has a passion for doing a job properly. Often doing a job properly involves creativity, innovation and a lot of thought: being encouraged to do those things, and working with others who do too, every day, is what makes Watershed both a great place and a great place to work." Oliver Humpage, Watershed ICT Coordinator


The Role:
This one year research post will play a key role in developing collaborative, publicly-facing projects and ideas in The Pervasive Media Studio

The role will provide residents and collaborators with technical inspiration, collaboration and support.  It has a broad remit: sometimes you will be exploring cutting-edge research, sometimes you will be coding an artist's project, sometimes (but less so) you will be re-setting the router.

About you:
You will have the ability to understand and inspire, listen and communicate and then make brilliant ideas happen. You need to know your stuff and have a flexible, adventurous and collaborative approach to work.

About us:
The Studio is part of Watershed. We have a formal partnership with UWE's Digital Cultures Research Centre. We are a multi-disciplinary lab exploring and producing pervasive media content, applications and services. We work within a brilliant community of artists, creative companies, technologists and academics. Our projects include gaming, projections, location-based media, digital displays and new forms of performance. Some are commercial, some are cultural. We test our projects as early as possible and iterate. We have a great workspace, an open ethos and a can-do attitude.

This research associate post is supported by funding from the South West Regional Development Agency.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this position you should:

Read the job description

Read the extra information about Watershed. Read the news pages on this website and get acquainted with our projects and collaborators. Better still drop in and visit us - email admin@pmstudio.co.uk and we'll give you a tour. Or drop in on Fridays when we are open to visitors all day

Download and complete the application form

Download and complete the equal opportunities monitoring form

Please send completed applications to:

Clare Reddington

Director, iShed and The Pervasive Media Studio

Watershed

1 Canon's Road

Harbourside

Bristol

BS1 5TX

Closing date for receipt of applications for this post is Mon 22 March 2010 at 12:00hrs