Join the team and support student engagement in the arts
Roble Arts Gym (RAG) and Equipment Lending Library (ELL) Student Staff
Love spending time at the Roble Arts Gym?
Want to help students access equipment to make art?
Join our RAG and ELL staff!
We are looking for motivated and dependable students to work between 4-8 hours weekly.
We are a flexible and helpful team who love the arts and want to make the Roble Arts Gym (RAG) accessible to all students.
Description:
Duties will primarily include opening or locking the RAG (depending on the shift), ensuring that students sign in with their ID and assisting them with equipment needs and questions.
RAG has a rehearsal/performance space in the back, a music room with a Vocal Booth (for recording audio), a Virtual Reality room, and a drop in arts space to engage in applied arts.
Student Staff will receive training in the technical equipment at RAG and instructions for oil painting restrictions and requirements. This will be an ideal position to engage in a creative environment and use down time to study.
If interested, RAG students can also complement or supplement their hours by working at the Equipment Lending Library (ELL), located in the Old Union basement. The ELL is a free service through which students can access speakers, microphones and mic stands, cameras, LED lights, backdrops, and other equipment.
How to apply:
Please submit a cover letter explaining your interest and qualification for this position. We are looking for creative, energetic and dependable students to work with us in this new creative space. Please submit your complete application (resume and cover letter) through Handshake. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Claudia Dorn (cvdorn@stanford.edu) or Tyler "EagleBabel" Brooks (tcbrooks@stanford.edu).
This position is Federal Work-Study eligible.
Student Community Liaisons
Amplify student voices in the arts.
The Office of the Vice President for the Arts (VPA) is hiring a Student Community Liaison for the 2022-23 academic year. This is a paid position for current Stanford Students, which lasts through June 2023 with the option of continuing into the following year.
Description:
The Student Community Liaison will work with other students in the Stanford arts community to identify student needs (i.e. cultural, academic, pre-professional, art-making support) and help develop new communicative strategies for supporting arts students while promoting VPA events. As Stanford continues to transition back to in-person life, the role of the Student Community Liaison in building and redefining the campus arts community is pivotal.
VPA is seeking a passionate student who wishes to amplify student voices in the arts; create “feedback loops” between students and staff in the arts; and represent, acknowledge, and address the many interests and needs of different parties throughout the arts – students, faculty and staff.
Qualifications:
- Excitement to meet with and partner with VPA staff (pro-staff and students) and members of the students arts community;
- Willingness to attend student-facing Arts events for an average of 3 hours per week total;
- Broad knowledge of the student arts community;
- Experience with standard office software (Word, Excel, etc.) as well as web tools for coordinating schedules and gathering information (when2meet, Google Forms, Survey Monkey);
- Experience with event-planning and facilitation (i.e. running focus groups, conducting interviews, convening town halls);
- Collaborative, critical, and strategic thinking and communication skills;
- Skills and/or interest in data analysis, especially data like social media engagement, event success metrics (i.e. RSVPs, peak/total attendance, quantitative ratings), and qualitative feedback from focus groups and town halls.
Work may require completing physical tasks that involve standing, crouching, turning, running, pulling, pushing, lifting and carrying medium-heavy and heavy objects, reaching for items on tall shelves, and exposure to occasional handling of / exposure to media that features busy or sudden sounds and images, etc.
How to apply:
Submit your resume and cover letter through Handshake. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Claudia Dorn (cvdorn@stanford.edu) or Tyler "EagleBabel" Brooks (tcbrooks@stanford.edu).
If interested, applicants will also be considered for the IDA Community Organizers role, supervised by the Institute for Diversity in the Arts. That job description can be found on Handshake.
This position is Federal Work-Study eligible.
Contact:
Claudia Dorn
Associate Director of Student and Campus Engagement
Office of the Vice President for the Arts
cvdorn@stanford.edu
Contact:
Tyler "EagleBabel" Brooks
Student Engagement Associate
Office of the Vice President for the Arts
tcbrooks@stanford.edu
