ASU, a leading innovator in Higher Education, is looking for a dynamic individual to join our team, providing support for the University’s Learning Experience Group. The LX group is a crucial enterprise-focused organization, supporting ASU efforts to deliver innovative learning projects, at scale, to all learners, and focused on ensuring greater inclusion and student success.
The position of Creative Technologies Specialist will support innovative uses of creative technologies, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, to foster a culture of creativity through digital portfolios and other graphic and multimedia projects. Duties include close collaboration with ASU faculty and students to educate and support the use of creative digital learning tools including the development of training materials and events to promote the implementation of creative learning technologies in the Digital Maker Studio. Successful candidates will have demonstrative knowledge of graphic design, multimedia design, technology trends and pedagogical practices in education, experience providing operational excellence, and a passion for customer service.
- Project management with partners such as Adobe
- Event coordination and management for intensive experiences as well as workshops and content creation for on-demand resources
- Creative technologies best practices with an understanding of pedagogical practices to support inclusion and a sense of belonging
- Connect and collaborate with faculty and students to integrate creative technologies into lived experiences both in and out of the classroom
- Collaborate and activate Digital Maker Studios to engage ASU community members in the ASU Creativity Commons.
ASU’s Enterprise Technology has over 500 employees, offering a variety of career paths in a high-energy working environment. The technology initiatives we’re engaged in are transformative and unprecedented in Higher Education. Consider taking the step and joining the Sun Devil family! As with everyone on the ET team, our intentional focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as well as culture and communications are core responsibilities in this role. With an increased emphasis on authenticity, compassion, and inclusivity, this position strives to embody and advance our ET Positive Core.
Essential Duties
- Develop and deliver face-to-face and online training and workshop offerings, including self-help documents, online tutorials, and other multimedia materials, to assist with the use of creative technology platforms such as digital portfolios and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Utilize web page authoring, desktop publishing and presentation software to develop custom content.
- Project manage and run logistical support for the development of learning experience initiatives.
- Research and evaluate emerging digital platform technologies, pedagogies, and practices and provide ongoing ideas, guidance, and recommendations to the University community.
- Facilitate conversational sessions with faculty around platform tools, pedagogy approaches, and roadmap strategies.
- Design, develop and implement evaluation procedures to assess the effectiveness of using technologies in teaching/learning experiences to bridge physical and digital learning spaces.
- Take responsibility for fostering culture, advancing our values, and championing engagement in all its forms — collaborating across our teams as well as participating in ET/ASU events and programs.
- Demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. Advances our ET Affirmative Pledge.
- Perform other duties as assigned or directed.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field AND Three (3) years of providing learning/instructional design and/or technology development services. Or, any equivalent combination of experience or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
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