Job Opportunities

Attention Digital Media Artists! 

Interested in sharing your expertise with youth and educators in Chicago Public Schools?

To apply, click HERE to fill out the preliminary application, 

then submit a cover letter and resume to ConvergenceAcademies@colum.edu. 


Below is the presentation we covered at our June 25th info session.  If you weren't able to join us, scroll through and see above for information on how to apply.

The Convergence Academies Leadership Team is currently building a cadre of 10-16 creative technologists, designers, media artists and social media/digital literacy educators to help us implement the project beginning in September 2013.


Participation within the cadre can take various forms including:
· Collaboratively develop and teach 6-8 week residencies with classroom teachers
· Offer on-site digital support or consultancies with specific projects
· Plan and facilitate professional development for school staff


Specifically, we are looking for media artists/designers/educators experienced in creating art and media through:
· Emerging technologies and digital making (programmable art, creative coding, hacking, internet art, telematics, robotics, electronic modules)
· Screen-culture (photography, graphic design, Machinima, animation, digital comics, video/film etc.)
· Digital storytelling (narrative, documentary, diary, community, etc.)
· Digital and interactive journalism (illustrative journalism, blogs, digital maps, data visualization, Twitter)
· Social media for learning (VoiceThread, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, Soundcloud, Popcorn, etc.)
· Playable media (game design et al)
· Interactive sound design and digital audio production
· App and web design/development
· Transmedia and literacy (teaching writing through popular culture across disciplines and genres)
· Convergence and media literacy presenters (remix, news literacy, information fluency and race/class/culture studies)
· Design thinking and creative placemaking using digital tools

We are looking for generalists - those who have experience in multiple areas - as well as specialists. Artists with experience using media arts and digital tools to construct knowledge in areas of literacy/language arts, math, science and social studies will receive priority consideration.


Typical responsibilities for a residency include, but are not limited to the following:
· Coach teachers in how to understand and use media in their classrooms
· Create a written unit plan in partnership with the classroom teacher
· Facilitate 1-2 hours per week in the classroom for the duration of the residency
· Meet with partner teacher each week (and/or be available via email or phone for other planning as needed)
· Participate in monthly professional development and planning meetings
· Help to document and assess student learning
· Participate in summer institute professional development (August- five days- paid)