Director of Maker, Arts & Design
About The Position
Established in 1972, Mount Vernon School serves over 1,250 students in Preschool through Grade 12 on our 40-acre Atlanta campus. Grounded in Christian values, Mount Vernon prepares all students to be college-ready, globally competitive, and engaged citizen leaders. Mount Vernon School anchors the Mount Vernon Organization as a destination of inquiry, innovation, and impact. Through MVSO, the online division of our Upper School, and MV Ventures, our research and educational consultancy, our organization is living its mission to design a better world by providing unique and differentiated value for all community members now and into the future. As we look at programs like The Rhode Island School of Design & Savannah College of Art & Design, we continue to explore how we might build a program where form intersects naturally with function, where studio habits of mind complement the design thinking process, where an inquiry-based approach leads students to create original, functional, industry-grade work and allows them to have an impact on their world today. The Arts & Design Team is known as MV Studios because real work gets created in a studio. Whether it’s an art studio, dance studio, recording studio, film studio, or maker studio, incredible original work is being created by students at Mount Vernon every day. This team helps to facilitate and coach our students as they level up their creative design skills. As a collaborative team, they work together to create interdisciplinary projects, engaging immersive experiences, and personalized creative pathways for students to design a better world. This role will require someone with expertise in arts education and maker education with an eye toward innovation/integration. As the director, this role will build relationships of trust with 20+ team members and facilitate curricular alignment, manage resources/budget, and coordinate logistics for a full season Grade 6-12 Maker, Arts & Design events.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree/Experience in Arts, Design, Education or related field
- Experience managing a team of teachers/directors
- Strong character with a drive for excellence, a team-oriented spirit, and a commitment to meeting the learning and social-emotional needs of students
- Experience in a variety of Maker, Arts & Design-related skills preferred
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Arts, Design, Education, or Leadership preferred
- Industry experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Align Maker, Arts & Design programs with the mission/vision of the School
- Partner with Lower Campus Admin to plan & coordinate Lower Campus extracurricular programming
- Develop stories highlighting Maker, Arts & Design achievements for social media and school communications
- Coordinate Maker, Arts & Design staffing, spaces, & schedules in collaboration with divisional leadership
- Monitor and communicate trends/innovations in Maker, Arts & Design education with admin & staff
- Support and advocate for Maker, Arts & Design programs & faculty
- Coordinate volunteers (Mount Vernon Arts Alliance) & guest artists
- Track student engagement/retention in Maker, Arts & Design programs
- Design, communicate, and manage operations for extra-curricular arts programs, including budgeting, purchasing, contracts, scheduling, and team communications.
- Plan and produce arts events and showcases (dance, music, theatre, film, digital arts, maker, and visual arts), coordinating logistics, spaces, technical schedules, and front-of-house needs.
- Coordinate scheduling and support AVL tech needs and other production support roles
- Teach and/or coach based on school need and candidate skills/background
- Attend school, division, & department meetings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
