Media and Fabrication Lab Manager

New Museum of Contemporary Art•New York, NY

16h•Onsite

About The Position

NEW INC is seeking a full-time Media and Fabrication Lab Manager to oversee all studio operations, manage equipment inventory, and facilitate the use of NEW INC’s expanded facilities. This role reports to the NEW INC Deputy Director and works primarily with NEW INC Staff and NEW INC Members to use the facilities. The Media Lab at NEW INC will be a flexible space for NEW INC members and extended community to produce and refine their projects using a range of digital and physical tools like projection mapping, motion capture and processing, machine learning, photo, audio, and video capture/filming, and data visualization. The Fabrication Lab at NEW INC is a space for prototyping, modeling, and constructing physical products, artworks, and other objects. This fabrication lab is split in two rooms – a clean room and dirty room equipped with a slop sink. Currently, the fab lab includes laser cutters, 3d printers, a large plotter, and various woodworking and prototyping hardware.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant profession experience in XR, physical fabrication and prototyping, audio and video production, or expanded digital media
A frequent user of the technologies available in the lab and observer of industry developments and best practices as a professional.
Experience guiding and training users of new technologies and tools, such as running a university media lab or XR production space.
Ability to manage space bookings, scheduling conflicts, and use of the facilities by different stakeholders.
Excited about the NEW INC community and enjoys helping people develop new creative projects.
Excellence in troubleshooting technical issues, finding workarounds, and creating systems that prevent future issues.
Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects while simultaneously interfacing between museum departments and partners, ie NEW INC, Museum Facilities, NEW INC space partners, etc.
Comfortable and confident in taking autonomous ownership over tasks within their purview and always anticipating the next move, striving to improve systems and processes at every turn.
Loves processes, planning, and keeping yourself and everyone else on track.
Is a doer and a problem-solver. When presented with a challenge, takes a positive approach to overcoming it and work collaboratively towards a solution.

Responsibilities

Lead all operations and facilitate use of NEW INC Media Lab and NEW INC Fabrication Lab.
Manage the use of both labs, including bookings of the space itself and the available equipment.
Maintain, manage, and update all equipment inventory in the space.
Teach and demonstrate lab capabilities to NEW INC members, staff, and other users of the space.
Be available Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-6pm, running the labs and participating in weekly meetings with NEW INC team.
Manage an annual Media Lab and Fabrication Lab facility budget.