Remote Research Assistant: Indigenous Data Visualizations

The New School; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Part time

Job summary

The New School invites applications for a part-time Research Assistant to support Amazonian Calendars: Indigenous Data Visualizations. The role blends research organization, translation support, and editorial design to create a public-facing publication.

You will collaborate with the project lead on visual storytelling, publication design, and material experimentation, with a hybrid/remote work setup and occasional on-campus meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience or demonstrated interest in publication design, editorial design, and visual storytelling.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work with research, archival, visual, and audiovisual materials.
• Experience with or interest in experimental publication practices, including printmaking, risograph, or other material forms of making.
• Spanish-language proficiency is strongly preferred given the multilingual nature of the project.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of a multilingual publication emerging from Amazonian Calendars: Indigenous Data Visualizations.
• Organize archival, research, visual, and audiovisual materials associated with the project.
• Transcribe interviews, conversations, and audiovisual research materials, and assist with organizing transcripts for research and publication purposes.
• Contribute to publication design and visual storytelling, including experimental/material approaches and public-facing formats.
• Support material experimentation and prototyping related to the publication.
• Depending on skills and interests, contribute to printmaking, risograph, audiovisual editing, and other experimental forms of publication.
• Participate in regular weekly/biweekly meetings to discuss project development and coordinate tasks.
• Contribute ideas, design knowledge, and technical skills to the collaborative development of the project.

Skills

Publication design

Editorial design

Visual storytelling

Organizational skills

Transcription

Time management

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

The New School invites applications for a part-time Research Assistant to support Amazonian Calendars: Indigenous Data Visualizations. The role blends research organization, translation support, and editorial design to create a public-facing publication.

You will collaborate with the project lead on visual storytelling, publication design, and material experimentation, with a hybrid/remote work setup and occasional on-campus meetings.