ABOUT US

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech’s Mission and Values
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Georgia Tech’s ambitious strategic plan seeks to grow the arts across the campus through co-curricular initiatives that promote engagement and well-being, new and growing academic programs at the intersection of art and technology, increased emphasis on the arts in research and creative work, new partnerships with creative industries and arts organizations, and collaboration across our own community and with those around us. We envision Georgia Tech as a dynamic campus where the arts connect people, inspire growth, and fuel innovation.
To help realize this vision, Georgia Tech has created a new unit, Georgia Tech Arts, which resides within the Office of the Provost, integrating the staff from the Office of the Arts including the Ferst Center for the Arts and the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for the Arts into a single reporting structure.
GT Arts is driven by a relentless commitment to creative expression, artistic agency, and community wellbeing. We unite intersecting communities to create a thriving community that learn, innovates, and shapes the future through the power of the arts. We make the arts accessible and essential, fostering innovation, enriching lives, and advancing the human condition.
GT Arts is seeking a Student Engagement Specialist to be the primary point-of-contact for students interested in engaging with the arts on campus. The Student Engagement Specialist will report to the Associate Vice Provost for the Arts. This role oversees grant programs for students, mentors students working on co-curricular arts projects, engages with student leaders of arts groups on campus, and connects students to arts opportunities both academic and co-curricular on campus and beyond.
The individual in this role will be focused on empowering students to make, share, and experience creative work, especially at the intersection of arts, technology, and innovation. This role will require a person to establish and maintain respectful, collaborative working relationships across campus and with the broader Atlanta arts community; to communicate strategically and effectively to a range of campus audiences; and to take initiative, multitask, and prioritize projects while working in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment. Experience in and knowledge of arts practice, community engagement, creative entrepreneurship, and frameworks for arts critique are highly desirable, particularly in the context of higher education. Work at the intersection of the arts and community and/or the arts and technology is especially valuable.

JOB SUMMARY

The Student Support Specialist is responsible for providing technical, administrative, and logistical support to ensure that student programs, services, and initiatives are delivered effectively. This role also aims to create a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive campus environment by assisting with program operations, engaging in student outreach, and maintaining essential support systems.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Associate’s Degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Vo additional information.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Two or more years of relevant experience.

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline or equivalent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Experience mentoring students and leaders of student organizations, especially in honing their artistic vision and implementing arts projects.
• Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives, in alignment with a broader strategy.
• Experience building deep, mutually-beneficial partnerships with stakeholders across a large institution.
• Experience creating and/or curating technology-infused/enabled arts experiences, and engaging audiences around them.

ABILITIES

o Ability to work with and respect all students from a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints
o Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends in support of student events and activities
o Proven ability to apply a range of concepts, techniques, and practices to follow through with
program objectives

KNOWLEDGE

o Experience with social media management
o Comprehensive knowledge of issues that impact college students

SKILLS

o Well-developed computer skills
o Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
o Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills