Deadline: 6-Jun-23
The Australia Council for the Arts is inviting applications for the Digital Specialist-in-Residence Program to provide art organisations with access to a specialist who will help them develop their digital capacity and pilot a new digitally led project.
The Australia Council encourages applications from people who identify as First Nations, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and people living in regional and remote areas.
The Digital Specialist-in-Residence program evolves and replaces the Digital Strategist-in-Residence initiative, embedding learnings from the program evaluations over the last two years to incorporate new elements and include an additional piloting phase.
Program Structure
- Over a period of fourteen weeks, the specialist will work with your organisation to:
- review your current digital capability
- identify areas for digital improvement
- interview and engage with key internal stakeholders
- explore new opportunities to expand digital activities
- develop a digital project tailored to the values, people and context of your organisation
- pilot program and evaluate learnings
Phases
- The program is delivered in four phases. Your organisation will work with the specialist to complete the following:
- Assess: the specialist will guide you through a process to identify the organisation’s current level of digital maturity.
- Ideate: a process of ideation and investigation to identify digital challenges and opportunities for your organisation.
- Develop: Develop your flagship project, model program or prototype product.
- Pilot & Refine: Launch project, evaluate early learnings, present findings.
Detail
- The Digital Specialist-in-Residence will connect and collaborate with key members of your team. The program will involve facilitated sessions and self-directed tasks.
- There is a one week pre-program period of onboarding and program orientation, after which the specialist will be available for one day a week over fourteen weeks. There is a small seed grant for each organisation to go towards piloting their project.
- Each organisation must nominate a minimum of two team members (one in a leadership position) who will work closely with the digital specialist over the fourteen weeks, and continue the work on completion of the residency.
- The commitment of both time and staff members to lead on this work is essential to make the residency a success. Participating organisations will be part of a cohort of eight organisations.
- This program has identified positions for a First Nations organisation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Digital Specialist-in-Residence program is open to Australian arts organisations.
- The program invites a diverse range of organisations to apply, and the opportunity is open to applicants from any:
- art form or area of practice
- scale or size of organisation
- location in Australia, however organisations in regional or remote locations are particularly encouraged to apply
- main activity, including performing, producing, service or collecting
- existing level of digital readiness or capability
- Your organisation will be matched with an appropriate specialist from the group of creative technologists based on your needs and opportunities.
- You are eligible to apply whether or not your organisation currently receives funding from the Australia Council.
- Please note this program requires a commitment of eight hours a week over the fourteen-week period.
- Applicants who submitted in an earlier round are invited to apply again.
For more information, visit Australia Council for the Arts.