ESC @ Socio-cultural centre "VILLA" in Medienwerkstatt

The socio-cultural centre “Die VILLA” is a modern youth, cultural and social institution close to the centre of Leipzig. With over 100 events and courses each week, it offers a wide range of activities for every age group (from early music training with toddlers to back schooling for senior citizens) in a variety of genres (from choirs to youth theatre groups). The centre has five differently equipped event rooms, a media area, a self-help bicycle-repair centre, the VILLA-café, a band practice room and sound labor, a shared apartment for young people engaged in voluntary service, an open meeting point for children and youths, as well as the offices of various associations and initiatives.

The Medienwerkstatt (media lab) is located on the second floor of the VILLA Leipzig, it focuses on children and young people who are interested and passionate about producing their own media such as films, photos, games, escape rooms etc. We offer skills in graphic design, image editing, animated films, film editing, programming, digital games and much more. Right now digital projects and activities inclusing virtual reality and augmented reality becoming more and more popular in our work.

The main role of the volunteer in this project is to help organise activities by visiting schools and youth clubs, running workshops, looking after our social media, preparing the office and helping with related work. However, there is ample opportunity for the volunteer's creativity, allowing them to develop their own projects.

Tasks:

• Support in the preparation, carrying out of our workshops and our weekly media-padagogical projects.
• support gaming project "Spiellabor" once a week
• Support in the preparation, carrying out of an international youth exchange in case one will be carried through possibility of taking part in courses and workshops in the Media Laboratory.
• Possibility of taking part in courses and workshops in the Media Laboratory. Documenting the projects and creating promotional material about our activities such as flyers, posters and social media content (graphic design skills and experience in Canva, InDesign or Photoshop is preferable).
• Administrative tasks concerning equipment reservations and our darkroom.

Selection process:

Please complete the online questionnaire you find below. We collect all applications until the deadline, then all applications that are complete will be forwarded to the responsible for the media laboratory who decide about the candidate. The selection process takes 1–2 months. You will get an answer during or latest after 2 months. We only accept applications through our Google Form below. If you apply via e-mail, your application won't be considered!

Selection criteria: We are looking for a volunteer who:

• can work independently and has a high sense of self-initiative
• is interested in non-formal media education and pedagogy work
• enjoys working in a team
• has experiences or a high interest in one or more of these topics: digital transformation, media literacy, gaming & gaming culture, game design, film making, photography, podcasting, video creation , escape rooms or is willing to learn.
• enjoys preparation work in the office (planning, meetings, brainstorming).
• enjoys participating and organizing activities for young people and other more practical tasks.
• is open to do their own projects or take own initiative to start
• bringing new ideas into action.
• is flexible, creative and motivated!

We can not host people, who need a Visa, because of the long procedures.

You can download the Info-Pack here: t3://file?uid=4846

Apply here!