Tutors for the School of Film & Visual Media, and School of Acting

Part-time

Oberschöneweide

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School of Film & Visual Media, and
School of Acting Tutors

Closing date: November 8, 2024
Interviews starting: November 25, 2024
Role: Freelance
Beginning Date: January 6, 2025

Catalyst – Institute for Creative Arts and Technology is an international learning community, based at the iconic Funkhaus in the creative media metropolis of Berlin. Organised into a School of Music & Sound, School of Film & Visual Media, and School of Acting, our diverse and ever-growing bachelor's and master’s degree programmes are based on the values and concepts of progressive, project-based education whilst complying with the rigorous requirements of a UK university qualification.

Aiming to become the international creative production and performance learning institution of choice, we encourage students to push their creative boundaries way beyond what they thought possible, at the same time engaging with their personal growth as a human being. Simply put, we aim to provide them with a set of skills that allows them to flourish whilst manifesting their interests and their unique greatness more powerfully in the wider world. With students from over 75 different countries, our creative community is a working environment that is international and multicultural.

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What are we looking for?

Freelance team members

Moving beyond outmoded ways of working together we are striving toward a conscious people-centred culture which we can describe in more detail in-person. Whilst the aims of the school are what bring us together, what keeps us together in our dynamic community is the idea that people can bring more of their authentic selves to the workplace.

Several Freelance Film Production Tutors

We are looking for different tutors to teach these classes:

Film Production (BA) Programme:

Directing Characters

• acting & directing for filmmakers, developing authentic characters)

Editing

• expertise in editing theory and hands-on experience with Premiere Pro, capable of teaching both creative/conceptual techniques and practical application

Acting (BA) Programme:

Sketch Comedy

• Writing, Acting & Directing

VFX (BA) Programme:

• Post Production class - Key skill: 3D Composite, 3D Framing, Color Grading
• 3D Assets class - Key skill: Cinema 4D or Blender
• Real Time class - Key skill: Unreal
• Game Design class - Key skill: Unreal
• Creative Art Installation class - Key skill: Touch Designer

Creation Production Film (MA) Programme:

Masterclass: Scene Lab

• preferred candidates should have experience in both Directing and Cinematography

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Key accountabilities

• Delivering classes and workshops
• Preparing exciting learning-by-doing content for lessons (Including lesson handouts)
• Attending weekly team meetings
• Monitoring student progress and providing academic support
• Assessing and grading student work
• Providing feedback to programme lead
• Attending programme meetings
• Reviewing peer sessions for internal development
• Attending team days and team development sessions

About you

You may have many or all of these qualities/experiences:

• Fluent in English, both spoken and written (other languages are a bonus)
• An open mind and supportive approach to teaching hands-on content
• Strong motivational skills to draw students into study and practice
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry and teaching experience for BA Courses
• Master´s degree, Ph.D or equivalent industry and teaching experience for MA courses
• Interested in helping to build a growing creative community
• Artistic or industry experience
• An interest in progressive film/acting education methodologies
• Highly developed real-world teaching practice at Higher Education level
• Ability to critique and guide the teaching and assessment of others
• Achieving great results with ideas rather than large budgets
• A team player

You should be able to demonstrate that you are exceptionally capable with evidence of previous real-world roles/ projects to prove your abilities with a deep knowledge and practical understanding of working in a higher education environment.

We will ask you to give us a test-lesson in the role you applied for to show your capabilities as part of our interview process.

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What you can expect from us

We offer a working environment where learning and exchange are invited and encouraged. Within our vibrant creative community, we share a lively and flexible work environment. By design, the working environment invites fuller expression of yourself, taking initiative in shaping your own role(s), and opening up possibilities to develop yourself as an educator as well as a creative professional.

Part of what animates our work together is trying to find ways of delivering a progressive and rigorous education to our students, whilst centering community and belonging. We therefore strongly encourage applications from those who would traditionally be excluded from an educational institution. For Catalyst that means we envision a constellation of team members that is diverse in its gender, race, class, ability, age and sexual orientation backgrounds.

Next steps

Instead of sending a traditional cover letter, describe to us in 500 words your perspective on a progressive creative education and how you feel you would contribute to this endeavour (in PDF format). Please also include your most recent CV (in PDF format) with links to some examples of your work/portfolio (if available). Finally, make sure to state which courses of the ones listed above you think would best fit your experience.

Send us your application documents by using this form:

If you have questions, you may email them to your_mission@catalyst-berlin.com (include School of Film / School of Acting Tutor in your subject). We will be accepting applications until November 8, 2024. Relevant candidates will most likely be invited for initial interviews starting November 25.

We look forward to reading your application and getting to know you!

Dec 8, 2024

Catalyst - Institute for Creative Arts and Technology

Catalyst Berlin

Acting, Editing, Film, VFX