Digital Producing Apprentices
Digital producing is the creative experience design and project management of digital or hybrid events. It is a dynamic career characterised by constant innovation, experimentation, and life-long learning.
Digital producers have individualized skillsets from traditional event producing (project management such as budgeting, research, planning, grant writing, business strategy, human resources, etc.) to content creation and digital/media arts (videography, video editing, graphic design, stream programming/operation, social media coordination, web design/dev, digital/media arts, etc.).
This is a career that is highly customizable to each individual’s interests and strengths, as they relate to the planning and execution of the wide spectrum of digital/hybrid experiences (festivals, shows, installations, etc.)
Apprenticeship #1 Associate Digital Production Manager
Learn how to plan for and manage digital/hybrid programming from inception to execution. 100% hands-on learning. The apprentice will have the opportunity to work alongside Savanna and the project teams as associate digital production manager for a full season spanning one major hybrid (live physical and digital) art project and a series of regular weekly programs.
This apprenticeship is intended to be a more advanced professional development placement, building on pre-existing event management/arts administration (or comparable) experience.
Apprenticeship #2 Associate Digital Designer
Learn what assets are needed for various digital/hybrid events and gain experience designing/delivering project assets. All asset creation is either directly (project asset) or indirectly (digital marketing) part of the larger digital dramaturgy (storytelling) of the project as a whole, and founded on experience/interaction design. 100% hands-on learning. Use your content creation skills to tell innovative stories and design unique experiences (videography, graphic design, photography, media art, web design/dev, etc.) The apprentice will have the opportunity to work alongside Savanna and the project teams as associate digital designer for a full season spanning one major hybrid (live physical and digital) art project and a series of regular weekly programs.
This apprenticeship is intended to be a more advanced professional development placement, building on a pre-existing media art/marketing/designing (or comparable) practice.
About the Apprenticeship Host
Savanna Harvey is an indie artist (multidisciplinary), performance scholar, and creative producer. She is curious about all things live and performative. Savanna has worked for and been commissioned by numerous major arts organizations, non-profits, festivals, and special projects across Alberta. She has toured Canada with her weird little show about science ghosts and garbage puppets. Since 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been in constant demand as a digital producer, helping hundreds of artists make the leap online.
Recently, she was an artist-in-residence at cSPACE Projects where she researched Interaction Design for Digital and Hybrid Performance. Her most recent writing was published in Luma Quarterly (Summer 2021), The Art Experience vs The Art Object: Performing Arts in the Digital Realm.
Compensation
Apprenticeships will be funded through a Canada Council for the Arts Professional Development for Arts Professionals grant. Savanna will support and coach the successful applicants in assembling their applications and will write letters of support. She is an experienced grant writer with a proven track record of funding. This funding stream and previous apprenticeships have been successfully awarded in the past.
Funding Available Per Apprentice: $10,000
If funding is unsuccessful, apprenticeships will not proceed, but applications may be resubmitted to future deadlines and other/additional sources of funding.
Guaranteed in-kind compensation: Grant coaching in-kind value per apprentice of $2,000
Deadline to Apply: September 12, 2021
For more information and to apply, visit savannaharvey.com.
