Student TA - GAM ; Beeman F24-S25

Department: Department of Game Development & Production

• Student Employment at Digi Pen is open to all currently matriculated students if they meet the qualifications for the job.
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• Student workers must reside within the State of Washington. Remote work outside of Washington will not be permitted.

Job Title:
Student TA - GAM 200/250 (Beeman) F24-S25

Reports to:
Ellen Beeman, Rachel Rutherford, Doug Schilling

Class Times:Fridays – 1:00-6:00 p.m.;other times as needed

Essential Functions

• We are hiring TAs for employment through Fall and Spring for GAM 200/250 TA for CS students.
• You will assist the instructor with labs and grading.
• You will support students with Technical, Design, or Production assistance during Friday labs and other times as available.
• You will give special focus to working with the game teams to solve problems and provide feedback and guidance.
• Support GAM 200/250 students with technical, design, and/or production assistance during Friday labs and other times as available.
• Work with the game teams to solve problems and provide feedback and guidance.
• Assist the instructors with grading and other course tasks.
• Other tasks as requested, to aid in the development and support of the sophomore game teams.
• Willingness and desire to support faculty, other TAs, and students through digital and in person communication.
• You must be located in Washington state.
• Be available to help during GAM 200 and 250 labs on Friday afternoons in Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
• In Fall and Spring semesters, TAs also MUST be available for the one-day “TCR Saturday” grading event, which is held on the Saturday before Finals week.

Experience

Ideal candidates will have acted before in a leadership position (GAM team Producer or Associate Producer; GAM team Design Lead; GAM team Technical Director, core Graphics programmer, core Engine, Physics, Physics, Buildmaster, or IMGUI programmer; Audio Lead; or a separate TA/Tutor position, etc.).

As a plus, they will have a familiarity with project management software, and SVN and/or GIT. In Fall and Spring semesters, TAs must be available to students via MS Teams chat (text or voice/video) on an as-needed basis.

• Student Employment at Digi Pen is open to all currently matriculated students if they meet the qualifications for the job.
• IMPORTANT:
  Students may not work during a time when they have a class scheduled, or their class is canceled or ends early. TAs who do not follow this requirement will be immediately released from their GAM 200/250 TA employment.
• IMPORTANT:
  Student workers must reside within the state of Washington. Working remotely from outside of Washington is not permitted.
• This position is primarily an on-campus position, although some tasks can be performed remotely via MS Teams and Discord.
• Accountable for tracking and reporting the amount of time worked

Requirements:

• A strong desire to help others, and to improve student and team outcomes at Digi Pen.
• A grade of at least a “B” or "P" in GAM 250 or equivalent second semester sophomore game/film projects course.
• Are in a BAGDor any undergraduate CS program at Digi Pen.
• A proven ability to work well onsite and remotely, with minimal direct supervision.
• Candidates must be available to work onsite and also via Teams chat and/or voice for scheduled meetings and work sessions.
• Ideal candidates will have acted before in a leadership position (Producer, Co-Producer, Associate Producer, Technical Director, Graphics core, Engine core, Physics core, ImGUI core, Buildmaster core, Design Lead, Art Lead, or Audio Lead on a GAM team, or held a TA/Tutor position at Digi Pen).
• As part of your application, you must submit your resume and also complete a form in which you list your areas of applicable expertise in technical, production, and/or design. Please note, these are EXAMPLES; you need not have all of these by any means, but this is to help you remember which ones you do have; feel free to add others if not included below.
• Fill out this form here as part of your…