[Cc-hk] CCHK/JMSC job opening

Rebecca MacKinnon rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 22:43:19 EDT 2008


JMSC seeks Research Associate/Project Manager

The JMSC seeks to hire an experienced and motivated individual to work as
Research Associate and Project Manager in digital media and free culture.

Responsibilities include:

- Working with the project leads and Executive Committee of Creative Commons
Hong Kong (CCHK) to manage activities and projects including the CCHK launch
in October 2008;
- Spearhead applications for public and private grants;
- Collaborating with departments and centers inside and outside HKU to
develop projects to promote copyright awareness and public digital media
literacy;
- Spearhead the development of a research agenda related to Creative
Commons, free culture movements, open source software communities, and the
evolution of digital media, content-creation and sharing in East Asia;
- Help to integrate Creative Commons and digital media-related projects and
research into the JMSC's undergraduate and graduate-level teaching.

Qualifications: experience with the use of Creative Commons licenses and
experience in working within open source and free culture communities;
advanced academic degree; knowledge of open source programming is also
ideal.

Employment term: 1 year, with possibility of renewal if candidate is
successful in obtaining grant funding for ongoing projects.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Applications with a full resume and cover letter should be sent to Ms
Pauline Ng, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong
Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (e-mail: jmsc at hk.hk; fax: 2858 8736). Please
mark "RA/PM" on the envelope or subject line.

A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
will be offered.

--
Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com

Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"

Public lead: Creative Commons Hong Kong
http://cchk.wetpaint.com
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