Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Deadline: April 22, 2019

It is now open a vacancy to a Research grant in Multimedia Design Master within the scope of the Project: Remedia.Lab - Regional Media Laboratory and Incubator (No. 031277).

The work is to be held at the Research Unit - Communication, Philosophy and Humanities (LabCom.IFP) of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Master in Multimedia Design or similar.

Objective of the activity:

Development of research activities in the area of Design, namely at the level of development of websites in WordPress and also in the design of platforms and digital content.

Requirements of admission:

To hold the Degree of Master in Multimedia Design or similar.

Skills: Minimum experience of 1 year and proven with portfolio; Versatility in illustration; Experience and proven knowledge in: Audio and video editing; Conception of interactive infographics; 2D / 3D modeling and animation; Experience of developing websites in WordPress (knowledge in Joomla and Bootstrap are valued); Domain of Adobe Creative Cloud tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere, After Effects, Adobe XD; Knowledge of UX / UI for web and mobile; Knowledge of HTML5 and CSS (knowledge of jQuery, Javascript, Bootstrap and PHP will be valued); Google Analytics expertise to develop analytics and reporting; Knowledge in SEO; Work in team and projects, namely at the level of the design of platforms and digital contents (interactive narratives, digital storytelling, etc); Organization and management of projects.

Other skills: Proven ability and experience of scientific research, based on their academic training and within the scope of the project.

Work Plan:

Generally:

Design and design of platforms and digital projects associated with the editorial activity.

More specifically:

• Design of interactive multimedia resources for the design of a Regional Press portal.
• Development of interactive multimedia resources, namely a). Contents for digital platforms for computers, laptops, and mobile devices; B). New multimedia reporting languages; W). Experimentation of specific digital content for new audiences.
• Development of strategies to promote new audiences.
• Support in training actions aimed at incubating and launching projects of new local and regional averages, based on platforms and innovative technological languages.
• Reporting and development of scientific production in the area.
• Support for the promotion of the Remedia.Lab project, in all the components of its activity.

Legislation and applicable regulation:

Law Nº. Amended by Decree-Law no. 202/2012, of August 27, and amended by Decree-Law no. 233/2012, of October 29 and by Law no. 12/2013, of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of July 9 (Statute of the Scientific Research Grant), as well as the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology IP (FCT) in force (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2015.pdf) and Annex I of Regulation 339/2015 and article 201 of Law No. 71/2018 (State Budget Law for 2019) .

Place of work:

The work will be developed in Labcom.IFP, Research Unit of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, under the scientific guidance of Professor João Carlos Ferreira Correia.

Duration and activity regime:

The scholarship will last for 12 months, scheduled to begin in May / June 2019. The activity will be carried out on an exclusive basis, according to the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology.

Financial conditions of the scholarship:

Remuneration according to the table of values of advanced training grants awarded by FCT, I.P. in the Country, in the monthly amount of 989,70 € (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The payment of the scholarship will be made monthly with a bank transfer. Voluntary social insurance is added to this value if the applicant chooses to join it, as well as personal accident insurance.

Selection criteria:

The selection methods to be used are based on the following parameters: the merit and scientific production, the adequacy between the profile of the candidates and the plan of activities foreseen in the project, the motivation, and the experience.

Applications must be sent to the e-mail addresses jcorreia@ubi.pt, jcfcorreia@gmail.com and mercia@ubi.pt, until 24: 00hours on 04/22/2019. Research Unit - LabCom.IFP (Communication, Philosophy and Humanities) Faculty of Arts and Letters University of Beira Interior 6201-001, Covilhã, Portugal.