THE FUTURES COLLABORATIVE

Listen to the absences
Read in other languages
Listen to the quiet voice
Visit old visions




We are hiring a passionate
RESEARCHER & WRITER
to join our team.




The Futures Collaborative is a strategy consultancy and thinking partner for progressive corporations in the fields of technology, urbanism, design, hospitality, mobility and empathy.

The Futures Collaborative is the recognition that there are no easy answers. The Futures Collaborative is a way of thinking, a commitment to gaining perspectives and actively engaging with the present. Towards futures that are desirable.




GAINING PERSPECTIVES

All our work starts with explorations and questions. These foundational explorations are intrinsic in gaining multiple perspectives and readings of the present that shape our work. These perspectives sometimes evolve intuitively (sensing), sometimes they grow out of distinct research patterns (ethnographic, anthropological, sociological, material). Both require curiosity and ease in articulating insights into words people want to hear and read.




THE TASK

Even though we often collaborate with larger institutions or corporations, we want to approach research with a creative and artistic lens. Critical aspects of this task are: different means of knowledge gathering and communicating artistic research to a wider (sometimes non-creative) audience. As we are advising through the tool of futures (narratives), connecting individual and collective experiences and expectations for the coming times, we are looking for someone to help us navigating the recombination of contexts and investigating the blurring borders (sometimes tensions) of nature, technology, and human communities.




ESSENTIAL SKILLS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Research

Relentless curiosity, looking at things from multiple perspectives, good listener, observer, adaptive, team player

Confidence to independently conduct desk research, interviews, literature analysis, observations, and foresight research

Open-minded to cross-disciplinary works, thrives in such explorations and settings

Desire to question all findings, understanding that research is more than ‘discovery’


Writing

Strong writing and communication skills – translating complex ideas into words people want to hear or read

Ability to switch between audiences and delivery formats – proposals, keynotes, research essays, conference presentations

Confident presenter, who can easily communicate insights in person or through writing

Highly collaborative, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people

Fluent in German and English
(text and speech)




JOB DETAILS

Location
Based in our studio in Munich (Bavaria)

Start Date
April 2023 (open to discussion)

Contract & Salary
Various degrees of part time schedule possible (2, 3 or 4 days a week), €30K–€35K per annum, depending on experience and schedule, 6 month contract, with the perspective of a long term role


If this sounds like you, please send your application to:
 hello@thefuturescollaborative.com


We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. (age, sex, gender, race, orientation or condition)




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