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Educators
How many times have you heard your students ask the dreaded question, “When am I ever going to use this”?
Enhancing Curriculums:
The Spyder Lab™ is the perfect complement to your existing curriculum, allowing you to take theoretical lessons and apply them to modern, real-world scenarios.
Participants will learn how to work with their peers and solve everyday problems in an entrepreneurial environment while fostering critical life skills including responsibility, time management, communication, and community outreach.
Out With the Outsourcing:
Your school’s Spyder Lab™ will become the new one-stop hub for all school-wide graphic media creations. Imagine producing all your school’s apparel, banners, posters, stickers, and more right on campus. You’ll be saving your staff precious time and money, all while helping your students to hone their technical, graphical, and soft skills.
We’re Right Behind You:
We’ll be right there with you throughout your journey with us, teaching you and your students how to use and maintain each piece of equipment so your class can emerge as confident leaders ready to take on the world.
Below you’ll find some handy charts detailing several career paths and median salary ranges that our Spyder Lab™ program can help prepare your students for.
FAQ
What will my students learn?
Your students will gain a comprehensive baseline understanding of business, graphic media, and manufacturing by learning and utilizing theory-based teachings to create various forms of graphic media for clients both on and off-campus. The goal of the Spyder Lab™ program is to prepare students for the workforce directly after high school, whether they plan on attending college or heading straight to work.
Your students will learn how to work with their peers and solve real-world problems in an entrepreneurial environment while fostering critical life skills including responsibility, time management, communication, and community outreach. By the time participants complete our program, they will be equipped with the necessary skills and confidence needed to obtain a skilled job in the business, graphic media, and manufacturing sectors.
For more information on what students will be able to create with each piece of machinery, visit our Graphic Media Applications page at https://www.spyder3d.com/graphics-media-application/.
What will my students actually be doing in class?
The Spyder Lab™ allows your classroom to become the new one-stop hub for all your school’s graphic media needs, as well as take on projects from clients, such as local businesses.
Imagine producing all your school’s apparel, banners, posters, stickers, and more right on campus. You’ll be saving your staff precious time and money, all while helping your students to hone their technical, graphical, and soft skills.
What will I have to learn?
Every Spyder Lab™ comes with extensive training on machine usage and maintenance. We’ll make sure you learn and understand the basic operational knowledge of each machine.
We’ve also partnered with the Orange County Department of Education to provide an innovative training facility comprised of the complete Spyder Lab™ so you can practice all you need.
Who can participate?
Students currently enrolled at one of our many partner high schools, regardless of grade level.
How much does the complete Spyder Lab™ cost?
The complete lab with included training, mentorship support, and access to consumable materials at wholesale pricing is between $60,00 to $100,000.
How can I bring the Spyder Lab™ to my school?
Speak with your school administrators! Show them our website and let them know you want to see a Spyder Lab™ at your campus!
What resources are available for me?
We are! Service is at the core of Spyder3D® and we strive to be there for all of our partners every step of the way. If there’s ever anything you need, don’t hesitate to reach out!
How can I involve my colleagues?
Reach out! Tell them about the Spyder Lab™ program and how it can benefit each of their classes. Regardless of the subjects your fellow instructors teach, there’s sure to be a practical use for the Spyder Lab™ in their teachings.
What if I have additional questions that aren’t answered here?
Reach out to us! Any other questions, comments, or concerns can be sent via email to info@spyder3d.com.
POTENTIAL JOBS
Design
Some Experience
Moderate Experience
Significant Experience
Graphic Designer
DUTIES:Design or create graphics to meet clients’ needs for letterheads, logos, websites, or other media.
Median Pay Range:
$46,000 to $72,000 per year
Multimedia Artist/Animator
DUTIES:Create graphics and animation for electronic media, such as internet, film, television, and video games.
Median Pay Range:
$55,000 to $77,000 per year
Art Manager
DUTIES:Plan, direct, coordinate, and manage all activities in a company’s art department.
Median Pay Range:
$75,000 to $108,000 per year
Presentation Designer
DUTIES:Design and create presentation materials on a computer or on paper.
Median Pay Range:
$66,000 to $87,000 per year
Concept Artist
DUTIES: Create concrete visualizations of ideas for buildings, parks, movies, cartoons, video games, etc.
Median Pay Range:
$53,000 to $87,000 per year
Art Director
DUTIES: Come up with design ideas and approaches and excute them in art or layout design.
Median Pay Range:
$66,000 to $101,000 per year
Web or Mobile Media Designer
DUTIES:Design, create, and modify websites or mobile or tablet apps.
Median Pay Range:
$50,000 to $74,000 per year
Independent/Freelance Artist
DUTIES:Take on various creative projects, designing artwork/graphics to best fit your client’s needs.
Median Pay Range:
$49,000 to $80,000 per year
Creative Technologist
DUTIES:Help customers decide the best technology to communicate their message. Oversee the design and technical development of media projects.
Median Pay Range:
$90,000 to $141,000 per year
Commercial Artist
DUTIES: Create drawings, lettering, and backgrounds for advertising stills or overlays for animation.
Median Pay Range:
$62,000 to $138,000 per year
Product Designer
DUTIES: Design and develop the majority of the consumer products that people use in their everyday lives.
Median Pay Range:
$81,000 to $127,000 per year
Design Director
DUTIES: Oversee and direct design of print and digital media.
Median Pay Range:
$114,000 to $165,000 per year
Business
Some Experience
Moderate Experience
Significant Experience
Administrative Assistant
DUTIES:
Support executives and managers in media and advertising firms. Screen calls and take messages, coordinate travel arrangements, compile and maintain news clips and media lists, do Internet research, organize office and maintain files, draft letters and newsletters, and schedule appointments
Median Pay Range:
$39,000 to $55,000 per year or$15.50 to $22 per hour
Ad Account Executive
DUTIES:
Sell advertising space or time in pubications, or on signs, TV, radio, or the Internet. Develop and maintain client relationships and close sales. Do product demonstrations in person, or by phone or webinar.
Median Pay Range:
$53,000 to $89,000 per year
Director of Sales
DUTIES:
Lead, manage, and motivate a team of sales representatives, setting expectations and goals for the team to meet and a general vision to follow.
Median Pay Range:
$90,000 to $148,000 per year
Bookkeeper
DUTIES:
Take care of accounting work for a media, advertising or public relations firm. Do the day to day work on accounts payable and receivable, prepare invoices and pay bills. Bookeepers often work part-time and have flexible hours.
Median Pay Range:
$42,000 to $60,000 per year or$17 to $25 per hour
Accountant
DUTIES:
Create sales and cash flow reports, administer payroll, keep balance sheets, carry out billing activities, manage budgets, keep inventory, etc.
Median Pay Range:
$51,000 to $71,000 per year
VP Market Research
DUTIES:
Oversee media reseach. Communicate with clients to understand their needs. Develop methods, design and direct research and make reccommendations based on findings. Research could be about market activity, competitors’ performance, customer preferences, or future trends that could affect clients’ business.
Median Pay Range:
$100,000 per year and higher
Financial Analyst
DUTIES:
Study marketplace trends, demographics and microeconomic factors to give advice and analysis that helps your company make smart investments.
Median Pay Range:
$60,000 to $81,000 per year
Media Market Research Analyst
DUTIES:
Research market conditions or collect information to get a sense of the sales potential of a product or service. Do research on competing firms’ prices, and sales and marketing methods.
Median Pay Range:
$53,000 to $76,000 per year
VP Sales and Marketing
DUTIES:
Manage ad account executives by setting territories and sales quotas. Build new business opportunities and generate revenue for newspapers, television programs, and/or websites. Make sure that clients’ needs are being met
Median Pay Range:
$100,000 per year and higher
Inside Sales Representative
DUTIES:
Manage daily cash flow, help improve banking services, create and present departmental strategy, reports, and data analysis to management.
Median Pay Range:
$44,000 to $61,000 per year
Digital Marketing Director
DUTIES:
Build relationshipos with prospects, clients and partners in online marketing and media areas.
Median Pay Range:
$97,000 to $154,000 per year
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/President
DUTIES:
Takes charge of an organization and makes the majority of executive decisions. Leads, guides, oversees job performances, formulates strategic direction for their company.
Median Pay Range:
$160,000 to $200,000+ per year
Manufacturing
Some Experience
Moderate Experience
Significant Experience
Maintenance Technician
DUTIES:
General upkeep of various equipment/facilities including troubleshooting and repairs.
Median Pay Range:
$45,000 to $70,000 per year
3D Artist/Modeler
DUTIES:
Design and create three-dimensional objects/characters for prototyping/various graphic media
Median Pay Range:
$54,000 to $88,000 per year
Production Supervisor
DUTIES:
Schedule, coordinate, and execute daily tasks in line with the production schedule, including rate checks, sanitation checks, scrap reporting, inventory management, and mentoring.
Median Pay Range:
$60,000 to $81,000 per year
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Operator
DUTIES:
Work with various shop machines to fabricate parts for assembly, usually from various metal compounds. Monitor machinery, and inspect each created part to ensure quality.
Median Pay Range:
$39,000 to $62,000 per year
Production Planner
DUTIES:
Make sure that each day’s scheduled run of items occur without incident. Order materials, ensure product quality, and make sure the manufacturing area has adequate lighting and envrionmental conditions.
Median Pay Range:
$58,000 to $79,000 per year
Director of Operations
DUTIES:
Oversee your organization’s employees and production of goods and/or services, including purchasing, warehousing, and manufacturing to make sure products meet expectations.
Median Pay Range:
$91,000 to $150,000
Electrical Technician
DUTIES:
Apply electrical knowledge to design, build, repair, and adjust electrical components, circuitry and controls
Median Pay Range:
$52,000 to $82,000 per year or $21 to $31 per hour
Industrial Designer
DUTIES:
Design products//develop concepts for factory-made products such as home appliances, furniture, automobiles, electronics, and toys.
Median Pay Range:
$58,000 to $89,000 per year
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
DUTIES:
Handle the monitoring and maintenance of technical aspects of the manufacturing process, gathering metrics to analyze efficiency and process flow.
Median Pay Range:
$91,000 to $113,000 per year
Quality Assurance (QA) / Quality Control (QC) Inspector
DUTIES:
Inspect, test, and sample materials, parts, or products for defects and any deviations from specifications to ensure quality is being met.
Median Pay Range:
$53,000 to $87,000 per year
Manufacturing Engineer
DUTIES:
Schedule, coordinate, and execute daily tasks in line with the production schedule, including rate checks, sanitation checks, scrap reporting, inventory management, and mentoring.
Median Pay Range:
$69,000 to $90,000 per year
VP Manufacturing
DUTIES:
Oversee operations and ensure that proper steps are taken to make sure that the manufacturing process is running smoothly and safely. Meet sales targets, provide input, and help create growth at your company.
Median Pay Range:
$145,000 to $201,000 per year