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Careers at SARAAJ

Explore collaboration opportunities at SARAAJ in art, design, architecture and research. Learn about our working culture and recruitment process, and submit your CV.

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A Creative World

SARAAJ Art Space Creation and Development Center provides a setting for creative artistic projects and lasting professional connections across Iran and other countries.

Sarajsar

At Sarajsar, SARAAJ’s workspace, you become part of a sense of place rather than simply occupying a location.

What a future team member should know

A prospective team member should know that joining SARAAJ does not mean following a straight road. Our paths can be winding and demanding, so be ready for complex, engaging and unexplored routes.
A prospective team member should know that the Sarajan—the people who make up SARAAJ—will support them from their arrival through their development.
A prospective team member should know that being at SARAAJ is a choice: a desire to share dreams and advance them creatively. If that shared aspiration no longer feels meaningful, you can leave the circle and pursue your individual path.
A prospective team member should know that we do not understand a working day simply as a number of hours. The original statement describes a voluntary commitment to creating work and maintaining its creative and intellectual continuity.
A prospective team member should know that information at SARAAJ is not locked away. The Sarajan bring knowledge to the table and work transparently with one another.
A prospective team member should know that discussion at SARAAJ takes place in an open, friendly environment.

Opportunities to Collaborate

Explore the SARAAJ website to understand what matters to us and consider the role you could play. Our career path is defined through named stages and clear characteristics, with attention to growth, collaboration and team impact at every stage.

Career Growth on this website explains these stages. Benefits at SARAAJ vary according to each person’s role, circumstances and abilities. For more information, the source also refers to a section on salary calculation. If SARAAJ does not match your aspirations, you can return to your previous page. If our aspirations align, we invite you to send us your CV.

Areas of Recruitment

Researcher
Concept developer
Concept designer
Learning Experience Designer
Character designer
۲D artist / Illustrator
Digital painter
Graphic designer
Architect
Industrial designer
۳D designer
BIM specialist
Sculptor
Technical and operations manager
Workshop administrator
General worker
Reporter
Editor
Social media operator
Events & Community Engagement Manager
Art sales manager
Finance and administration manager
Office manager
Intern

SARAAJ and Its Departments

Explore SARAAJ and its seven specialist departments to discover where you could contribute: from creating artworks and designing spaces to galleries and the art economy, media and content, experiential learning, conversations and urban participation. The websites below introduce each department’s approach, activities and projects. Consider how your skills, interests and ideas could help create value through meaningful collaboration.

Becoming a Sarajan

At SARAAJ, effectiveness matters alongside efficiency. A strong portfolio demonstrates both: technical and aesthetic quality—doing work well—and attention to choosing the right work. A third important quality is collaboration, particularly the ability to contribute within a team. The following stages help us understand these qualities.

First skills interview

The first skills interview explores your software and technical expertise. A specialist in your field will meet you online and provide the relevant department’s management with a descriptive and numerical assessment. Within a maximum of three working days, you will receive an email with one of the following outcomes:

Thank you for explaining your abilities openly during the skills interview. Unfortunately, for the reasons stated, we are unable to proceed with a collaboration.
Thank you for explaining your abilities openly during the skills interview. We invite you to a second skills interview on the specified date to learn more about you.

Second skills interview

This session examines your specialist abilities through theoretical understanding and the practical use of that knowledge. It takes place in person around a mini-project guided by a relevant specialist.
Within a maximum of three working days after the second skills interview, you will receive an email with one of the following outcomes:

Thank you for demonstrating your abilities during the second skills interview. Unfortunately, for the reasons stated, we are unable to proceed with a collaboration.
Thank you for demonstrating your abilities during the second skills interview. The management team invites you to a collaboration interview on the specified date.

Collaboration interview

The collaboration interview explores how you work with the Sarajan. Members of the relevant department will hear your ideas and consider how you could improve teamwork. Following a vote among department members, the outcome will be sent to you by email.

Impact interview

SARAAJ is concerned with the impact of creative arts. At this stage, the people who guide our culture explore whether your approach and aspirations align with those of the organisation. If they do, collaboration begins on a three-month trial basis. Following a positive assessment of your contribution, you become a Sarajan.