"Academic Professional:Assistant Professor of New Media and Design and the Assistant Digital Director"

The Assistant Digital Director will teach a 2/2 load across a wide array of courses in digital art. The School of Art’s New Media and Design program encompasses a range of conceptual and technological approaches relevant to contemporary art and design practices. The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate education and will provide service to the university, college and/or school. Ideal candidates will have strengths in areas such as interactive art, digital art, image/video making and design. In the cover letter, candidates should describe their experience teaching diverse students, and their experience with skills-based and culturally responsive pedagogies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as New Media or computing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise with MacOS and Windows operating systems, software languages such as HTML, CSS, and/or JavaScript and creative software used in new media, animation, and digital fabrication (ex. – Adobe Creative Cloud, Maxon Suite, Autodesk Maya and AutoCAD, Unreal Engine, ToonBoom, Blender, Rhino, Revit, etc.) and a willingness to receive training in existing and new software.
• Two years of teaching experience in digital media.
• Ability to work independently without detailed supervision.