"University Faculty Graphic Design"

University Faculty Graphic Design

Requisition Number: F00487P

Job Description

The Department of Visual Art and Design (DOVAD) at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, seeks a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position in Graphic Design. The position includes a full-time undergraduate teaching load of 12 credit hours per semester, typically three courses per semester.

We seek an innovative designer and educator with a strong record of professional practice and scholarly work that advances the field of Visual Communication Design. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching, creative practice, and research and is expected to contribute to curriculum development at the undergraduate level. This involves cultivating student abilities in critical problem-solving, ethical design leadership, and effective communication across evolving media platforms.

As part of our faculty, the successful candidate will help cultivate a dynamic learning environment while advancing the departments growing influence in visual culture, technology, and public engagement. We place high value on a variety of experiences and perspectives among its faculty and within its curriculum. We encourage applications from candidates who are committed to supporting the learning needs of all students and contributing to our mission as both an open-enrollment institution and an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution. This appointment begins July 1, 2026.

Program Information

The Graphic Design program is an essential part of the DOVAD at Weber State University, a certified Adobe Creative Campus. Offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design (https://www.weber.edu/majors/graphic-design.html), the program prepares students for the evolving field by emphasizing emerging content structures and technologies. Faculty actively mentor students through academic advising and professional development opportunities.

Faculty have strong support through research and professional development grants, as well as opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, especially via the Matthew S. Browning Design Lab. Additionally, Weber State supports research via the ACT Lab, a multimedia workshop with a focus on innovation at the intersection of art and technology, and DOVAD maintains a Digital Lab for large-scale printing and digital illustration.

Job Duties

The successful candidate will teach core courses, including upper and lower division typography, branding, and layout along with system design and portfolio development, alongside art foundations, general education, and graphic design curriculum courses. They will also contribute to our curriculums focus on community-based design and studio practice.

DOVAD seeks candidates whose teaching and professional practice demonstrate a commitment to a forward-thinking, human-centric, and socially engaged design approach.

The candidate is expected to maintain active professional practices through public lectures, workshops, exhibitions, publications, client work, or other relevant venues, and also participate in service to the Art Department, College, and University.

Required Qualifications

• A terminal degree (MFA, PhD, or equivalent) in Graphic Design or a closely related field is required by July 1, 2026.
• Adobe Program knowledge.
• A minimum of one year of teaching experience.
• A portfolio of creative work in graphic design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two or more years of professional or industry experience.
• An understanding of some combination of the expanding digital tools necessary for the field of graphic design:
  • AI
  • Augmented Reality
  • Motion Design
  • 3D Modeling Software
  • Animation

Background Check? Yes

Benefits Summary

WSU offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, a wellness program with release time and paid incentives, tuition benefits, free tickets to athletic and performing arts events, and paid holidays. For more details, see the benefits package.

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Open Date: 10/22/2025

Close Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Notes to Applicants

If you are passionate about what you could offer and accomplish here at WSU, we would love to hear from you. The position comes with a generous benefits package.

To apply, all applicants must complete the required online application and electronically submit the following:

1. Use the Cover Letter option to attach as one PDF (10 MB max), a document that includes:
   • A cover letter specifically addressing the candidates experience in design pedagogy
   • Curriculum Vitae
   • Teaching philosophy that also addresses experience with, and commitment to, teaching and mentoring students
   • Contact information for three professional references (phone and email)
2. Use the Other Document 1 option to attach as a PDF (10MB max) a current professional portfolio with an image list (including title, media/project type, dimensions, date, and a short description), or a URL to a website with equivalent information.
   Note: video and other digital submissions of work not well represented by still images are acceptable where applicable, sent as URLs.
3. Use the Other Document 2 option to attach as a PDF (10MB max) a portfolio of the applicants students work with an image list (course/assignment, dimensions, media/project type, date, and short description).
   Please include up to three sample course syllabi and any other evidence of teaching effectiveness, like student evaluations, if applicable.

For full consideration, submit a completed application by January 7, 2026. The position will be open until filled.

Successful first-screen applicants will be contacted for an interview via Zoom.

We actively encourage applicants who will contribute to the mission of Weber State University, providing transformative educational experiences for all students through learning, service, and scholarship.

A criminal background check is required as a condition of employment.

DOVAD is housed in the Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, one of the most comprehensive studio arts facilities in the Intermountain West. The department is also home to the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, which produces and mounts exhibitions of national and international scope, in addition to showing student works and works by regional artists. Weber State University is located in Ogden, Utah, home to The Monarch and Nine Rails Creative District. The City of Ogden is 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. Northern Utah, the site of the 2002 and 2034 Winter Olympics, provides many world-class outdoor recreational opportunities.

Physical Activity of this position:

Expressing or exchanging ideas. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately or quickly. , Ability to receive detailed information with or without assistance.

Physical Requirements of this position:

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or consistently to move objects, including the human body. Sitting most of the time. Walking and standing only occasionally if ever.

Visual Acuity Requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision:

Required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; using a computer terminal; extensive reading.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position:

None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

To apply, visit https://jobs.weber.edu/postings/26762

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