Category: Job Announcements

Now that the Computational Media department is founded, UC Santa Cruz needs to find a passionate, experienced person to manage it. The ideal candidate is someone with serious interest in games and other forms of computational media — as well as a knowledge of how organizations run (e.g., planning, budgets, events) and an understanding of…

The History of Art and Visual Culture Department (havc.ucsc.edu), at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the History of Digital Media.  We seek a teacher and scholar with expertise in the history and theory of one or more of the following areas: Internet culture, video games, digital imaging…

V&A London is working toward a major exhibition on contemporary videogame design. Opening in summer 2017 and are seeking a practically minded and highly motivated Research Curator with proven research experience and a track record in delivering creative projects to assist in the delivery of the already developed exhibition concept. The successful candidate will support…

Ben Kirman writes: Hi all, we’re currently looking for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (UK equivalent to Assistant Prof) to join us on a permanent basis at the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln, UK.

Software agents, predictive systems and recommendation services, robotics, drones, and artificial companions, non-player virtual characters, automated text and design experiments, the internet of things – all indicate that the automation of choices, actions and production is already a crucial theme in the emergence of 21st century digital culture.

From webdocs to Virtual Reality, docugames to data storytelling and personalisation; digital culture has seen a proliferation of interactive and participatory documentary forms. These have emerged within a context of transformation within twentieth century modes of documentary production, exhibition and reception, and a blurring of boundaries between documentary and other genres – most notably journalism.

The Interactive Arts and Media department of Columbia College Chicago has an opening for a full-time, non-tenure track lecturer (one year, renewing) specializing in Game Art, beginning August 17, 2015.

The Program in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY invites applications for a faculty position in Writing for Games. Appointment will be as a Professor-of-Practice, a non-tenured position, for a one year, fixed-term appointment

The HKU in The Netherlands is searching for a Lector (Professor) Interactive Narrative Design.

The Computational Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz is seeking a Program Director for the Games and Playable Media masters degree program, with an ideal start date of August/September 2015.