Position:
Assistant Professor of Media Arts
Rank & Salary:
Assistant, Full Time, Tenure Track
Salary commensurate with experience
Starting Date:
September, 2012
Qualifications:
Terminal degree in Media Arts, Multimedia or Interactive Telecommunications (Ph.D. or M.F.A.. experience preferred) with a minimum of three years of demonstrated teaching practice in addition to strong evidence of scholarly/artistic publication.
Details after the jump
POST SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Media Arts DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate should be prepared to implement the new integrated undergraduate core
curriculum, teach undergraduate courses in Electronic Media, Print/Electronic Journalism and Public Relations, including courses such as Web Design, Web Development, Flash Development, Multimedia Production, Social Media use and optimization, or computer assisted reporting. The ability to participate in the process of developing an undergraduate track in digital game development will be an asset, as will the candidate’s ability to teach and support the Master’s Degree in Digital Game Design with courses in sound, animation or design aspects of that program. Candidates should be familiar with a variety of digital video, audio and related multimedia technology and software (e.g. Flash, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Avid, Illustrator Sound Forge and Reason. Expertise in HTML5, CSS and ActionScript is expected. Professional experience in the web/electronic media/ or digital game design is a plus.
Application:
Applicants for this position should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae, other supporting materials will be solicited by request. Please send electronic applications to bfowles@liu.edu:
Barbara Fowles, Ph.D..
Chair, Media Arts Department,
LIU Post
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
Deadline:
Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until a candidate is hired. Long Island University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
About LIU
In its ninth decade of providing access to the American dream through excellence in higher education, Long Island University is a multi-campus, diverse, doctoral institution of higher learning. One of the largest and most comprehensive
private universities in the country, Long Island University offers more than 550 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and certificates, and educates over 24,000 students in degree-credit and continuing education
programs in Brooklyn, Brookville (Post), Brentwood, Riverhead, Rockland and Westchester.
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