Job opportunities, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Georgia Tech
Positions in Digital Media Design
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Pending final funding approval, Georgia Tech's School of Literature,
Communication, and Culture is seeking two assistant or associate
professors to join them in defining the emerging field of Digital Media
Design as a practice continuous with the traditions of artistic cultural
practice and humanistic research. Applicants should have expertise
in one or more of the fields listed below and be prepared to teach at
the undergraduate and graduate level in LCC's internationally recognized
programs, including a Ph.D. in Digital Media. Applicants should be
computationally sophisticated practioner/theorists prepared to teach
studio courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, and to supervise
graduate research in media theory and practice. A Ph.D. or appropriate
terminal degree, and demonstration of significant original research/
creative work required. Experience in interdisciplinary teams desirable.
Applicants should send a letter with statement of research interests
and pedagogical approach, a C.V., one or two pages of screenshots
and /or a pointer to an on-line portfolio. (Requests for full dossier and
portfolio will be sent to selected applicants.)

Applications to:
Prof. Diane Gromala, Chair Search Committee
School of Literature, Communication and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0165

:: Review of applications begins November 1, 2003.::

The Georgia Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

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Graphic Design/Interaction Design
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Expertise in graphic design, with an emphasis in areas such as: dynamic
information design, interface design, user-centered methodologies,
time-based interactive media, film theory and criticism, animation, virtual
worlds, and visual theory. The candidate must demonstrate sophisticated
design aesthetics across media and must be prepared to teach core
courses in visual design in our undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Information Architecture/
Information Design
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Expertise in the history, practice, and creation of large information
spaces, preferably in the Humanities and Fine Arts. Candidates should have
technical competence in XML and database applications and must be prepared
to teach core courses at the graduate and undergraduate level that place
information architecture in the context of cultural and social traditions.

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Interactive Video
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Areas of research or creativity may include: digital games, interactive
narrative or drama, interactive television, film theory and criticism,
database documentary, virtual or augmented reality, time-based
interactive installations, and media theory. Candidates should have
created original work in the development of new video genres and
must be prepared to teach core digital video studios at the undergraduate
and graduate levels.

http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/lcc/design/