Assistant Professor of Multimedia

Oct. 30, 2007

Type: job
Location: US
Deadline: Oct 30 2007 at 2:28PM
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SLANE COLLEGE
OF COMMUNICATIONS AND FINE ARTS

Multimedia Program
Position Announcement

Assistant Professor
(Tenure Track)

The Multimedia Program at Bradley University is seeking technologically sophisticated candidates with a strong research agenda for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor in Multimedia. Preferred applicants will possess cutting edge digital production skills and a firm understanding of new media theory and have the ability to teach and create in an established and innovative undergraduate program. The rank for this position is Assistant Professor (tenure-track).

Position: Assistant Professor, Multimedia Program
The Multimedia Program at Bradley University is seeking a technologically sophisticated candidate to fill a tenure-track position requiring teaching, research/creative production, and service responsibilities. The position begins Fall semester (August), 2008. We are seeking theorists, media artists, and technologists who conduct new media creative production or research.

Responsibilities:
-Teaching classes in the Multimedia Program which may include areas such as new media/interactive design and development, digital culture and theory, video, animation, scripting/programming, interactive installations, gaming, interface design, intermedial performance, mobile device programming, social informatics, and interface design.
-Conducting research/creative production in areas of new media specialization.
-Collaborating with peer departments within the college (Music, Communication, Theatre Arts, Art) and at Bradley (for example, Computer Science) and with students in the development of team based projects, as well as assisting in the development of the program and curriculum.
-Participating in service activities.
-Advising/mentoring students.

Rank
Assistant professor. Tenure-track appointment with appropriate terminal degree.

Qualifications
Appropriate terminal degree and new media-related experience. A record of successful teaching at the college, university, or junior college level (teaching assistant with primary course responsibility experience qualifies). A strong portfolio of creative accomplishment and/or publication history.

Salary
Position salary will be commensurate with qualifications and relevant teaching or professional experience.

Starting Date
August, 2008.

Application
Applicant files are “complete” with the reception of:

1.Letter of application
2.Current CV
3.Samples of publications, creative work, or research
4.Evidence of effective college/university/junior college teaching (e.g., quantitative summaries of teacher evaluations; peer or supervisory reviews of teaching; teaching awards, etc.)
5.Artist's statement or research agenda
6.Three current letters of recommendation and up to 3 additional references should be sent to:

Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D.
Search Committee Chair
Multimedia Program
Bradley University
GCC 200
1501 W. Bradley Avenue
Peoria, Illinois 61025
[email protected]

Applicants may send digital and/or hard copy files of application materials. Online or digital materials may be submitted as supplementary aspects of the application file. Position begins August, 2008. Review of candidates’ credentials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Questions regarding the position and application materials can be directed to Ed Lamoureux at 309-677-2378 or by email at [email protected].

Bradley University, highly rated by U.S. News and World Report, is an independent, comprehensive university enrolling 6000 students. Midway between Chicago and St. Louis, Peoria hosts numerous professional arts organizations and is home for many interactive media firms and outlets.

The Multimedia Program is in the Slane College of Communication and Fine Arts with the Departments of Art, Communication, Music, and Theatre Arts and consists of approximately 100 majors (and 40 additional minors) taking course work in Art/Graphic Design, Communication/Audio and Video, Multimedia, and supporting departments (music, computer science, education, sociology). The program is unique among its peers and offers students and faculty numerous opportunities for professional and collaborative sponsored projects. Bradley’s renowned Caterpillar Global Communication Center, completed in 1996, is home to the Multimedia Program and the Department of Communication. The CGCC houses computer labs, videoconference facilities, high-end multimedia classrooms and technology and the interdisciplinary radio-television facilities associated with the Department of Communication. The Multimedia Program also utilizes facilities in the Heuser Art Center, the home of Multimedia’s interdisciplinary partner, the Department of Art.

For additional information visit http://multimedia.bradley.edu/, http://www.bradley.edu, and http://slane.bradley.edu/.

Bradley University is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. The administration, faculty and staff are committed to attracting qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented on our campus.