The Department of Art + Design in the College of Arts, Media and Design, invites applications for a one-year visiting appointment as a Lecturer, Assistant, or Associate Teaching Professor in Animation. We seek candidates with a record of excellent creative practice, innovative pedagogy, significant exhibited and/or published work and relevant teaching experience in Animation. Candidates should demonstrate a strong interest in and capacity for delivering courses in our undergraduate Animation Concentration.
This teaching position entails instructing, coaching and preparing students studying Animation and working with faculty across the College of Arts, Media and Design and Northeastern University to improve the relevance, rigor and quality of outcomes in our offerings. This faculty position will entail a 3+3 course load and limited service obligations. The position is for one year.
Candidates must have an MFA or terminal degree in a field relevant to Animation. The candidate must have a professional practice that will inform and advance the field through creative production, experimentation, and professional collaboration. Evidence of a high level of creative production and accomplishment is expected. Candidates will ideally have experience teaching at entry and undergraduate levels of study.
The candidate must be able to teach using professional tools, and demonstrate proficiency and/or professional experience in the following techniques: 3D digital animation, modeling, texturing, rigging, and lighting. It is expected that the successful candidate will continue to make work, develop their practice and offer new skills to students in an evolving program of experimentation and innovation. Applicants with industry experience and professional accomplishment in one or more of the following areas of animation: data visualization, cinema, television, game production, character development, 3D modeling, 3D animation, visual effects, illustration, motion capture tools, editing techniques or project development and management are preferred.