Assistant Professor of Design
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Position: Assistant Professor 9-month appointment (academic year), Tenure Track Department of Art and Design, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri Starting Date: August 1, 2027
- Position Description: The Department invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. Seek candidate with ability to support graphic design and image design across curriculum. Successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected. Departmental responsibilities include involvement with program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, and participation in department governance. Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees and foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission.
- General Function: description of assistant professor role (maybe not needed as separate section). Could be part of About the role.
- About The Department And Our Program: description of department, faculty, majors, MFA, location, galleries, visiting artists.
- Required Qualifications: 60-hour MFA or MDes in Graphic Design/Visual Communication Design or closely related field. Ability to teach Graphic Design, and other courses dependent on experience and research agenda, such as but not limited to: list of many courses. Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with students and colleagues and foster a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment. Demonstrated proficiency in discipline-standard, software, and technologies, with a forward-thinking perspective of contemporary applied design practice and education.
- Special Instructions to Applicants: application link, upload cover letter, CV, unofficial transcript, creative portfolio, student work portfolio, first date of consideration Nov 2, 2026, review continues until filled, employment requires criminal background check, EEO statement.
We need to remove application instructions and EEO boilerplate. So we should not include Special Instructions to Applicants, nor EEO. Also remove "First date of consideration is November 2, 2026." etc. Also remove "Review of the applicants will continue until the position is filled." Also remove "Employment will require a criminal background check at University expense." Also remove EEO line.
We need to keep substantive info: position description, responsibilities, qualifications, department description.
We need to decide sections: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Qualifications", "About the Department". Could also have "Skills" but not needed.
We must not create sections with placeholder text. So we include only those with content.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details.
Position description paragraph: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected."
That's prose.
Responsibilities: "Departmental responsibilities include involvement with program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, and participation in department governance. Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees and foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission."
Also maybe teaching load (3/3) is part of responsibilities.
Qualifications: list of required qualifications: "60-hour MFA or MDes in Graphic Design/Visual Communication Design or a closely related relevant field." Then ability to teach Graphic Design, and other courses dependent on experience and research agenda, such as but not limited to: list of many courses. Then "Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with students and colleagues and foster a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment." Then "Demonstrated proficiency in discipline-standard, software, and technologies, with a forward-thinking perspective of contemporary applied design practice and education."
We could break qualifications into required qualifications (degree) and preferred qualifications (teaching ability, etc). But we can just have a Qualifications section with all.
We might also have a Skills section for software proficiency etc. But we can incorporate into Qualifications.
We need to avoid creating sections like Benefits, Pay, Schedule unless posting actually states them. Not present.
We need to include Starting Date: August 1, 2027. That's substantive info. Where to put? Could be in About the role or a separate meta paragraph. Since we cannot create a heading for minor metadata, we can fold into a short
. Probably include in About the role paragraph.
Also department location: Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include department description, galleries, etc.
Let's craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... include position description, teaching load, start date, location.
Responsibilities
- Teach three courses per semester (3/3) in graphic design and related areas.
- Maintain a continued creative research agenda.
- Participate in program planning, assessment, curriculum development, and student advisement.
- Engage in department governance.
- Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees.
- Foster community engagement aligned with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission.
But we need to ensure we don't invent details not in text. The text says: "The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected." So we can list that as two items.
Departmental responsibilities: "involvement with program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, and participation in department governance." So we can break into items.
"Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees and foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission." So two items.
We must not add extra items like "Teach three courses per semester (3/3) in graphic design and related areas." The original just says teach three courses per semester (3/3). It doesn't specify graphic design and related areas, but it's implied. Safer to keep exactly as text: "Teach three courses per semester (3/3)" and "Maintain a continued creative research agenda." For departmental responsibilities: "Involvement with program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, and participation in department governance." Could split but better to keep as one item? The instruction: use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can break each duty into separate li. But we must not invent. So we can split the compound sentence into separate li each representing a duty: program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, participation in department governance. That's fine because they are explicitly listed.
Similarly for service and community engagement: "Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees" and "foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission." So two li.
Now Qualifications section.
We need to list required qualification: "60-hour MFA or MDes in Graphic Design/Visual Communication Design or a closely related relevant field."
Then ability to teach Graphic Design, and other courses dependent on experience and research agenda, such as but not limited to: list many courses. That's a list.
Then "Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with students and colleagues and foster a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment."
Then "Demonstrated proficiency in discipline-standard, software, and technologies, with a forward-thinking perspective of contemporary applied design practice and education."
We can break into
- for each bullet.
But careful: The list of courses is a list within a sentence. We can make a sublist? Probably just include as a single li with the enumeration inside. That's okay.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include the list of courses exactly as given: "Brand Identity Design, Data Visualization, Design with Emerging Technologies (AR/VR/XR/AI), Design Foundations, Design for Social Impact, Design History, Illustration, Packaging Design, Speculative Design, Typography, and/or Web/Interaction Design."
We should keep the "such as but not limited to:" phrase.
Now About the Department section.
We have paragraph: "The Department of Art and Design's faculty are dedicated to specialized courses serving almost 500 undergraduate majors, with majors in Visual Art and Culture (Art History and Visual Culture, and Museum Studies), Design (Graphic Design, Illustration, and Sequential Art), Studio Art, Art Education, and Electronic Arts. In addition, we offer an MFA in interdisciplinary Visual Studies and a Master of Art Education. Housed in the downtown Brick City complex, the Department of Art and Design offers students and faculty a dedicated creative environment set within the larger Idea Commons urban innovation park in downtown Springfield, Missouri. The Department's various galleries, including the Brick City Gallery and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center, provide over 6000 square feet of exhibition space, and a Visiting Artists and Scholars series regularly brings recognized artists, designers, and scholars to the Department for lectures, workshops, and portfolio critiques."
We can put that in
under About the Department heading.
We also need to include starting date and location maybe in About the role.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: include position description, teaching load, research agenda, start date, location.
Original: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected." Also Starting Date: August 1, 2027. Location: Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
We can combine: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, with a start date of August 1, 2027. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3) and maintain a continued creative research agenda."
That preserves all info.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We are not.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's produce:
About the role
The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, with a start date of August 1, 2027. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3) and maintain a continued creative research agenda.
Responsibilities
- Teach three courses per semester (3/3)
- Maintain a continued creative research agenda
- Involvement with program planning
- Involvement with assessment
- Involvement with curriculum development
- Involvement with student advisement
- Participation in department governance
- Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees
- Foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's extract details. Position description paragraph: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected." That's prose. Responsibilities: "Departmental responsibilities include involvement with program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, and participation in department governance. Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees and foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission." Also maybe teaching load (3/3) is part of responsibilities. Qualifications: list of required qualifications: "60-hour MFA or MDes in Graphic Design/Visual Communication Design or a closely related relevant field." Then ability to teach Graphic Design, and other courses dependent on experience and research agenda, such as but not limited to: list of many courses. Then "Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with students and colleagues and foster a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment." Then "Demonstrated proficiency in discipline-standard, software, and technologies, with a forward-thinking perspective of contemporary applied design practice and education." We could break qualifications into required qualifications (degree) and preferred qualifications (teaching ability, etc). But we can just have a Qualifications section with all. We might also have a Skills section for software proficiency etc. But we can incorporate into Qualifications. We need to avoid creating sections like Benefits, Pay, Schedule unless posting actually states them. Not present. We need to include Starting Date: August 1, 2027. That's substantive info. Where to put? Could be in About the role or a separate meta paragraph. Since we cannot create a heading for minor metadata, we can fold into a short
. Probably include in About the role paragraph. Also department location: Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. We need to preserve all substantive info: include department description, galleries, etc. Let's craft HTML. Structure:
About the role
... include position description, teaching load, start date, location.
Responsibilities
- Teach three courses per semester (3/3) in graphic design and related areas.
- Maintain a continued creative research agenda.
- Participate in program planning, assessment, curriculum development, and student advisement.
- Engage in department governance.
- Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees.
- Foster community engagement aligned with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can break each duty into separate li. But we must not invent. So we can split the compound sentence into separate li each representing a duty: program planning, assessment, curriculum development, student advisement, participation in department governance. That's fine because they are explicitly listed.
Similarly for service and community engagement: "Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees" and "foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission." So two li.
Now Qualifications section.
We need to list required qualification: "60-hour MFA or MDes in Graphic Design/Visual Communication Design or a closely related relevant field."
Then ability to teach Graphic Design, and other courses dependent on experience and research agenda, such as but not limited to: list many courses. That's a list.
Then "Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with students and colleagues and foster a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment."
Then "Demonstrated proficiency in discipline-standard, software, and technologies, with a forward-thinking perspective of contemporary applied design practice and education."
We can break into
- for each bullet.
But careful: The list of courses is a list within a sentence. We can make a sublist? Probably just include as a single li with the enumeration inside. That's okay.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include the list of courses exactly as given: "Brand Identity Design, Data Visualization, Design with Emerging Technologies (AR/VR/XR/AI), Design Foundations, Design for Social Impact, Design History, Illustration, Packaging Design, Speculative Design, Typography, and/or Web/Interaction Design."
We should keep the "such as but not limited to:" phrase.
Now About the Department section.
We have paragraph: "The Department of Art and Design's faculty are dedicated to specialized courses serving almost 500 undergraduate majors, with majors in Visual Art and Culture (Art History and Visual Culture, and Museum Studies), Design (Graphic Design, Illustration, and Sequential Art), Studio Art, Art Education, and Electronic Arts. In addition, we offer an MFA in interdisciplinary Visual Studies and a Master of Art Education. Housed in the downtown Brick City complex, the Department of Art and Design offers students and faculty a dedicated creative environment set within the larger Idea Commons urban innovation park in downtown Springfield, Missouri. The Department's various galleries, including the Brick City Gallery and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center, provide over 6000 square feet of exhibition space, and a Visiting Artists and Scholars series regularly brings recognized artists, designers, and scholars to the Department for lectures, workshops, and portfolio critiques."
We can put that in
under About the Department heading. We also need to include starting date and location maybe in About the role. Let's craft About the role paragraph: include position description, teaching load, research agenda, start date, location. Original: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3), and a continued creative research agenda is expected." Also Starting Date: August 1, 2027. Location: Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. We can combine: "The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, with a start date of August 1, 2027. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3) and maintain a continued creative research agenda." That preserves all info. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We are not. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's produce:
About the role
The Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, with a start date of August 1, 2027. We seek a candidate with the ability to support graphic design and image design across the curriculum. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (3/3) and maintain a continued creative research agenda.
Responsibilities
- Teach three courses per semester (3/3)
- Maintain a continued creative research agenda
- Involvement with program planning
- Involvement with assessment
- Involvement with curriculum development
- Involvement with student advisement
- Participation in department governance
- Contribute to departmental, college, and university service through committees
- Foster community engagement in alignment with the Missouri State University Public Affairs Mission
- for each bullet.
But careful: The list of courses is a list within a sentence. We can make a sublist? Probably just include as a single li with the enumeration inside. That's okay.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include the list of courses exactly as given: "Brand Identity Design, Data Visualization, Design with Emerging Technologies (AR/VR/XR/AI), Design Foundations, Design for Social Impact, Design History, Illustration, Packaging Design, Speculative Design, Typography, and/or Web/Interaction Design."
We should keep the "such as but not limited to:" phrase.
Now About the Department section.
We have paragraph: "The Department of Art and Design's faculty are dedicated to specialized courses serving almost 500 undergraduate majors, with majors in Visual Art and Culture (Art History and Visual Culture, and Museum Studies), Design (Graphic Design, Illustration, and Sequential Art), Studio Art, Art Education, and Electronic Arts. In addition, we offer an MFA in interdisciplinary Visual Studies and a Master of Art Education. Housed in the downtown Brick City complex, the Department of Art and Design offers students and faculty a dedicated creative environment set within the larger Idea Commons urban innovation park in downtown Springfield, Missouri. The Department's various galleries, including the Brick City Gallery and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center, provide over 6000 square feet of exhibition space, and a Visiting Artists and Scholars series regularly brings recognized artists, designers, and scholars to the Department for lectures, workshops, and portfolio critiques."
We can put that in