Lecturer – Design

Responsibilities

• Offer undergraduate courses that include some combination of Graphic Design, Web Design, and/or other design-based courses.
• Contribute to curriculum development in specialty area.
• Prepare graduates for success upon graduation through professional mentorship and preparation in our Senior Seminar course.
• Maintain, manage, and grow our outreach activities, including pathway agreements and internships in Design.
• Advises students, provides timely feedback on learning assessments and portfolios.
• Participate in college committee work, including assessment work, and engage in the responsibilities of a full-time faculty appointment, including Arts events organized in the Department.
• Communicate (in person and with institutional email platform) with department chairs and leadership.

Qualifications

• Necessary Education or Work Experience:
• MFA, doctorate, or equivalent of terminal degree from an accredited institution in a discipline relevant to at least one of the key areas identified.
• Teaching experience.
• Demonstrated success in creating design programming, and preparing and engaging students in professional development.
• Excellent grasp of foundational design practice, theories, and methodologies.
• Commitment to meeting student needs and showcasing expertise in a creative discipline.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent communication skills, flexibility, mature judgment, and a commitment to teaching in a creative, collaborative and values-based environment with a focus on promoting individual student success.
• Strong technical skills in presenting materials to students.

Other Qualifications

• Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students.
• Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence - the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways.
• Candidates from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply.
• The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values - truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.
• Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States without Employer Sponsorship.