Visiting Assistant Professor: Communication Design

About the role

The College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, Visiting Assistant Professor in Communication Design. The successful candidate will bring well-established professional expertise in their field, along with a strong record of teaching experience informed by innovative ideas that reflect the future of communication design. They will teach undergraduate and graduate students in the User Experience Design/Interaction Design Concentration, fostering forward-thinking, practice-based learning.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and graduate students in the User Experience Design/Interaction Design Concentration.
• Foster forward-thinking, practice-based learning.
• Develop a focused service/community outreach agenda.
• Interface with and assist in initiatives related to CVAD’s newly established Curiosity Lab.
• Teach six courses per academic year with possible course credits for work associated to the Curiosity Lab.
• Provide student mentorship and support.
• Participate in professional development and service to the communication design program, college, university, and profession.
• Enhance the design department creating community and industry partnerships.

Requirements

The minimum qualifications include a completed relevant graduate degree (MS, MA, MFA), an active record of professional practice, a minimum of ten years of professional practice in the field of communication design with a focus on user experience and interaction design, and evidence of university-level teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Evidence of professional communication design experience, including publication design, digital/web/interactive design, user experience design and interaction design.
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud software: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop.
• Professional and/or teaching experience with interaction design, including prototyping methods and software such as Figma, Figma Make, Google Stitch, Framer, WebFlow, etc.
• Experience developing and delivering design thinking workshops or seminars for professional and/or industry audiences.

Qualifications

• A completed relevant graduate degree (MS, MA, MFA).
• An active record of professional practice.
• A minimum of ten years of professional practice in the field of communication design with a focus on user experience and interaction design.
• Evidence of university-level teaching experience.
• Evidence of professional communication design experience, including publication design, digital/web/interactive design, user experience design and interaction design.
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud software: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop.
• Professional and/or teaching experience with interaction design, including prototyping methods and software such as Figma, Figma Make, Google Stitch, Framer, WebFlow, etc.
• Experience developing and delivering design thinking workshops or seminars for professional and/or industry audiences.

Skills

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of technical skills, pedagogical skills, and industry connections to thrive in this role. Specific skills include:

• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud software: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop.
• Experience with interaction design, including prototyping methods and software such as Figma, Figma Make, Google Stitch, Framer, WebFlow, etc.
• Ability to deliver design thinking workshops or seminars for professional and/or industry audiences.

Benefits

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.