Assistant or Associate Professor of Emerging Media Arts
- Employer
- The University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
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- Arts & Humanities, Fine & Performing Arts, Professional Fields, Communication & Journalism
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- Tenured & Tenure-Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for a computational artist/designer/developer with a research-based practice and/or industry experience that includes exhibition and/or publication record. This is a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate professor position. Appointments will be commensurate with experience.
This position comes with a stipend to support research and creative activity. Our ideal candidate is both creative and technologically proficient, and is passionate about intermixing art, music, storytelling and computer science to provide students with the basis of creating new forms of art which arise out of the affordances of computational systems.
Current areas of interest and research within the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts include: interactive storytelling, experience design, procedural content generation/generative methods, computational cinematography, VR/AR/XR, perceptual technologies, machine learning for artists, sonic arts, data and art, immersive and interactive media, immersive design, virtual production, entrepreneurship, and the application of block chain technologies and Artificial Intelligence.
Ideal candidates should have an approach that is both conceptually and formally strong, and engaged with experimentation and the use of current tools, technologies and processes. This position involves teaching at an undergraduate and eventually graduate level. We are looking for people who will continually re-invent the curriculum as an ongoing part of their own commitment to continued research and development.
Minimum Required Qualifications•Terminal degree in emerging media arts, computer science, design or broadly related field, or Bachelor degree and commensurate professional experience
•A portfolio of work demonstrating achievement in at least one of the following fields:
-Computer visualization processes and techniques
-Game design / development
-Design
-Virtual and augmented reality
-Virtual production
-Critical informatics
-Algorithmic-based design (eg: parametric systems and computationally directed fabrication and simulation)
-Physical computing
-Machine vision
-Immersive design
-Sonic arts
-Other emerging media arts
•Strong interest in working collaboratively across disciplines
•Strong commitment to a progressive emerging media arts education and a keen interest in industry developments
Preferred Qualifications:
•Proficiency in either Unreal or Unity, and languages such as C#, C++, or Python
•Have experience developing interactive media projects for professional clients
•Machine learning and AI
•Experience in project-based learning pedagogical design
•Blockchain technologies
•Artificial creativity, mechanical creativity, creative computing or creative computation
Click on “Apply for this job,” complete the information form, and attach the following:
•Cover Letter – include description of Research, Training and Teaching experience
•Curriculum Vitae or Resume
•Names and contact information of three references
•Artist Statement and Portfolio – Upload a PDF document that includes a list of links OR one link to your online portfolio specifically curated for the search committee, prioritized with your most accomplished work with any writings/statements or notable reviews about your work (Upload as “Online Portfolio”)
•Philosophy of Teaching Statement (Optional – upload as “Other Document”)
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts believes that diversity is important. We envision a faculty that will serve an increasingly diverse student body. To that end, we seek a diverse pool of candidates. As an EO/AA employer, qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See http://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.
For questions or accommodations related to this position contactMegan McMasters
megan.mcmasters@unl.edu
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of References
- Online Portfolio
- Other Document
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