Assistant Professor of Product Design
- Employer
- The University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
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- Faculty Jobs
- Professional Fields, Architecture & Urban Planning
- Position Type
- Tenured & Tenure-Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Assistant Professor of Product Design
Department:Interior Design-5025
Requisition Number:F_200154
Posting Open Date:11/11/2020
Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date):02/22/2021
Open Until Filled:Yes
Description of Work:Who We Need
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Architecture is seeking a full time, nine-month, tenure-track assistant professor of Product Design effective fall 2021. This position’s academic home will be in the Interior Design Program, which currently administers a Product Design minor. The Interior Design faculty supports a CIDA-accredited undergraduate program within a NASAD-accredited institution, as well as a blended-learning graduate program. The faculty seeks highly motivated candidates who deeply value excellence in design, recognize the roles of the allied design disciplines, and have a passion for teaching.
Candidates should be versed in the discipline of Product Design with the desire to be part of a highly collaborative team dedicated to the advancement of an emerging interdisciplinary college within a land-grant institution. The Interior Design Program is driven to elevate the disciplinary role of Product Design in the College of Architecture, thus completing the study and design of the built environment from the scales of “hand-to-land”. Currently, Product Design is the most popular minor in the College of Architecture and finds itself in a prime position to re-design a more robust Product Design curriculum that could expand the reach of product design, and design thinking, to all students on UNL’s campus. As part of this vision, we anticipate fast growth in minor enrollment, which in turn will be a catalyst for academic growth in offering the Product Design Minor university-wide and potentially activating a Product Design major at UNL. Accepting this position will result in the exciting possibility in leading an academic mission to establish the disciplinary identity of Product Design as a signature program on campus.
Candidates should have a willingness to evolve and refine the momentum of Product Design already established in the college and to contribute to the first year d.ONE program by teaching d.THINK. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to specifically contribute to the curriculum by developing and/or teaching a combination of the following topics/subjects:
•Introduction to Industrial/Product Design
•Visual Communication for Product Design
•Introductory and Advanced Product Design Studio
In addition to teaching, the position will require the declaration and development of a research and/or creative activity agenda. General expectations for one’s research and creative activity would be the productive growth and achievement of funded research, the dissemination of new knowledge, and/or peer-reviewed recognitions, honors, awards, or exhibitions. We are searching for a colleague who values collaboration, inspiration, and making; who is able to contribute at multiple levels of the curriculum; and, who embodies professional excellence and enthusiasm for innovative design. We seek an individual with creative energy, passion and vision for the future of Industrial/Product Design. The successful candidate understands design as an integrated and critical set of processes and will demonstrate strong skills in process exploration and final output via a full range of analog to digital means including knowledge of relevant and emerging design software.
Salary and rank will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Who We Are
The Interior Design Program is situated within the College of Architecture along with the programs of Community and Regional Planning, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. Collectively the College faculty forms a culture of collaborative teaching and research that values cross-program and interdisciplinary initiatives. The active learning environment in the undergraduate Interior Design Program is centered around studio-based learning and provides students with an extraordinary education in the design of the built environment. The program offers a Product Design Minor that is currently only offered to College of Architecture students. For more information about our College of Architecture, Interior Design Program and Degrees, and constituent Programs, please see http://architecture.unl.edu/.
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.
Minimum Required Qualifications:1. A Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or Product Development AND a Master’s Degree or PhD in a related or supporting field.
OR
2. A terminal degree in Industrial Design (MFA in Industrial Design, MID, etc.).
OR
3. A terminal degree in a related design field plus a minimum of three years professional experience in designing/developing products for manufacture.
Preferred Qualifications:1.Minimum of 3 years of experience in Professional Practice in Industrial Design/Product Design as demonstrated in the CV and portfolio.
2.Minimum of 3 Years of experience in Teaching in Interdisciplinary Learning Environments.
3.Record of Design Research in, but not limited to, Industrial Design, Product Design, Product Development, Entrepreneurialism, Design Management, Design Process, Design Methodology, Human Centered Design, Material Culture, Sustainable Design, or Multi-Disciplinary Design.
4.Demonstrable excellence in communication and visualization skills – spoken, 2D-sketch, digital render, 3D modeling-analog to digital – as demonstrated in the portfolio.
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How to Apply:Click “Apply to this job” and complete the information form. Attach the specific submission requirements listed below:
1.A full curriculum vitae.
2.Contact information for three references (please provide name, title, address, telephone number, and email).
3.A statement outlining a) personal professional experience/identity; b) potential or established design-research goals; c) teaching/learning philosophy (attach as “Other Document”).
4.A digital portfolio demonstrating your qualifications for the position. This may include, but is not limited to: professional, scholarly, and creative work in practice or academia. Projects may include student work from courses you have instructed.
Please direct any inquires to: Nate Bicak, bicak@unl.edu and include “Faculty Position in Product Design” in the subject line.
For questions or accommodations related to this position contact:Nate Bicak
bicak@unl.edu
Faculty Tenure/Tenure Leading
Job Type:9 Month
Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding?:No
Planned Hire Date:07/01/2021
Organization
Working at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Always a place of high ambition, University of Nebraska was one of the first institutions west of the Mississippi River to award doctoral degrees - the first was granted in 1896. The University of Nebraska established the world's first undergraduate psychology laboratory. The discipline of ecology was born here, and the campuses reflect that tradition, being recognized as botanical gardens and arboreta. An early institutional interest in literature and the arts provided the foundations for today's Prairie Schooner literary magazine, for the University of Nebraska Press, and for the Sheldon Museum of Art, which houses one of the world's most significant collections of 20th century American art.
Today, Nebraska is one of the nation's leading teaching institutions, and a research leader with a wide array of grant-funded projects aimed at broadening knowledge in the sciences and humanities. Nebraska is also a land-grant university and a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Benefits
The University of Nebraska offers an extensive benefits package that includes health, life, disability and long term care insurance; retirement accounts; tuition reimbursement for employees and their spouses and dependent children; and reimbursement accounts for health care and dependent day care. Leave policies are designed to help employees deal with personal or family events or crises.
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About Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is located in an up-and-coming and safe city of 300,000 people that has many of the cultural and entertainment benefits of a much larger city, with the feel of a friendly Midwestern community. The Pinnacle Bank Arena, opened in 2013, routinely hosts major touring acts. A buzzing entertainment district, the Railyard, connects the arena area to the Historic Haymarket. Cuisines from all continents provide the entree to dynamic urban nightlife and a wide variety of ways to enjoy time with friends. Nebraska's City Campus is one with Lincoln's city center, as it has been since the university was founded.Lincoln has more parkland per capita than Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and all but a handful of U.S. cities. The well-manicured Pioneers Park, the native woods of Wilderness Park and the open grassland of Nine-Mile Prairie are each within a 10-minute trip from campus. Connecting many of these parks is an extensive trails network.
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