The adjunct lecturer in Digital Arts & Sciences is a temporary non-tenure track position for the Spring 2022 semester and is with The Digital Worlds Institute the University of Florida. This position is for digital designers/artists with experience in teaching at the college level, contemporary game design and art creation, game development tools expertise, and software techniques to instruct multiple class sections of courses covering areas such as Game Design, Game Art, 2D and 3D Design, and Game Development pipelines. This position would preferably be taught on-campus at the University of Florida, but is open to remote teaching.

Specifically, this position will instruct the following courses: DIG3715 Game Content Production 2 and DIG4970 Senior Project in DAS (Games Section). Syllabi can be found here.

The candidate should possess a Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience. Persons in this position should have demonstrated considerable accomplishment in game art or design and development, previous experience in and a commitment to teaching digital arts and sciences at the university level or equivalent industry experience. Candidates should have excellent knowledge of asset creation and design tools such as Maya, 3DStudio Max, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Blender, Mudbox, Zbrush, Unity/Unreal game engines, Sketchfab or Marmoset, PBR (Substance) material/lighting pipelines, Photoshop, and project task management.

Preferred requirements: An ideal candidate can oversee design areas from initial game concept through to playable implementation, can produce high gameplay and visual quality bar within performance constraints, and have a passion for games. Professional industry experience in successful game development (Art and Design) pipelines, proven ability to mentor and support student achievement and career preparation, a Master’s degree in an area related to digital arts and sciences or equivalent industry experience. Other valued disciplines such as level design/layout, shader development, VFX, lighting, modular assets, character/organic modeling, node-based scripting are a plus.

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter, resume and list of three references.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire.  A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible.  Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.

The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

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