Assistant Teaching Professor/Assistant Professor of Practice, Visual Communication

Location: School of Communication
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 606159
Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Workplace Culture

NAU is a community devoted to student success and sustained by an unshakable commitment to our shared mission, vision, and values. We—faculty, staff, and administrators—thrive by combining our efforts and working side by side to further NAU's culture of excellence.



Special Information

This is a full-time position and will be hired at the rank of either Assistant Teaching Professor OR Assistant Professor of Practice beginning August 2022. This position is teaching focused, non-tenure eligible, and is renewable with potential for promotion. Renewal is contingent upon successful completion of a probationary year, effective performance, continued funding, and departmental needs.

The School of Communication is located in a $14.5 million state-of-the-art facility that includes five computer labs, digital imaging labs, a student media complex, editing bays, television broadcast studios and modern electronic classrooms and seminar rooms. Other highlights include a Visual Design Lab (VDL), Visual Communication Print Lab and an Advanced Media Lab (AML).

NAU and the School of Communication are committed to hiring and developing a diverse faculty, and we encourage candidates from underrepresented groups as well as individuals who have experience working with diverse communities.

The NAU Visual Communication program offers a creative and intellectually stimulating environment, with a history of over seventy-five years. We nurture our students to focus on their role as designers and their use of visual communication techniques, methods and processes. The program's pedagogical approach is centered on a strong design foundation, based in theory, innovation, experiential learning, and comprehensive studio practice that leads to well-rounded and successful designers.

Job Description

The School of Communication at Northern Arizona University invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor or Assistant Professor of Practice to teach courses in the Visual Communication major. The successful applicant will teach courses from among the following areas: graphic design, typography, UX design, motion design, or other courses as required by the Visual Communication degree curriculum. The major has two emphases, Graphic Design and Motion Design / Animation. The successful applicant will focus on foundation courses and the Graphic Design emphasis, and may also teach introductory courses in Motion Design / Animation. Applicants with no prior experience teaching are welcome to apply.

Your application should refelct your ability or potential to successfully teach courses such as: design history, design software, graphic design, motion design, animation and typography.

• Support and promote the college and school missions centered on excellence in teaching and learning through quality instruction, curriculum enhancement, and service.
• Collaborate with director, faculty, and peers to evaluate, revise, and develop curriculum to cultivate the mastery of course content.
• Provide students with frequent, timely assessment of and clear feedback regarding academic performance.

Teaching stream faculty will (a) make broad contributions across our curricula and to critically-important student mentorship activities (e.g., capstone, independent study, and undergraduate and graduate student research) and (b) achieve curricular excellence through adoption and advancement of evidence-based pedagogical best-practices (e.g., active learning, experiential learning, multi-contextual learning), providing broad benefits to all students and especially supporting the learning needs of underserved students. Effectively advancing curricular excellence requires teaching stream faculty to apply pedagogical expertise in line with disciplinary understandings of effective instruction, including scholarly perspectives, and sustain this expertise through continued engagement in professional development.

The proposed workload will be the equivalent of four courses per semester. School of Communication faculty have responsibilities in advising, mentoring and contributing service to the school, university and the discipline. The position begins in August 2022.

Minimum Qualifications

Assistant Teaching Professor candidates must have:

• A terminal degree in studio practice, such as MFA, MAD, MDes, MGraph, or related areas completed by Aug. 15, 2022
• A complete Application Package as indicated below

Assistant Professor of Practice candidates must have:

• A bachelor's degree in studio practice, such as an Art and Design BFA, BA or BS with a major in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Motion Design, Digital Media or closely related field.
• Five years of established professional practice in Graphic Design, Motion Design, or closely related field as described in the resume or CV.
• A complete Application Package as indicated below.

Preferred Qualifications

The following qualifications will add strength to candidacy:

1. University or college teaching experience.
2. Professional or creative practice in Graphic Design, Motion Design, or closely related field, as described in the resume or CV.
3. A high-quality portfolio of professional, scholarly and/or creative work.
4. A high-quality portfolio of students' design work or animation studio work.
5. Evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness of graphic design and/or motion design studio courses or promise of teaching effectiveness.
6. Demonstrated ability to contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion goals of the college and University, as evidenced by the diversity statement included in the application.

General Information

Northern Arizona University has a student population of 29,569, including approximately 21,000 on its main campus in Flagstaff and the remainder at more than 20 locations statewide and online.

Committed to a diverse and civil working and learning environment, NAU has earned a solid reputation as a university with all the features of a large institution but with a personal touch, with a faculty and staff dedicated to each student's success. All faculty members are expected to promote student learning and help students achieve academic outcomes.

While our emphasis is undergraduate education, we offer a wide range of graduate programs and research. Our institution has carefully integrated on-campus education with distance learning, forming seamless avenues for students to earn degrees.

Flagstaff has a population of about 70,000, rich in cultural diversity. Located at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff is 140 miles north of Phoenix at intersection of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40.

For information about diversity, access and equity at NAU, see the Center for University Access and Inclusion webpage.

COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

As of 12/10/21, the Safer Federal Workforce employee vaccination requirement is currently suspended pending the outcome of a federal court-issued injunction. This injunction has suspended the recent executive order issued by President Biden requiring all employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. For current status of the vaccine requirement and/or questions, please visit FAQs for Employee Vaccination Requirement.

Background Information

Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following: a criminal background investigation, an employment history verification and a degree verification (in some cases) prior to employment. You may also be required to complete a fingerprint background check. Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees' right to work in the United States. Finally, each year Northern Arizona University releases an Annual Security Report. The report is a result of a federal law known as the Clery Act. The report includes Clery reportable crime statistics for the three most recent completed calendar years and discloses procedures, practices and programs NAU uses to keep students and employees safe including how to report crimes or other emergencies occurring on campus. In addition, the Fire Safety Report is combined with the Annual Security Report for the NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus as this campus has on-campus student housing. This report discloses fire safety policies and procedures related to on-campus student housing and statistics for fires that occurred in those facilities. If you would like a free paper copy of the report, please contact the NAUPD Records Department at (928) 523-8884 or by visiting the department at 525 E. Pine Knoll Drive in Flagstaff.

Salary

Commensurate with experience.

Benefits

This is a Faculty (FAC) position. NAU offers an excellent benefit package including generous health, dental and vision insurance; participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) or the Optional Retirement Program (ORP); sick leave accruals and 10 holidays per year; and tuition reduction for employees and qualified family members. More information on benefits at NAU is available at the NAU HR benefits page. Faculty are hired on a contract basis, renewable according to terms of the Conditions of Faculty Service. Employees offered a position will be eligible for state health plans (including NAU's BCBS Plan). Employees will have 31 days from date of hire to enroll in benefits, and their benefits will then be effective the first day of the pay period following their completed enrollment. If a new employee chooses the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) retirement option, participation in the ASRS Plan (and the long-term disability coverage that accompanies it) will begin on the first of the pay period following 183 days of employment. New employees who choose to participate in the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP; an alternative to the ASRS plan) will begin to participate on the first day of employment. The long-term disability plan that accompanies the ORP will begin on the first day of the pay period following 90 days of employment. More information about NAU benefits is available at the NAU HR benefits page.

Immigration Suppt/Sponsorship

NAU will not provide any U.S. immigration support or sponsorship for this position.

Submission Deadline

This vacancy will be open until filled or closed. Review of applications will begin on April 21, 2022; with weekly review thereafter.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply" button at the end of the job description if viewing this position through the NAU HR website. Otherwise, to view the original post and to apply, proceed to nau.jobs, follow the 'Faculty and Administrator Openings' link, locate vacancy 606159 and then "Apply" at the bottom of the page.

Application must include: (1) Letter of application explaining which position you are applying for, and how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications; (2) A separate .pdf expressing your teaching philosophy as it relates to design education; (3) A separate .pdf about your commitment to equity-based pedagogy and the infusion of diverse perspectives into undergraduate curriculum; (4) A current Curriculum Vitae or Resume; (5) A separate .pdf with 10 - 15 samples of professional, scholarly and/or creative work; (6) If teaching experience available then submit: previously taught courses at the college or university level; a separate portfolio of student work with 10-15 samples delivered as a pdf and/or video reel; and syllabi; note printed samples will not be accepted; (7) List of three references with names, title, addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. The committee may request additional information at a later date. Save all items as PDF and/or Word documents.

If you need assistance completing your application there are instructions available on the HR website or in person in the Human Resources Department located in Building 91 on the NAU Campus - on the corner of Beaver and DuPont Streets.

If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process please contact the Office of Equity and Access at: 928-523-3312/TDD - 928-523-1006 or PO Box 4083, Flagstaff AZ 86011.

FLSA Status

This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore will not earn overtime or compensatory time for additional time worked.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. NAU is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

EEO is the Law Poster and Supplements

NAU is an Employer of National Service. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service alumni are encouraged to apply.



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