Full time assistant Professor

3 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Universities Art Association of Canada Full time
p>About Us

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 59 programs to more than 18,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. p>

The Opportunity

The Department of Design in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment, in one or more of Video, Motion Graphics, or Visual Effects at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2025, subject to final budgetary approval.

The MacEwan Design Department has been graduating well-respected designers for 50 years. We are the largest Bachelor of Design program in Alberta, with more than 350 students, 40 faculty, and 55 unique design courses, and the only user-experience design major between Vancouver and Toronto. This degree is unique in Canada, envisioning design as not just an applied art but also an applied social science. p>

In this role, you will:

  • Instruct students in one or more studio courses focused on video, motion graphics, and visual effects;
  • Provide concrete, constructive, respectful and actionable feedback and mentorship to students;
  • Provide students with ways to connect video, motion, visual effects skills and concepts to the wider visual communication design practice;
  • Maintain an active research and/or creative practice;
  • Participate in curriculum development and implementation, and provide pedagogical leadership in your area of expertise;
  • In consultation with the Design Department, create and maintain a pedagogical vision for one or more of video, motion graphics, and visual effects courses;
  • Serve on university-wide, faculty and departmental committees;
  • Recommend sessional faculty to teach in one or more of video, motion graphics, and visual effects courses; and
  • Foster interdisciplinary approaches, and establish ties with other departments including, but not limited to, Studio Arts, Communications Studies, Arts and Cultural Management, Theatre, and Music.

Qualifications

You will:

  • Hold a minimum of a MDes, MFA, or master’s degree in a related field.
  • Have teaching experience at the post-secondary level and extensive industry experience.
  • Have the ability to teach a variety of video, motion graphics, and/or visual effects subjects at multiple levels in the curriculum, from introductory to senior studio courses.
  • Demonstrate excellence or a clear promise of excellence in research which includes one or a combination of creative practice; publishing or other disciplinary modes of knowledge mobilization, and institutional, cross-institutional, and/or community collaborations.

You will submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including recent teaching evaluations), a statement of teaching philosophy and approaches (including sample course outlines, projects, and student work), a statement of research interests and experience (including examples of your work, communications and publications), and a portfolio of professional work.

How to Apply

To apply, please head to our MacEwan University Opportunities Page, select the job opportunity and click Apply Now. p>

Diversity Statement

MacEwan University is committed to fostering the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion within our community, and we are dedicated to removing barriers that have been historically encountered and are currently experienced by some members of our society. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, visible minorities, women, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, and members of all equity-deserving groups. We believe that the diversity of our students, staff, and faculty serves as a strength of our institution and benefit to society.

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