Professor

**Professor, Bachelor of Creative Advertising - FMCA**
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**Find Your Spot at Humber**

At Humber, our career paths open up a world of infinite possibilities for you to explore. People are at the heart of the Humber experience. Here, every day we work shoulder to shoulder to deliver excellence, and in doing so, we redefine what it means to be a leader in polytechnic education. Humber employees are a diverse group of committed, caring and fun-loving people.

Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions, offers a combination of theoretical learning and hands on experience and meets its vision of transforming postsecondary education through global and polytechnic leadership.

Humber’s Centres of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will integrate applied research into program curricula and provide students with access to interdisciplinary and industry projects. We are seeking faculty who will provide students with an exceptional learning experience as we immerse our students in experiential learning and programs that empower them to think critically, make bold choices and become leaders of change. We take finding and growing the right talent very seriously. We strive to find and nurture extraordinary employees who bring their best each day.

Humber’s Faculty of Media and Creative Arts offers the most comprehensive mix of media, arts and communications programs in Canada. We specialize in storytelling of all forms: journalism and writing; film, acting and television; advertising and public relations; interaction design and animation; music and fine arts. Live Labs and work-integrated learning opportunities complement the industry-specific business skills that are woven through each of our programs. Our graduates are collaborative, highly skilled, career-ready professionals with the creative aptitude, entrepreneurial ability, and resourcefulness needed to lead and innovate wherever the story takes them.

If you are interested in working in higher education and are looking to contribute to the largest polytechnic College in Ontario, as we shape the future of our students and communities, here is your opportunity to join our team.

**Job Details**

**Position Title**: Professor, Bachelor of Creative Advertising

**Status**: Full Time

**Faculty/Department**: Faculty of Media and Creative Arts

**Campus/Location**: Lakeshore Campus

**Salary**: Academic starting salaries are determined based on qualifications and years of related experience as detailed in the collective agreement for academic employees

**What you will do**:
You will help build the next generation of advertising and marketing star creatives. You will engage with the rapidly evolving requirements of the advertising industry and translate them into curriculum and teaching practices that unlock the career potential of our students. You will inspire, challenge, and mentor talented young people, developing them into confident, capable creative professionals. You will work in a supportive and collegial environment to help build, maintain, and enhance a highly successful professional degree program.

You will teach, develop curriculum, design/revise specific courses, create an effective and innovative learning environment for our students, assess student progress and achievement; work collaboratively with colleagues, participate in committees and related associations. You will teach both creative practice and strategy. On the creative side you should be able to oversee our portfolio classes, working with students on award show competition briefs and helping them curate their bodies of work. You should be equally comfortable teaching advertising strategy and integrated marketing communications. Teaching can be assigned at both the North and Lakeshore campuses and may include teaching at the International Graduate School (Toronto).

You will also support student advising, student recruitment, graduate placement, assist with the promotion and marketing of programs and develop and maintain strong industry ties.

**What you bring to the role**

**Education**

**Experience and Skills**
- You should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in senior creative roles in advertising/marcomm agencies or in-house departments (e.g., senior creative, ACD, CD, ECD).
- You have practical experience in one or more of the following areas: art direction, advertising strategy, integrated communications, graphic design, photography, branding and brand communications.
- You have a track record of creating and directing marketing campaigns for major clients across the full gamut of traditional media and digital/social platforms
- You are an inspiring and creative team leader, and you have a solid network of industry contacts
- You demonstrate the ability to teach a number of courses offered by the college; and you have specialized skills and experience in the following areas: all aspects of modern advert