Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor - Visual

Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor - Visual Communication

Location: School of Communication
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 607114
Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Workplace Culture

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Special Information

This is a full-time position and will be hired at the rank of either Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor beginning August 2023. This one-year position is teaching-focused and non-tenure eligible.

The School of Communication is 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 the Visual Design Lab (VDL), Visual Communication Print Lab and the 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 and 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 a Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor to teach courses in the Visual Communication major. The successful applicant will teach courses from among the following areas: graphic design, typography, UX design, or other courses as required by the Visual Communication degree curriculum. The major has two emphases: Graphic Design and Animation. The successful applicant will focus on foundation courses and the Graphic Design emphasis. Applicants with no prior experience teaching are welcome to apply.

Your application should reflect your ability or potential to successfully:

• Teach courses such as: design history, communication design, graphic design, and typography.
• Support and promote the program and school missions centered on excellence in teaching and learning through quality instruction, curriculum enhancement, and service.
• Provide students with frequent, timely assessment of and clear feedback regarding academic performance.

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 2023.

Minimum Qualifications

Visiting 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.
• A minimum of 5 years of established professional practice in Graphic Design, or closely related field, as described in the resume or CV.
• A complete Application Package as indicated

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor candidates must have:

• A terminal degree in studio practice, such as MFA, MAD, MDes, MGraph, or related areas completed by August 2023
• Teaching experience in graphic design or a closely related field as supported by CV.
• A complete Application Package as indicated

Preferred Qualifications

Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice candidates should have:

• University or college teaching experience.
• Professional and/or creative practice in Graphic Design or closely related field, as described in the resume or CV, and as supported by professional and/or creative portfolio.
• A high-quality portfolio of professional, scholarly and/or creative work.
• 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.

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor candidates should have all of the above AND:

• A high-quality portfolio of students' design or animation studio work.
• Evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness of graphic design and/or motion design studio courses or promise of teaching effectiveness.

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.

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 the pay period following election. The long-term disability plan that accompanies the ORP will begin on the first day of the pay period following election. 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 27, 2023.

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 'Current Openings' links, locate vacancy 607114, and then "Apply" at the bottom of the page.

Application must include: (1) Letter of application explaining how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications for the Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor; (2) a current curriculum vitae or resume; (3) a separate .pdf with 10-15 samples of professional, and/or creative work; (4) write about your experience working in a diverse environment. “NAU is committed to creating an environment where individuals from all racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, national origins, disabilities, age, veteran status, religious or political beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities and expression, and lived experiences that strengthens our institutional workforce culture that incorporates diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the pursuit of excellence and the promotion of student success;" (5) if teaching experience is available, then please submit: Previously taught courses at the college or university level; A separate portfolio of student work with 10-15 samples delivered as a pdf., Syllabi; and (6) list of three references with names, title, addresses, email address and telephone numbers. 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 Disability Resources Office at 928-523-8773, DR@nau.edu, or PO Box 5633, 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.

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To apply, visit https://hr.peoplesoft.nau.edu/psp/ph92prta/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=2&JobOpeningId=607114&PostingSeq=1


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