Adjunct Faculty, Game Environment Artist
- Employer
- Austin Community College
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jan 16, 2025
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Arts, Design & Graphic Arts
- Employment Level
- Adjunct
- Employment Type
- Part Time
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Adjunct Faculty, Game Environment Artist
Austin Community College
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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
- Values intellectual curiosity and innovative
teaching
- Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable
access to educational opportunities
- Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to
facilitate success for populations including; first generation
college students, low-income students, and students from
underserved communities.
- Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate
outcomes
- Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with
others
- Engages with the community both within and outside of
ACC
Job Posting Title:
Adjunct Faculty, Game Environment Artist
Job Description Summary:
Responsible to prepare and deliver Game Development coursework in engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect a commitment to success equity, an understanding of culturally responsive teaching, and knowledge of the teaching field. Meets professional standards for faculty in accordance with college policies and procedures.
Job Description:
The Game Development, Animation, and Motion Graphics Department is all about training students for the local and national job market. Our top-notch faculty is a who's who of local talent, hardwired into the latest trends and eager to give students the real-world expertise and know-how that comes from years of experience in the business. Our degree and certificate programs are designed by a committee of local digital industry professionals preparing students to jump into the creative industry. Classes within the department can benefit students just out of high school, people who'd like a change of career, and professionals in the industry who wish to update their creative and technical skills. This Faculty position will teach introductory and advanced classes in 3D modeling to workforce and transfer students in a comprehensive multi-campus community college.
Principal Responsibilities and Duties
- Prepare and teach courses in the field of Game Development to a
multicultural student population based on the department's approved
course learning outcomes, utilizing a variety of instructional
strategies appropriate to the needs of community college students
and the standards of the discipline.
- Evaluate student progress and provide clear, timely feedback
reflecting program learning outcomes and departmental
expectations.
- Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a manner
which does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability,
age, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or other
protected categories.
- Remain current in the field through a variety of professional
development activities.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned by the department
chair, dean, and/or associate vice chancellor, vice chancellor,
executive vice chancellor.
Additional Duties
- Responsible to prepare and deliver game art coursework in
engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect
a commitment to success equity, respect for diversity, an
understanding of culturally responsive teaching, and knowledge of
the teaching field. Instruct students in 3D environment art courses
in accordance with College policies and procedures.
- This role will train students to fill entry-level industry
positions, and/or to gain access into a 4-year 3D Modeling or Game
Development program; maintain game art curriculum to meet industry
needs; review and recommend resources to enhance learning
environment; and encourage and inspire student & local interest
in game art.
Technology
- Required: Demonstrated proficiency using computer
applications (3D Studio Max, zBrush, Adobe/Substance Suite), online
resources, and other technologies for the classroom. Demonstrated
proficiency using an online learning management system such as
Blackboard to develop and build course content and perform
administrative duties (posting office hours, syllabi,
etc.)
- Preferred: Advanced skills using Photoshop, Substance
Painter & Designer, zBrush, Marmoset, Unity Game Engines,
Unreal and/or Maya
Principal Professional Standards
- Appropriate use of the college's learning management
system.
- Meet deadlines for attendance certification and submission of
final course grades.
- Participate in graduation, general assembly, and other official
college functions.
- Maintain regular office hours to assist students and improve
student retention and success.
- Attend and participate in collegewide, campus, department, or
other activities and meetings.
- Recognize and reflect standards of civility and collegiality in
all interactions.
- Comply with published college policies and procedures and meet
professional standards for teaching in a community
college.
Required Education
In accordance with Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Art or R-T-F with evidence of training in
digital media; or
- Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication, Computer Graphics
(animation, 3-D modeling, etc.), Game Development, Game Programming
and Simulation or Computer Science; or
- Associate degree in one of these areas and 3 years non-teaching
work experience; or
- Master's certificate with 18 graduate hours in these
disciplines.
SACSCOC requirements may differ depending on the courses taught within the discipline.
Preferred Education
- Bachelor's degree in 3D Modeling & Rendering or Video Game
Art with strong emphasis in 3D Modeling & Surfacing; 3D
Animation; or Fine Art Studio Art.
Required Work Experience
In accordance with Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements:
- Three years of non-teaching, industry-related work experience
within the game art industry.
Qualities of a Successful Candidate
- Ethics, integrity, and sound professional judgment.
- A commitment to establishing and maintaining positive working
relationships with students, colleagues, and staff representing
diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Dynamic, non-traditional instructional delivery methods to
teach students of widely varying levels of proficiency and from
various backgrounds and abilities.
- Appropriate and up-to-date knowledge of the discipline and
subject matter.
- Experience using technology as an instructional aide where
appropriate to enhance learning.
- Documented experience with active and applied teaching and
learning methodologies.
- A strong commitment to teaching in a community college setting,
including teaching practices that reflect an understanding of the
multicultural classroom and the benefits of cultural awareness and
sensitivity in the classroom and the workplace.
- Commitment to a culture of care for all.
- Commitment to the comprehensive mission of Austin Community
College and to the principles and practices associated with
Servant-Leadership.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students with a wide
range of skills and backgrounds.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with varied
populations from the local community as well as students, staff,
faculty, and administration.
- Strength in communication media, both verbal and written, as
well as listening.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to
maintain an established schedule, including evenings and weekends,
including possible multiple campus locations that may vary by
semester.
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality of student
information.
- Understanding of what it means to teach in a community college
environment that serves often underprepared and underserved
students.
Application Requirements
1. Upload the following documents to your application:
- Unofficial/copy of transcripts
- Updated Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) or Resume
- Cover letter - explaining interest in the position
2. Request official electronic transcripts to be sent directly from the institution to hrtranscripts@austincc.edu. This email address must be entered as the recipient. Please do not select "Austin Community College" from a menu. It will not be received by ACC Human Resources. If you need assistance, please contact your university's registrar's office. If official electronic transcripts are not an option, a hardcopy can be mailed to the following address:
ACC Human Resources
Attn: E.M. Breedlove
6101 Highland Campus Dr., Bldg 3000, Suite 3.2224
Austin, TX 78752
Photocopies of transcripts or transcripts stamped "issued to student" are not accepted.
Working Conditions
- Work is routinely performed in a classroom or laboratory
setting.
- Subject to standing, walking, sitting, and reaching for
extended periods of time.
- Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working
conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to
prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.
Number of Openings:
1
Job Posting Close Date:
August 31, 2025
Clery Act
As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.
Disclaimer
The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.
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