Position Details

　　Position Information

　　Working TitleTenure-Track Assistant Professor in Interactive Design, School of Media Arts and Design

　　Position Number2879

　　Posting NumberF2264

　　Position TypeInstructional Faculty - Full Time

　　Position StatusFull Time

　　College/DivisionCollege of Arts and Letters

　　Department100018 - School Media Arts

　　Pay RateCommensurate with Experience

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　　Is this a JMU only position?No

　　Is this a grant-funded position?No

　　Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position?No

　　Position Summary Information

　　About James Madison University

　　MissionWe are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.VisionTo be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.Who We AreLocated in the heart of Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

　　JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

　　JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship.

　　JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

　　General Information

　　The in which the School of Media Arts and Design (

　　SMAD) is located, enrolls more than 3,100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units in the humanities, social sciences, and communication studies. Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the College employs 270 full-time faculty. We embrace the teacher-scholar model and encourage excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them.

　　SMAD invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position, with a focus on interactive design and UI/UX design, beginning in August 2024.Interdisciplinarity is a

　　SMAD hallmark. SMAD's distinctive undergraduate major has four concentrations: Creative Advertising, Digital Video and Cinema, Interactive Design, and Journalism. Each empowers students to use mass media as a vehicle for storytelling.

　　SMAD provides one of the finest media production facilities in the country offering instructional workspaces for creating video, audio, graphics, animation, websites, and apps. The School has about 700 undergraduate majors and more than 20 faculty members, who represent a blend of professional and academic interests. All

　　SMAD faculty are actively engaged in teaching, service, and research or creative activities. For more information, go to http://.

　　Duties and Responsibilities

　　We seek a student-oriented colleague who is committed to mentoring and producing compelling stories through user experience design and who can teach some combination of

　　SMAD foundation courses and interactive design concentration classes. The ideal candidate also will demonstrate excellence in creative works or scholarly research that incorporates innovative uses of state-of-the-art tools, processes, methodolo ies, and creative practices in areas such as artificial intelligence, information architecture, interaction design, or spatial computing.

　　Qualifications

　　An

　　MFA or Ph.D. is required within 10 months of date of appointment;

　　ABD applicants will be considered. The ability to teach current trends in technology with industry specific software (such as the Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and GitHub) is required. Professional experience with interactive media production or development platforms for UI/UX design based on web standards (including

　　HTML,

　　CSS, and JavaScript) is preferred.

　　Conditions of Employment

　　Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

　　Posting Detail Information

　　Posting Date09/12/2023

　　Beginning Review Date10/16/2023

　　Closing Date

　　Open Until FilledYes

　　Proposed Starting Date08/25/2024

　　EEO Statement

　　Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.

　　Reasonable Accommodation Request

　　If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance searching or applying for jobs please contact us at (540) 568-3597 or . You may also visit the

　　JMU Human Resource Office, located at 752 Ott Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and we will be happy to assist you.

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　　Additional Posting Information

　　Applications must include:

　　Curriculum vitae.Cover letter.Portfolio or work samples (uploaded as a document under "Portfolio" in JobLink that contains either the portfolio directly or the link to their digital portfolio).The names and contact information for three references.For questions, please contact Chen Guo ([email protected]) or Dave Wang ([email protected]).

　　"James Madison University is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexu