Assistant Professor, Graphic Design

Details•San Diego, CA

11d•$6,931 - $7,917•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Art, Architecture + Art History (DAA+AH) in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of San Diego (USD) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Visual Arts: Graphic Design at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2027. We seek candidates who embrace USD’s teacher-scholar model: an active practitioner in the field of design with a deep interest in teaching and supporting student success. Ideal candidates have expertise in design’s trajectory from its traditional association with discrete printed materials to digital tools and virtual environments that can process experience, data, and information in interactive and expansive contexts. Candidates should have the ability to apply these skills and concepts to teach innovative classes that critically engage the language and history of art and design. The ideal candidate actively contributes to and collaborates with a vibrant community of undergraduates engaged in a broad range of disciplines within a visual arts program. Additionally, this candidate would be interested in exploring cross-curricular partnerships and collaborations within and outside the department—a well-supported priority at USD. USD’s academic leadership model presents possible future opportunities to participate in shared governance in the College and beyond. All faculty are required to engage in service at the department and College level. We are looking for a colleague who is interested in joining the fabric of our community through teaching, advising, leading, mentoring, and departmental and college-wide service.

Requirements

Hold an MFA or equivalent in art and/or design, or a closely related field.
Demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
Knowledge of and sustained engagement with tools and processes across media germane to contemporary design practices and both digital and material outcomes.
Demonstrate engagement with critical perspectives around making.
Show evidence of a sustained practice that contributes to the dialogues and discourses of contemporary graphic design.
Successful completion of a pre-employment background check.
Official education transcripts for degree verification purposes.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in design’s trajectory from its traditional association with discrete printed materials to digital tools and virtual environments that can process experience, data, and information in interactive and expansive contexts.

Responsibilities

Teach innovative classes that critically engage the language and history of art and design.
Actively contribute to and collaborate with a vibrant community of undergraduates.
Explore cross-curricular partnerships and collaborations within and outside the department.
Participate in shared governance in the College and beyond.
Engage in service at the department and College level.
Advise, lead, mentor, and engage in departmental and college-wide service.