Graduate Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) invites applications for a full-time faculty position to lead the Illustration Practice MFA program as Program Director, with a multi-year renewable contract in this non-tenure institution. A private non-profit college, MICA is recognized for the quality of its fine art and design programs at national and international levels, its dedication to student learning and teaching excellence, a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, and for preparing students for successful creative careers. We invite applications from working illustrators who have a demonstrated commitment to education to join our faculty with a preferred start date of August 1, 2026. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and dedicated artist-educator with significant professional experience, who is prepared to nurture emerging illustrators, innovate curricula, and sustain and develop projects that engage graduate students with the current practice and theory of illustration and entrepreneurship. The candidate will have an established practice that demonstrates a critical engagement with one or more of: illustration, art, design, storytelling, culture, and commentary. In addition, the next Program Director will demonstrate interest in a range of materials, collaborations, written and illustrated works, self-directed projects, and works with a personal, social or editorial perspective. They will have experience in student-centered pedagogical approaches, and demonstrated success in working with diverse communities, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, culture, ability and class. The candidate will have a solid grounding in the history of illustration, a deep understanding of its contemporary theory and practice, and an innovative vision for its future. They will recognize the structural and systemic issues that impact the field, and be able to articulate how graduate study prepares students to address those issues. In so doing, the next Program Director will advance the position of MICA and the Illustration Practice MFA program as leaders in the evolution of illustration practice. The next Program Director provides the academic and administrative leadership for this immersive residential program, necessitating in-person and on-site teaching and management across the calendar year. As a faculty member in the program, the director works with students, advances engagement in entrepreneurial practice, guides faculty, and mentors the students. As the program administrative leader, the director assumes responsibility for curriculum and facilities, academic programming and budgets, assessment and accreditation, application reviews and cohort selection, faculty hiring, partnerships, and cultivating awareness of the program. As well, the program director is expected to contribute to the life of Graduate Studies and the College through cross-departmental collaborations, committee work, leadership meetings, student recruitment events, community partnerships, and other institution-related duties. Like all full-time faculty at MICA, the program director is expected to pursue research and/or professional engagements that contribute to the educational mission of the College.