External Adjunct - Digital Media & Creative Arts

Sullivan County Community College • Loch Sheldrake, NY

2d • $52 - $59 • Onsite

About The Position

SUNY Sullivan is seeking an External Adjunct Faculty member to teach an in-person evening section of “Introduction to Digital Web Media” during the Spring semester at the associate-degree level. The role includes guiding students as they learn to build, style, organize, and maintain functional multi-page websites, including completing a final website project with at least ten functional webpages. Instruction will use code-based and WYSIWYG web-authoring tools and cover visual communication, usability, accessibility, design principles, and current industry practices.

The successful candidate will foster an engaging and inclusive learning environment, develop lessons aligned with course outcomes, assess student performance, provide critiques and academic support, and maintain regular office hours. Future opportunities to teach Animation may be available to candidates with suitable animation and Adobe Creative Cloud experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
• At least five years of professional experience in digital media, graphic design, web development, or a related discipline.
• Prior teaching, training, or professional mentoring experience; higher education teaching is preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and contemporary design practices.
• Practical experience with responsive web design, website navigation, hyperlinks, image galleries, tables, forms, multimedia integration, CSS layouts, templates, and basic search engine optimization.
• Experience integrating real-world business practices and current industry trends into instruction.
• Availability to teach in person during scheduled evening hours.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Higher education teaching experience.
• Animation and Adobe Creative Cloud experience for possible future opportunities to teach Animation.

Responsibilities

• Teach an in-person evening section of Introduction to Digital Web Media at the associate-degree level during the Spring semester.
• Develop and deliver lesson plans aligned with the established curriculum and course learning outcomes.
• Evaluate and assess student performance based on course objectives using clear and consistent grading practices.
• Provide constructive individual and group critiques.
• Provide academic support, mentorship, and career guidance to students as needed.
• Maintain regular office hours on campus and/or virtually and communicate professionally with students and colleagues.
• Teach students to build, style, organize, and maintain functional multi-page websites.
• Guide hands-on projects using code-based and WYSIWYG web-authoring tools, emphasizing visual communication, usability, accessibility, design principles, and current industry practices.
• Mentor students through a final website project consisting of at least ten functional webpages.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level