Faculty - Photography & Digital Art Program Coordinator (174 Day)

Kirkwood Community College•Cedar Rapids, IA

27d

About The Position

To advance the college's mission, vision, principles, values and strategic initiatives through continuous improvement decisions. GENERAL JOB SUMMARY: The instructor is responsible for fostering student learning through effectively teaching photography and 2-D design courses (15 credit hours) each semester. Experience teaching Dark Room and Digital Photography is required. Ability to adapt and revise curriculum and instruction to respond to advances in technology and photography practices. The instructor should be a professionally active artist with a record of creative achievement that may include exhibitions, commissions, and/or publications. Industry experience in commercial photography and design is desired. This position will also serve as the Program Coordinator for the Digital Arts Program. The program serves to train students in advanced skills in photography, videography, and design technologies for employment in diverse industry roles. The successful candidate must have at least three years of industry experience in commercial photography or design. The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty in art, marketing, web design, and digital media. Other responsibilities include evaluating and reporting student performance and progress in assigned courses in accordance with department, division and College policies and procedures, program review, committee service, and curriculum assessment and revision. As a program coordinator the instructor will also be responsible for coordinating program advisory committee meetings with industry partners, and building and maintaining industry partnerships for student work-based learning. Instructor will be responsible for meeting the goals and objectives of an individual Professional Preparation Plan as outlined in the College's Quality Faculty Plan. The intended start date will be in July 2026 as we are hiring for the next academic year.

Requirements

MA or MFA in Art- minimum 12 graduate credit hours in photography and design
Dark room and digital photography background.
Experience teaching in Higher Education
Three years (or equivalent) of full-time industry experience

Nice To Haves

MFA in Photography
Three years industry experience in professional commercial photography
Community College teaching experience

Responsibilities

Effectively organize and teach assigned photography, design, and digital arts courses in accordance with established syllabi.
Maintain and run a dark room photography lab, lighting studio and a digital photography lab.
Evaluate and report student performance and progress.
Teach curriculum in a variety of delivery methods including face to face, hybrid, and online modalities. This may include teaching at more than one campus location.
Collaborate with art and design faculty colleagues to provide a foundational and innovative art curriculum.
Coordinate the Digital Arts Program at Kirkwood including student recruitment, curriculum revisions, advisory committee meetings, communicating with Academic Advisors, and participation in program review process.
Build and maintain industry partnerships in Digital Arts disciplines.
Maintain a minimum of 5 established office hours each week.
Attend discipline, departmental, and division meetings.
Must maintain compliance with required trainings as designated by supervisor.
Assist in the process of requesting and maintaining institutional equipment and supplies for studio use.
Design, and/or participate in assessment of student learning projects within the discipline, the department, or the college.
Regularly engage in professional learning activities and actively seek information about developing trends and ideas in Art pedagogy.