Full-Time Faculty Position in Illustration and Interactive Media, School of Art and Design - Fashion Institute of Technology

Fashion Institute of Technology • New York, NY

68d • $69,346 - $173,403

About The Position

The Illustration and Interactive Media Department seeks a full-time, tenure-track faculty member who is an experienced illustrator/visual artist actively engaged in creating imagery in a range of specialized disciplines and platforms that include editorial and commercial print and online media. The ideal candidate will be a highly creative artist and educator whose work and teaching reflect a strong understanding of fundamentals, including anatomy, composition, color theory, form, and space. The faculty member will be expected to teach and lead both in their specialties and foundation courses. The faculty member will work collaboratively to contribute and maintain a high level of creativity, academic excellence, and pedagogical and technological innovation. In the conceptual process, the candidate will teach through demonstration and by example from their professional experience, the techniques of research, exploring multiple narrative and editorial directions, developing visual solutions, and determining an aesthetic approach that best communicates the ideas they choose or are commissioned to convey. As a practicing professional and teaching artist, the ideal candidate understands the importance of embracing all student perspectives that inform their work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Six (6) years professional experience as an illustrator in one or more visual storytelling media.
• Four years of college-level teaching.

Nice To Haves

• MFA or MA degree in illustration, fine arts, design or other visual art discipline.
• Experience participating in or chairing department committees, writing curriculum, curating, and organizing student exhibitions and competitions.

Responsibilities

• Teach and lead both specialty and foundation courses in illustration.
• Demonstrate techniques of research and exploration of narrative and editorial directions.
• Develop visual solutions and aesthetic approaches for communication.
• Integrate traditional illustration skills with digital media in class assignments.
• Design class assignments to enhance information literacy and foster creative critical thinking.
• Conduct lectures, presentations, demonstrations, and critiques.
• Maintain strong connections within the illustration industry.
• Contribute to curricular assessment and development.
• Provide mentorship and advisement to students.

Benefits

• Retirement Plans
• Health Care Plan and Dental Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefit Plan
• FIT Tuition Exemption Program
• Qualifying Employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree