FACULTY POSITIONS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DESIGN

Full-time, Assistant Professor position in a BFA program.

Qualifications: Advanced degree or equivalent professional experience. Previous college-level teaching experience and professional activity in Design are strongly preferred.

Memphis College of Art has an internationally recognized, theoretically rigorous, experimental Design department. We seek to complement and expand beyond our existing print-based course of study. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop curriculum and assist in establishing a new undergraduate major in Design. The program is particularly interested in designers with a strong background in emerging practice areas, which may include: User Experience Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design. Additionally, the individual must be proficient in presenting the department’s coursework with the application of all of the Adobe Creative Suite, and the industry standard technologies of the candidate’s specialty.

The position also requires participation in: on-going curriculum development; community service; student advising; and maintaining an active creative output, consistent with the mission of a professional art school. 

Application: Send letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, professional creative portfolio, examples of student work (if available), and a list of 3 references including name, address, email address and phone number to:

Design Search Committee
Memphis College of Art
1930 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104

Electronic applications are encouraged – send as Macintosh compatible attachments (pdf, jpeg, PowerPoint, or URL listing to:  kstrickland@mca.edu    Subject line: Design Search Committee.

Deadline: open until position is filled. AA/EOE 

The College:

Memphis College of Art, an independent professional art college, is accredited by both the National Association of Schools of Art & Design and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is located within a picturesque 342 acre wooded park in Midtown Memphis and is adjacent to the Brooks Museum of Art and the Memphis Zoo.

MCA offers BFA degree programs in Digital Media, Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.  Graduate studies include an MFA program in traditional studio practice or an individually tailored interdisciplinary emphasis and education program leading to either an MAT or MAArtEd.

New faculty will join a distinguished body of artists, designers, scholars, and educators who are committed to mentoring the next generation of artists who will be shaping the course of artmaking in the 21st century.

Memphis College of Art is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap/disability, or any other unlawful factors in employment practices.