Tenure-Track Advertising Faculty Position in Strategic Communication Media & Data Analytics
Tenure-Track Advertising Faculty Position in Strategic Communication Media & Data Analytics
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Job Description
The Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty member in Advertising at the rank of assistant professor to begin in Fall 2026. The School of Advertising & Public Relations is housed within the Moody College of Communication which is ranked #2 in Communication and Media Studies in the United States and #4 in the QS World University Rankings. Moody College includes programs in Communication Studies Journalism and Media Radio-Television-Film and Speech Language and Hearing Sciences.
The candidate should be focused on the areas of media data analytics and/or the utilization of AI (artificial intelligence) in strategic communication. The ideal candidate will be able to teach across various media and advertising courses including Media Planning Digital Metrics Advertising Intelligence Media Management and Advanced Research Methods. Experience in the advertising or media industries is preferred but not required.
The candidate should have a research program that displays excellence in applying advertising strategic communication and communication theories in the study of media and analytics. Research topics of interest for this position include interdisciplinary research areas such as human-computer interaction artificial intelligence B2B brand and demand analytics social media listening and related addition to teaching undergraduate lecture classes the candidate should be able to teach and advise graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels.
Additionally UT Austin offers faculty opportunities to be involved in interdisciplinary Grand Challenges such as Planet 2050 Good Systems (AI for Good) and Whole Communities Whole Health.
Required Qualifications
- Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment. The applicants Ph.D. must be in advertising/communication or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience collaborating across disciplines especially in areas where persuasive communication intersects with other fields like business psychology sociology or technology.
- Actively engage in research and scholarly activities that contribute to the academic excellence of the school.
- Ability to work closely with the professional community to provide students both theoretical and practical exposure to advertising or strategic communication.
- Professional experience working in advertising such as within agency corporate/in-house or media agency settings or consulting with strategic communication functions/agencies.
Employment Type
Full Time
