Assistant Professor, Scenic Design
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Job Summary
Position: Assistant ProfessorScenic Design. This position is a9-month tenure earning faculty position with a start date of August 2026.
Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience
Organizational summary:
TheSchool of Theatre and Dance embraces inspires educates and educates students in all of their capacities as explorative and thoughtful artists who impact their local and global communities. The faculty of the School of Theatre and Dance is comprised of professional creatives whose work has international reach. Students experience a guest artist series coupled with one-of-a-kind study abroad program in Paris and research opportunities in dance medicine and science. Graduates of the dance program go on to enjoy success with the likes of Broadway Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre Complexions Contemporary Dance Company Kate Weare Dance CompanyDisney World Busch Gardens and Norwegian Cruise Lines; they perform design and direct for television and film become artisticand managing directors high school teachers college professors choreographers arts in health/somatic practitioners healthcare professionals and technical professionals. The USF School of Theater and Dancefosters and cultivates adaptable thinkers intelligent compassionate leaders and creative risk takers who will impact the arts field and beyond
As the creative center of the University of South Florida the College of Design Art & Performance provides an enriched creative and professional environment for tomorrows leaders in architecture design art art history dance music and theatre. The college is home to the universitys arts district Contemporary Art Museum Graphicstudio and the Florida Center for Community Design. The college embraces opportunities to embed new and existing arts programming in the rapidly growing regional communities and serves as an integral engine for socioeconomic progress through its research advocacy and engagement.
Responsibilities
Duties:
Faculty in the School of Theater and Dance are required to maintain an active research agenda and annually report on progress toward promotion and tenure. As an R1 AAU University creative activity and research will be expected to be at a national and international level. Teaching responsibilities will generally include 2 assignments per semester comprised of a combination ofdesigning major productions and course service profile will be comprised of mentoring students work on School College and/or University committees professional memberships and curricular development.
Qualifications
MinimumQualifications: Terminal Degree in related field or significant equivalent professional experience. Ability to teachscenicdesign and other designcourses as per your experience and effectively mentor young designers. Ability todesignscenery for main stage productions in theatre dance and in other Interdisciplinary interests in multiple styles of theatre spaces.
Preferred Qualifications: Terminal degree with emphasis inScenicDesign. Incorporation of projections into design and knowledge of projection software and implementation. Teaching experience in scene painting CAD and other emerging technologies. Experience indesigning for touring to varied spaces designing for site specific and outdoor locations themed/entertainment design immersive theatre and other genres. National and/or international professionaldesigncredits in theatre dance and /or music. Interdisciplinary research involving technology and/or art music and health sciences. Must meet university criteria for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor.
Applicants MUST provide the following documents when completing the application:
- Letter of interest
- Curriculum vitae
- Links to an online portfolio of work examples. If the works require passwords for viewing please include them. Files that cannot be easily accessed may not be reviewed.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Experience
- Medical Management
- Library Services
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
About Company
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