Assistant Professor Visual and Media Arts

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The School of Visual and Media Arts (SVMA) in the College of the Arts and Media (CAM) at the University of Montana (UM) invites applications for a tenure-track

Assistant Professor in Game Design and Interactive Media

beginning August 2023

. A successful candidate will be a dedicated teacher who can guide students in the creation of gaming and immersive experiences, marrying technical and artistic skills. The chosen candidate will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary focus, advise and mentor students, create experiential opportunities for students, and participate in school, college, and university service.

About the School of Visual and Media Arts

The School of Visual and Media Arts (SVMA) is one of the largest creative schools within a five-state region. Our mission is to educate and engage the next generation of artists and storytellers in a wide variety of creative practices and research. SVMA strives to promote a holistic, cross-disciplinary approach and foster diversity and inclusion in the study, creation, and dissemination of arts and media. Central to this mission are opportunities to create original works, gain proficiency with a diversity of creative processes (narrative, audio, and visual; in both digital and material systems), critically analyze artworks and media past and present, collaborate within and across artistic disciplines, and research the contextual and cultural history of art, design, and media. We lead --and teach students how to lead --through excellence in creative scholarship and research. Our students develop critical and creative thinking skills, cultivate an informed aesthetic, build proficiency in various modes, methods, technologies, and forms of expression, and gain the ability to assess, articulate, and evaluate a broad range of arts and media.

In addition, SVMA is also home to the University of Montana’s Esports team boasting over 300 players. Our team is foundationally different from any team in the nation as we intentionally focus on creating a community including all students regardless of their background.

We value communication and collaboration to help future foster leaders.

The School of Visual and Media Arts is dedicated to the following:

Providing high-quality preparation for students interested in pursuing professional creative careers,

Maintaining a community of practicing artists, creators, storytellers, and scholars as faculty to provide significant mentoring and rigorous intellectual challenges for students.

Contributing to the culture of creativity and intellectual curiosity for the campus, the local community, and the state.

Serving the local community, the state, the region, and the nation as a source of expertise in creative areas.

The School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana fully embraces and welcomes inclusiveness in everything we do. We are fully committed and engaged in evaluating our creative practice and curricular offerings evolving to meet our students where they are. We want students and colleagues to feel part of our community. We extend our invitation by looking for cross-disciplinary collaborations; we provide high-impact experiential opportunities for our students, faculty, and staff, and ensure that we embody equitable teaching practices to meet students where they are.

We build upon this promise by finding new faculty who want to engage with our students and community in new and meaningful ways. We believe that by inviting a diverse group of people to come together, we will create a space where our students feel like they belong regardless of their background.

SVMA is accredited through the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and offers the following programs:

Masters of Fine Arts.

Bachelors of Fine Arts in Media Arts and in Fine Arts. The Bachelors of Fine Arts degree include the following Media Arts concentrations:

A fully online Bachelors of Arts degree

Game Design and Interactive Media

Sound Design and Technology

Digital Filmmaking

Digital Art and Technology

SVMA currently has multiple tenured/tenure-track faculty and non-tenure track faculty. All instructors teach in-person, synchronous online, and asynchronous online courses. Faculty are passionate about their creative research and commitment to the scholarship of teaching. In addition, faculty continually innovate programmatic and curricular offerings by collaborating with international, regional, and campus partners.

Position Details

Tenure Track Faculty:

School of Visual and Media Arts in Game Design and Interactive Media

Title:

Assistant Professor

Company info

The University of Montana
Website : https://www.umt.edu