The Visual Arts Department invites applications for tenure-track assistant professor position in drawing and painting. Candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in drawing and painting, with emphasis on contemporary studio practices.  We are seeking candidates who will actively contribute to the Department and University through administrative services and in creating a community of students, faculty, and staff richly diverse in cultural background.

The successful candidate for this tenure-track assistant professor position may be asked to teach a range of courses such as story and visual development, storyboarding, life drawing for animation, animation production, character and background design and filmmaking practices for character animation. Specific Entertainment Art/Animation courses could include:

• Life Drawing for Animation
• Principles of (2D) Animation
• Animation Pre-Production
• Animation Production
• Visual Storytelling for Animation and Games
• 2D Character Animation
• Special Studies in Entertainment Art/Animation
• Special Studies in Character Animation
• Special Studies in Storyboarding for Animation
• Special Studies in Character Design

The successful candidate is expected to have experience with Adobe Creative Suite and other high-end 2D or 3D animation software. Those with the following software/experience will receive special consideration: Toon Boom Harmony, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Autodesk Maya, Procreate and other animation/drawing software. In addition, those with drawing skills necessary for 2D character animation will receive special consideration.

The successful candidate will participate in the life and development of the department, recruitment, and outreach efforts. They will contribute to a dynamic animation program with a track record of growth and distinction derived from awards earned by its students, the successful art careers of its alumni, and the professional achievements of its faculty.

The Department of Visual Arts
The Department of Visual Arts serves approximately 2,600 undergraduate art majors and 20 graduate students, with 36 full-time and 90+ lecturer faculty. The department offers both a BA in Art and BFA in Art with 13 areas of concentration, in addition to an MA and MFA in Art with 9 areas of concentration. CSUF is located about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles in metropolitan Orange County and presents a full range of fine arts and professional programs including a nationally recognized art gallery located in the Visual Arts complex and the Grand Central Art Center, a 45,000 sq. ft. graduate studio/residence/exhibition facility located 25 minutes from campus. The Department of Visual Arts at California State University, Fullerton, is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. For more information about the Department of Visual Arts and the College of the Arts, please refer to the website https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/art/

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  Policy Statement:  The purpose of this policy is to define CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation’s (ASC’s) plan to continue to provide equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and to all employees, to outline affirmative action responsibilities, and the responsibilities of management and of the equal employment/human resources department.

  • This policy applies without exception to all job applicants and to all employees of ASC.

  Responsibilities:  It is the intent of ASC to (1) provide equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees; (2) administer recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefit practices, training, upgrading and promotion procedures, transfers and termination of employment without discrimination because of race, religion, color, sex, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status with regard to any position or employment for which the applicant or employee is qualified; (3) provide a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing factors; and (4) encourage the hiring of minorities, women, disabled individuals, Vietnam era veterans, and disabled veterans.

  ASC will make reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants or employees with physical and mental limitations, where an accommodation would enable the individual to perform essential job functions, unless it would impose undue hardship or present an undue risk to the health and safety of the individual or other employees.

  Failure to comply with federal and state regulations as they relate to equal employment could lessen our competitive market position and could lead to unnecessary litigation. It is clearly good business and employee relations practice and therefore becomes each manager’s responsibility to ensure that our policy is understood and followed by all employees throughout ASC.

  Scope:  ASC’s long-term objective is to achieve in our work force full utilization of minorities and women in all job categories within respective labor market areas in which our facilities operate and recruit and to encourage full participation by qualified disabled persons in our work force.

  Procedures, HR:  ASC Human Resources department, through the following primary responsibilities, assists management in implementing the ASC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.

  • Reviews and develops policy statements for compliance with federal and state regulations concerning equal employment.
  • Develops internal and external communications for ASC’s affirmative action programs.
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  • Assists managers in the identification of potential EEO problems areas and in finding ways to solve these problems.
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  • Continued compliance with all legal requirements for equal employment and affirmative action, including development of an annual action plan.
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  • Continued improvement in the implementation of affirmative action programs encompass the establishment of specific goals; active recruitment affirmative of minorities and women; and upgrading and training of minorities, women, disabled employees, employees who are veterans of the Vietnam Era, and disabled veterans.