Job Description
The Department of Art at The University of Texas at El Paso invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of graphic design with focused teaching and research responsibilities in interactive (UX,UI) graphic design. The Department seeks an accomplished designer who pursues a professional scholarship and research practice and excels at teaching.
The successful candidate will develop and teach undergraduate studio-based graphic design courses with an emphasis on interactive design, animation, app design and web-based media and a focus on emerging trends in digital media art. The candidate will help cultivate and shape the interactive component of the graphic design program; advise and mentor undergraduate students; engage in service at the concentration, department, college, university and professional levels; disseminate his/her/their creative scholarship and/or research in peer-reviewed venues; and will foster collegial and professional connections and collaborations within the department, across the university, at the local and national levels to benefit his/her/their teaching and research.
About UTEP and El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a Carnegie R1, and community engaged research university at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border region that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve. UTEP enrolls 24,000 students—84% of whom are Hispanic and half of whom are the first in their families to attend college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open-access, top-tier research university in America.
The city’s border location makes it an ideal venue for academic programs and research studies on topics of national interest such as bilingual education/language acquisition, Hispanic health disparities, border environment and immigration, environmental sustainability and infrastructure, and international trade and commerce.
El Paso’s active arts and culture community features the state’s longest-running symphony orchestra, a nationally recognized chamber music festival, a vibrant street art and mural scene, art galleries, museums, and a full schedule of seasonal events and festivals. UTEP adds to the arts and entertainment scene with concerts and live events at the city’s largest indoor and outdoor venues; theater, music and dance productions; contemporary and student art galleries; and a natural history museum and desert gardens. El Paso residents can also easily travel to our sister city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to enjoy great food, markets and cultural events.
El Paso is also an ideal location for people who love the outdoors, as home to one of the nation’s largest urban parks – Franklin Mountains State Park – and many options for year-round hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing.
For sports fans, the UTEP Miners offer exciting Division I college athletics at several campus venues including Sun Bowl Stadium – where one of the oldest football bowl games takes place annually – and the Don Haskins Center arena. Southwest University Park, located a mile away in lively downtown El Paso, is home to the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the El Paso Locomotive FC, a professional soccer team founded in 2019.
Required Qualifications
An MFA in graphic and interactive design, as well as at least two years professional experience in graphic design, interactive/web, and/or motion design is required. Candidates should be design practitioners with a record of recognition in the fields of graphic and interactive design, motion design and/or animation. Additionally, candidates should preferably have two or more years of college-level teaching experience, particularly in the fields of graphic and interactive design, app design, motion design, and animation.
Application Procedure
Required application materials:
- Letter of interest detailing qualifications
- Curriculum vitae
- A two-year plan of creative scholarship/research
- Statement of teaching and mentoring
- Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official transcripts required prior to employment)
- Digital portfolio (PDF, maximum file size is 2MB.)
- Contact information of three professional references (names, email addresses, and phone numbers)
Portfolio should consist of at least 10 examples of professional work in graphic and interactive design, as well as 10 examples of student work. All video, web and interactive work should be embedded in the PDF, or accessible through external links provided in the PDF.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply by October 18, 2024.
Inquiries about this position should be sent to Professor Anne M. Giangiulio at amgiangiulio@utep.edu. Applicants who advance to the interview stage must successfully complete a teaching demonstration to be considered as a finalist.
To apply, please visit https://www.utep.edu/employment
Hiring decisions are subject to final budget approval.
