Adjunct Faculty, MFA Illustration Practice (Entrepreneurship).

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Position:        

Part-time faculty appointment to Entrepreneurship class in the MFA Illustration Practice program.

Job Description:

The faculty position will teach 3 credits of Entrepreneurship, a core requirement of the MFA in Illustration Practice program. The candidate will work in tandem with the full-time faculty of record in the Entrepreneurship course, and will report to the Program Director.

Requirements:

• An active professional practice as a maker and entrepreneur
• Ability to work in tandem, collaboratively, among colleagues
• Experience critiquing beginning and advanced students

Valued, but not required:

• Experience working with students that have degrees other than illustration
• Experience critiquing students working in a variety of mediums
• Broad understanding of new approaches to illustration as a practice and profession

Conditions of Employment:

Satisfactory Background Check

Additional Information:

Salary commensurate with experience and the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The part-time faculty are represented by the SEIU Local 500.

Physical demands and work environment:

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. (may be adjusted depending on position)
• Work environment: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
• Required training:  Exhibitions Department Installation Guide and Policy handbook, MICA Handbook orientation, Anti-Harassment, Hazard Communication, Emergency Plans & Fire Prevention, Personal Protection Equipment. (additional training may be added, SEE: EHS Manager training schedule)

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Applicants must apply online for each job in which they are interested. You will not be considered for any job for which you have not specifically applied. We do not accept applications via email, U.S. mail, or fax. Successful candidates for any staff or faculty positions will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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