Illustration Adjunct Teaching Faculty (DESIL 130) - 130210

Job Title: Illustration Adjunct Teaching Faculty (DESIL 130)

Job Classification: P/T Adjunct Teaching Faculty - Teaching for day or evening 

Posting close date: 03/29/2024

Start date of this position:  09/04/2024

Required Degree: A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration or other appropriate discipline is required; Master of Fine Arts degree is preferred. 

The required degree must be completed by the start date.

Experience: The Department of Design at Brigham Young University seeks qualified applicants for an adjunct faculty position in Illustration beginning Fall 2024. Professional experience in the field is required; teaching experience at the college/university level is desired.

Qualifications: Qualified candidates will present a professional portfolio of original work that demonstrates clear and effective visual communication of concepts and narratives, have a record of professional illustration activity including exhibitions commissioned and published works, an understanding of representational drawing media, tools, materials, techniques, and texts; applied principles and elements of design, composition, and pictorial space, as well as an understanding of contemporary issues and emerging trends in the field of illustration, and familiarity with the historical events and prominent personalities in the discipline.

Qualified candidates will be able to: (1) speak and write effectively; (2) lecture and explain concepts clearly; (3) demonstrate current studio methods and media techniques; (4) design and conduct effective learning exercises and projects; (5) provide effective critiques and evaluations of student work.

Duties/Expectations: Teach undergraduate course Illustration Fundamentals, with the option of teaching additional sections concurrently, or in future semesters, on a part-time basis for the illustration area of the Department of Design using the department-approved curriculum. The exercise of such option would be at the discretion of the Department of Design, based on the current needs of the Illustration area, and dependent on the candidate's maintenance of acceptable job performance and good standing with the University. The position will require lecturing, creating assignments, grading, critiques, communication/responding to student emails. Part-time faculty are not required to hold office hours, attend staff meetings, serve on committees, or mentor students

Information required at the time of application - Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically

Document(s) required at the time of application - Please attach your updated Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Intent outlining qualifications for the position with links to an online portfolio of your work (i.e. a professional website), and a Design Dept Belonging statement (should be a one-page document explaining experiences and commitments to diversity in regards to your scholarly, teaching, mentoring, and service engagement) to the faculty application. If you have prior college teaching experience, please include a link to 5-10 formal student evaluations of your teaching and 5-10 representative examples of your students' work (on a cloud server such as Google Drive or Dropbox).

What is a belonging statement?- A one-page document explaining your experiences and commitments to diversity in regards to scholarly, teaching, mentoring, and service engagement.

Department of Design Belonging Mission Statement: The Brigham Young University Department of Design recognizes diversity and inclusivity as fundamental to its learning community and integral to a design education. Our mission is to create and maintain an environment for learning that promotes respect for and appreciation of scholarship, academic freedom, human diversity, and the cultural mosaic of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; to promote excellence in instruction and creative and intellectual accomplishment; and to provide broadly accessible higher education for its students. We recognize and honor the innovation and growth that comes from voices of all kinds and we celebrate creativity and diversity in the Department of Design. We seek applicants who demonstrate a commitment to this perspective or have experience which would further the department's belonging goals.

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Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/Disability

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer.  All faculty are required to abide by the university's Honor Code and Dress & Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.