Job description

The campus of Massachusetts College of Art and Design is located on the lands of indigenous tribes, such as the Wampanoag and Massachusett. We make this land acknowledgement to pay respect to these communities - past, present, and future - and recognize the painful history of erasure and ongoing violence toward indigenous people in North America and across the world. We acknowledge this part of our history to affirm our values to pursue a more just, compassionate, and equitable learning environment.


Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is the oldest, and one of two public, state supported, independent colleges of art and design in the country. We are committed to serving the public, and the broad demographic of students from across the Commonwealth, the region, the nation, and beyond. MassArt seeks to be a leader in increasing diversity within its curriculum and supports programs, faculty, staff, and student populations in reaching this goal. As we aim to promote an inclusive environment, we seek candidates who can actively participate in our shared goals. We encourage applicants to identify their strengths in the area of diversity and inclusiveness. In this urgent time MassArt prioritizes the teaching of sustainability in art and design and defines it as addressing and solving the problems at the intersection of social justice, health and wellbeing, and the environment.


We are a highly collaborative and forward-thinking department actively committed to the decolonization of design. Over the past several years, we have been interrogating every aspect of our curricula, critique and assessment practices to hold each other accountable in creating an anti-racist environment. To create an equitable student experience and support new faculty, we enable opportunities for team teaching, combined lectures, and developing shared curricula, critique and assessment practices. We seek a candidate who is committed to making education accessible to all students, who will join us in mentorship, developing new programs, and expanding the boundaries of our discipline.
We have a culture of mutual support. Candidates can expect that support to last throughout their careers, from the first semester through tenure and beyond.


Position is governed by the MSCA collective bargain agreement
Salary: $66,000 - $72,000


Requirements:
Eligible candidates will have at least one of the following qualifications:
A) A degree in Communication Design, Graphic Design or related field. A terminal degree is required for promotion and tenure.
B) Demonstrated professional working experience in the field of communication design or a related area
C) At least 1 year of teaching experience, which may include course assistantships, teaching assistantships, youth programs, or other hands-on teaching at the college or university level in the area of communication design or a related field


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Preferred Qualifications
We're excited to consider candidates who possess any of the following qualifications:

-Demonstrated record of promoting a respectful work and learning environment for students, faculty, staff, and the wider community;
-Demonstrate the ability or potential to teach at the college level and an aptitude for innovative curriculum development and delivery; previous experience teaching in interdisciplinary programs and supervising graduate students will be considered assets;
-Proactively advance decolonization, diversity, equity and sustainability in curriculum, teaching, scholarship, and creative/professional activities;
-Challenge our preconceptions about design;
-Contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research/creative activities, teaching, and service;
-Believe in the mission of a public university or college;
-Have an interest in collaboration;
-Speak or write in more than one language;
-Are willing to teach courses at all levels of communication design: sophomore, junior, and senior;
-Are proficient in the current technologies used in the professional practice of communication design;
-Are experienced with emerging design and communication technologies

Applicants should be eligible to work in the U.S.at the time of employment.
Please note that the Massachusetts College of Art and Design is not an e-verified institution (www.e-verify.gov/about-e-verify).