Academic Professional: Assistant Professor of Media and Design Assistant Digital Di
Listed on 2026-01-22
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Digital Media / Production, Art / Design Teacher -
Creative Arts/Media
Digital Media / Production, Art / Design Teacher
Position Number: 998082
Functional
Title:
Academic Professional:
Assistant Professor of New Media and Design and the Assistant Digital Director
Position Type: Non-Tenure Stream
Position Eclass: FG - Faculty 12 Mo Leave Earning
University Information: Located in North Carolina’s third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No.
1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal — helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity.
The University’s 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.
Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit: In the School of Art, students study and practice visual art, art history, art education, and arts administration to develop the skills, knowledge, and critical awareness to thrive as artists, educators, scholars, and creative professionals. Students and faculty engage in a process of discovery that values art as a relational practice through material exploration and investigation of global artistic traditions, past and present.
We cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and respectful learning community that welcomes students at all levels of experience, empowering them to bring their whole identities into their creative work and to grow into confident, capable artists and thinkers. Through studio practice, research, and community engagement, the School of Art contributes to local, national, and international arts communities while modeling a more equitable and expansive future for the visual arts.
Summary
The School of Art at UNC Greensboro seeks a non-tenure track faculty member who will serve as Academic Professional:
Assistant Professor of New Media and Design and the Assistant Digital Director. The School of Art is home to over 700 students across BFA and BA studio, arts administration, art education, and art history programs; and an MFA studio art major program.
As a 12-month faculty appointment, the Assistant Digital Director is expected to work with the School of Art’s Digital Director, faculty and the Director of Art to provide support for educational programs, which includes management, coordination, and upkeep of the digital facilities as well as advice and guidance regarding technological changes and advances. Digital facilities include approximately 150 computers across two PC and three Mac digital classrooms, the laptop cart, the digital print lab, and additional computers throughout the building dedicated to digital production, as well as digital fabrication equipment, photographic equipment, and audio/visual display equipment both here in the Gatewood building and at Greensboro Project Space, the School of Art’s downtown gallery space.
This is a three-year appointment with the possibility of renewal.
The Assistant Digital Director will teach a 2/2 load across a wide array of courses in digital art. The School of Art’s New Media and Design program encompasses a range of conceptual and technological approaches relevant to contemporary art and design practices. The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate education and will provide service to the university, college and/or school. Ideal candidates will have strengths in areas such as interactive art, digital art, image/video making and design.
In the cover letter, candidates should describe their experience teaching diverse students, and their experience with skills-based and culturally responsive pedagogies.
The Assistant Digital…
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