Part-Time 3D Animation & Modeling Instructor; Pool

Part‑Time 3D Animation & Modeling Instructor (Pool)

FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Pending any course assignment, initial placement can range as follows:
Lab Course (Salary Schedule HB) - $89.20 up to $130.94 per hour. Lecture Course (Salary Schedule AJ) - $103.85 up to $151.07.
Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed
Mandated Reporter: Yes
Campus Security Authority: No

• MEL scripting and its application in an animation production pipeline.
• Adobe Suite and Quicktime.
• Traditional and digital 2D animation and digital video.
• The commercial and business side of 3D animation, modeling, and story‑boarding, including contracting and working as part of a larger team.

• Experience with all aspects of the 3D production process, including modeling, texturing, lighting, animating, and rendering.
• Basic traditional animation.
• Create original storyboard art for different kinds of projects.
• Work in multiple computer platforms and system configurations.
• Industry experience in a design studio or freelancing.
• Communicate effectively and constructively with a diverse student body.
• Use Photoshop for creating original textures.

• Any bachelor's degree or higher and two years of related professional experience, OR any associate degree and six years of related professional experience, OR the equivalent (see below). Professional experience is required when the applicant possesses a master's degree.
• Three years’ industry experience (must have experience working either as a freelance 3D animator/modeler artist or in a studio).
• Demonstrated cultural competence and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

• Teaching or training experience.

a) Degree Equivalence
The employee or applicant possesses a degree(s) with similar content to those listed for the relevant discipline. The name of the degree is close to that specified on the Disciplines List but the degree either has a different title or area of expertise or the coursework is slightly different. Equivalence is established through analysis of transcripts and coursework.

b) Academic Background Equivalence
Related to disciplines in which a Master's degree is not generally expected or available. The employee or applicant must have completed at least 24 semester units (or equivalent) of coursework in the academic field being applied for, and must possess at least the equivalent level of achievement and the equivalent in breadth, depth of understanding, and rigor in each of the following: a broad cultural education usually met by the general education requirements for any Bachelor's or Associate's degree, and a detailed study of the discipline in breadth, depth, and rigor, usually met by coursework required for the degree major.

c) Professional Achievement Equivalence
The employee or applicant must have completed the general education requirements for any Bachelor's or Associate's degree, and show evidence of outstanding professional achievement and/or substantial training in the requested field. The employee or applicant must submit substantial evidence that demonstrates their preparation, teaching experience, work experience, and ability are equivalent to those expected from a person who meets the minimum qualifications.

Employees must report any unsafe working conditions or practices, as well as any near‑miss incident, to their supervisor. The position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX.

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