Instructor I, Digital Media Design

Description

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (MA/MS) or higher in the Design disciplines or closely related from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation with a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline.
• Demonstrated evidence of ability to teach formal design principles, design processes and creative problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of teaching experience at undergraduate level.
• Evidence of ability to work with professional design studios or non-profit organizations and build relationships for internships and student careers.
• Broad-based expertise in modern and contemporary issues in digital art.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s).
• Understands how to use digital and interactive technologies to efficiently and effectively achieve specific learning goals.
• Knowledge of critical thinking processes and understanding how to help learners develop high-level questioning skills.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of inquiry-based instructional models and strategies.
• Knowledge and ability to use technology in various teaching modalities (e.g., Face-to-face, synchronous online, or asynchronous online).
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders both within and outside the University in developing and delivering instruction, resulting in improved student learning.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Appointment will be made on a 9-month multi-year appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026.

Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida’s Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore, all submitted materials, including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED. As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU. Under Florida’s Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.

Required Application Materials:

• Unofficial Transcripts
• Teaching Philosophy Statement
• Cover Letter.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Five (5) Professional References.
• Provide a link in a Word Document to an online portfolio of your work and examples of student work - Place in Additional Documents Section

The position is listed as “open until filled”, however applications received by December 30, 2025 will receive priority consideration.