Faculty Position in Fashion Design Art Area

Description:

Globalism

• Possess an ability to think globally and demonstrate an awareness of the impact of design education, industry and the profession.
• Communicate and convey to students the ethical implications of design decisions affecting the global environment and people.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of design in the context of broader social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological forces.
• Possess experience working with people from various cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and social groups that will support the education of a diverse student population.
• Demonstrate appreciation for cultural diversity and a positive approach to cultural differences.
• Engage in global cross-disciplinary discourse in the discipline of fashion design.

Instructional Design

• Demonstrate ability to utilize technology and electronic information to deliver course materials to students.
• Utilize instructional variety in order to accommodate students of different learning styles, abilities, demographics or diversity.
• Demonstrate ability to cultivate and foster critical thinking, problem solving, information literacy and creativity.
• Demonstrate implementation of instructional methodologies and practical applications that enrich students' learning experience through innovative pedagogies, research, and/or creative scholarship.
• Demonstrate execution of socially responsible and sustainable design projects that instruct and inspire a diverse student population.
• Demonstrate experience in developing or teaching a curriculum that addresses diversity in design.

Learning Enrichment

• Embrace the role of faculty as facilitators, mentors, and integrators of information and knowledge.
• Possess a passion for learning with the ability to inspire interest, curiosity and creativity in students.
• Demonstrate responsiveness to industry changes and/or practices, including technology, and the ability to incorporate evolving changes in a progressive curriculum.

Professionalism

• Demonstrate a continued engagement in creative and/or scholarly work in the discipline of fashion design.
• Understand established and emerging fashion design practices and convey their importance to students.
• Possess the ability to organize and lead initiatives, for the department and the College.
• Demonstrate professional projects that illustrate a varied and innovative design portfolio of evidence-based projects.
• Demonstrate research ability, knowledge of, and engagement with industry competitions, exhibitions, publications and/or awards.

Technology

• Demonstrate technological skills in visual art related software and emerging technologies specifically used in the fashion design profession.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate through technology and utilization of the College course management system and campus portal.
• Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining currency in technological skills and knowledge.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required in Fashion Design or in related field(s).
• Six years of relevant industry experience as a senior-level fashion designer