Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Graphic Design - Fall 2025
The design program within UMBC’s Department of Visual Arts seeks to recruit an innovative and versatile design educator with a broad range of contemporary practices in digital design including: visual design, UX/UI for Web or App design, and a commitment to the professional practice of graphic design for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor.
This position requires a deep interest and expertise in contemporary issues within the discipline, coupled with an ability to adapt to technological and philosophical shifts in the design industry. Along with a shared enthusiasm surrounding all things design, our new colleague should possess strong foundations in typography, aesthetics, and their application across multiple reading environments and media.
Our department seeks individuals with a solid record of research and/or industry experience in screen-based visual communication: areas of focus include mobile design, interactive design, motion graphics, web design, or hybrid/immersive reality technologies and applications. Demonstrated proficiency with the tools and technologies used in these areas is essential and will be assessed through interview questions and review of a portfolio of the applicant’s professional work, research, student work samples.
The graphic design program is a growth area with robust enrollment in the Visual Arts department and this position will join four faculty members in the graphic design area. We welcome applicants with innovative and creative approaches to design practice—individuals who will bring exciting new ideas and skills to our students and elevate the academic excellence of the Department of Visual Arts. Candidates will be selected based upon the strength and breadth of their creative work, research and/or teaching experience, and their dedication to building a diverse, socially inclusive, and welcoming academic environment for our students.
The design program in the Department of Visual Arts offers a BFA in Design. We also offer an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts, and Visual Arts faculty are encouraged to work and serve within the graduate program as well.
Duties:
- Teach two classes per semester within the design program’s schedule of classes
at all undergraduate levels - Participate with committees at department, college and university levels;
- Advise design students on curriculum and pathways to graduation;
- Supervise undergraduate independent studies;
- Write and/or revise undergraduate curricula;
- Broaden links to local, regional and national communities within their area of expertise in order to promote and further student success.
- Engage with current undergraduate/graduate students and alumni to build the design program community.
- The successful candidate is expected to remain active in the research, professional work, or other forms of creative scholarship in their respective fields. As a top-tier research institution (R1), UMBC offers many funding and mentorship opportunities to extend and explore new directions in scholarly and creative practice.
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