CSULA’s Department of Art is seeking an Assistant Professor of Animation with a starting date of August 2022.
Minimum Qualifications include:
1) An earned MFA, or terminal degree, in Animation, Art, or closely-related field from an accredited institution (or equivalent) is required at the time of application.
2) Evidence of successful teaching experience relevant to the position at the undergraduate level.
3) Demonstrated experience in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, teaching environment.
Preferred Qualifications include:
1) Higher education teaching experience in Animation, Visual Arts, 3D-CGI, and/or character-rigging
3) Evidence of personal or critical expression with animation as an art form and storytelling medium.
4) Demonstrated expertise in 3D animation, 3D character rigging, stop-motion, and/or stop-motion
character rigging.
5) Mastery of character musculature, joints, facial expression, and advanced anatomic kinetics.
6) Ability to create advanced, multi-layered, 2D cutout characters.
7) Demonstrated ability in cutting-edge industry mediums: VR, hybrid tech, gaming, visual effects,
motion graphics.
8) Evidence of technical and meritorious advancements in the field.
To apply please email all application materials in a single PDF to: AnimationSearch@calstatela.edu. (Please type “Art/Animation Tenure-Track Application” in the subject line.):
1) A cover letter specifically addressing minimum and preferred qualifications.
2) A narrative statement describing your commitment to working effectively with faculty, staff, and
students in a multicultural/multiethnic urban campus environment with a substantial population of
students who are among the first-generation of their family to attend a college or university.
3) A curriculum vitae.
4) A list of three professional references.
5) A University Application for Employment Form
6) PDF portfolio that could include a mix of professional work, student work, and hyperlinks to relevant
videos or websites.
Review of applications will begin November 1, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled.
Please address all questions to the Animation Search Committee Chair, Jim Ovelmen,
at: jovelme@calstatela.edu
For a more detailed summary about the position, please refer to https://www.calstatela.edu/2022/college-arts-letters/al-art-ttf