Web Design Tenure-Track or Renewable Term Position - 0406332
The School of Media Arts & Design (SMAD) at James Madison University invites applications for a tenure-track or renewable-term assistant/associate professor position beginning in August 2015. Screening of applications will begin January 12, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.

SMAD provides one of the finest media production facilities in the country. Its media labs offer instructional workspace for creating graphics, animation, audio, video, websites and apps. SMAD has four concentrations: Converged/Interactive Media, Integrated Advertising and Corporate Communication, Digital Video and Cinema, and Journalism. Our faculty represents a blend of professional and academic interests. The School has more than 20 faculty members and approximately 600 undergraduate majors. For more information about our program, go to http://smad.jmu.edu.

We seek a student-oriented colleague with sophisticated design/aesthetic sensibilities (both web and print) and technical expertise to teach intermediate and advanced interactive media courses that include HTML and CSS. Additionally, candidates should have expertise with some combination of Javascript, content management systems, mobile development, user experience and emerging media. The candidate will contribute to the web design portion of our foundation course and will also be afforded the opportunity to teach other courses in her/his area of media expertise.

All SMAD faculty are engaged in teaching, service and research or creative activities. An MFA or Ph.D. is required for a tenure-track appointment; ABD applicants with the degree near completion will be considered. A master’s degree is required for a renewable-term appointment. Salary and rank are commensurate with education and experience.

To apply go to JobLink.jmu.edu and reference posting number 0406332. Candidates must complete the online application and upload the required cover letter, CV and contact information for three references In your cover letter please include the URL of your online portfolio. The names and contact information for three references will be requested at the end of the application. Each reference listed will receive an e-mail requesting that they submit a letter of recommendation through the JobLink system.

JMU is a vibrant university of more than 20,000 students. It is located in Harrisonburg, a Virginia Main Street community of about 50,000, in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The university is approximately one hour from Charlottesville and two hours from Washington, D.C. and Richmond. JMU has been ranked as the South’s top public master’s-level university for 17 of the past 21 years by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, go to http://www.harrisonburgva.gov.

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