Full-time non-tenure track assistant professor appointment in the department of Film and Media Arts: Cinematography

Full-time tenure-track assistant or associate professor appointment in Film and Media Arts: Post-Production

Full-time tenure-track assistant or associate professor appointment in Film and Media Arts: Narrative Fiction Screen Directing

Full-time non-tenure track instructor or assistant professor appointment in Theatre: Musical Theater Movement 

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NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY

POSITION: Full-time appointment in Cinematography

RANK/SALARY: Assistant Professor of Cinematography, non-tenure-track appointment in Film and Media Arts. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS: MFA in Filmmaking and/or a related Cinematography field. Preference will be given to candidates whose expertise or teaching focuses on aptitude with 16mm film, professional level independent cinema camera packages, gaffing/lighting experience, and experience with Virtual Reality / Camera Tracking systems. Applicants should be prepared to demonstrate teaching ability and provide evidence of an active creative or industry film practice. The department strongly encourages applications by women and minority candidates.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach undergraduate courses; advise and mentor students; maintain a visible profile of creative practice; and engage in appropriate service to the department, the university, and the profession. Courses may include Intro to 16mm Filmmaking, Sr. Capstone Cinematography Master Class, Videography, Lighting, and additional courses related to the applicant’s expertise and experience.

APPOINTMENT DATE: July 1, 2023

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Begins immediately and continues until position is filled.

SUBMIT APPLICATION: Send letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, sample cinematography course syllabus, and names, titles, address, telephone number and email addresses of 3 references to

Search Committee Chair Michael Kuetemeyer Search Committee Chair
c/o Beth Bolton.
E-mail: beth.bolton@temple.edu

Please be sure the file name for your application and CV includes your last name, first name, and the position name. For example: Smith.John.Temple.Cinematography.App.pdf or Smith.John.Temple.Cinematography.CV.pdf.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS UNTIL REQUESTED.

Prepare to send the following additional materials if requested at a later date:

• Samples of course syllabi
• A statement of the candidate’s teaching philosophy.
• A portfolio of teaching evaluations (student evaluations, peer reviews, video recordings of teaching, etc.) 
• 3-5 confidential letters of recommendation (dated, signed and presented on letterhead) submitted directly from the referee

COVID-19 vaccinations are required for employment at Temple University, unless granted a religious or medical exemption.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The Film & Media Arts Department is an internationally recognized program in documentary, independent narrative, and experimental forms. The program encourages a cross-disciplinary mix of theory and practice including hybrid and digital arts production, and has a history of producing socially conscious filmmakers. The Department offers BA, BFA, MA, MFA and PhD degrees. Film & Media Arts is a member of Temple’s Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts, which includes the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts and the Boyer College of Music and Dance. It is located on the University’s main campus in the culturally rich and diverse city of Philadelphia. For more information about the department, consult the website at https://tfma.temple.edu/fma.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.
WOMEN AND MINORITY CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY 

POSITION: Full-time tenure-track appointment in Film/Media Post-Production

RANK/SALARY: Assistant or Associate Professor of Film/Media Post-Production, tenure-track appointment in Film and Media Arts. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach undergraduate and graduate courses; advise and mentor students; engage in appropriate service to the department, the university, and the profession; demonstrate a commitment to community engagement with Philadelphia cultural institutions; and facilitate outreach with area industry and independent film and media professionals

QUALIFICATIONS: The Department of Film and Media Arts seeks a visionary practitioner and educator for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to teach Post-Production courses for narrative and documentary filmmaking and to lead the Post-Production BA Concentration.

The successful candidate will possess a strong creative portfolio with post-production credits in one or more of the following areas: Dramatic Narrative, Documentary, Episodic Television, Audio-Post Production.  The candidate will show leadership capabilities in the further development, facilitation, and implementation of a rigorous, innovative post-production curriculum, continuing the department's commitment to the integration of theory and practice. The new faculty member will teach post-production at both undergraduate and graduate levels, guiding the department's BA concentration and also teaching and mentoring students in the MFA program in Film and Media Arts and in the MA Program in mediaXarts: Cinema for New Technologies and Environments.  

Film & Media Arts has a strong reputation in preparing students for evolving production practices. As the Film and Media Arts Department continues to grow, our ideal Post-Production candidate will teach classes in their specialty area and guide the expansion of our Post curriculum, labs, and adjunct faculty in areas such as remote editing, workflows for special effects-based "in-studio" work, and knowledge of virtual production hardware and software across platforms.   Secondary areas of interest may include sound-design and post-production for immersive environments, CGI, compositing, and/or animation.

The outstanding candidate will have the following qualifications:

1. An MFA degree or exceptional industry equivalent experience and a strong portfolio of their own independent projects, and/or post-production experience in independent and commercial productions.
2. Three years of successful university teaching.  Graduate student teaching at MA and MFA level preferred. 
3. Professional experience in the field and a record of building bridges between the academy and the industry.  
4. Outstanding technology experience with post-production hardware and software plus excellent, secondary experience in one or more of: sound design, VR/AR, post for CGI, compositing, animation.  
5. Understanding and application of the aesthetics of film and media arts as it applies to post-production and other computer-based art forms as well as historic forms. 

The department encourages applications by women and minority candidates.    

APPOINTMENT DATE: July 1, 2023

APPLICATION REVIEW: Begins immediately and continues until position is filled. 

SUBMIT APPLICATION: Send letter of application (including one paragraph statement discussing how the candidate approaches diversity, equity and belonging in the classroom,) CV, 1 sample post-production course syllabus, and list of 3 references with contact information to 

Search Committee Co-Chairs: Sarah Drury and Rea Tajiri
c/o Beth Bolton 
E-mail: beth.bolton@temple.edu

Please be sure the file name for your application and CV includes your last name, first name, and the position name.   For example: Smith.John.Temple.PPR.App.pdf or Smith.John.Temple.PPR.CV.pdf.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS UNTIL REQUESTED. 
Prepare to send the following additional materials if requested at a later date:

• Samples of additional course syllabi
• A statement of the candidate’s teaching philosophy.
• A portfolio of teaching evaluations (student evaluations, peer reviews, video recordings of teaching, etc.) 
• 3-5 confidential letters of recommendation (dated, signed and presented on letterhead) submitted directly from the referee

COVID-19 vaccinations are required for employment at Temple University, unless granted a religious or medical exemption.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The Film & Media Arts Department is an internationally recognized program in documentary, independent narrative, and experimental forms and has a history of producing socially conscious filmmakers. The program encourages a cross-disciplinary mix of theory and practice including hybrid and digital arts production.  The Department offers BA, BFA, MA, MFA and PhD degrees. Film & Media Arts is a member of Temple’s Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts, which includes the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts and the Boyer College of Music and Dance. It is located on the University’s main campus in the culturally rich and diverse city of Philadelphia. For more information about the department, consult the website https://tfma.temple.edu/fma.  

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.  
WOMEN AND MINORITY CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY 

POSITION: Full-time faculty appointment in Narrative Fiction Screen Directing 

RANK/SALARY: Assistant or Associate Professor of Narrative Fiction Screen Directing, tenure-track appointment in Film and Media Arts. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach undergraduate and graduate courses; advise and mentor students; engage in appropriate service to the department, the university, and the profession; demonstrate a commitment to community engagement with Philadelphia cultural institutions; and facilitate outreach with area industry and independent film and media professionals

QUALIFICATIONS: FMA seeks a visionary educator for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to teach Narrative Fiction Screen Directing courses. Candidates should have significant experience in the craft and execution of narrative films (physical production, directing actors and the camera, narrative screenwriting, and scene / script analysis). We welcome filmmakers who also work in experimental narrative and documentary/fiction hybrid forms, but experience teaching narrative fiction filmmaking is essential for this position.

We particularly seek directors with diverse perspectives who will help fulfill our mission to train students to innovate, revolutionize and creatively challenge the entertainment industry status quo. Further details about our curricular program may be found here: https://tfma.temple.edu/fma/undergraduate/BFA-Programs/Directing

Candidates should demonstrate a distinctive personal vision for their practice as well as evidence of institutional collaboration and network building.  Our innovative BFA and MFA programs require candidates who demonstrate the ability to successfully work with faculty collaborators across disciplines (Cine, Post, Producing) to produce complex, formally and thematically diverse, award-winning student films.

Successful candidates must have a substantive history of public screenings of narrative fiction directing work. A track-record of juried awards in notable and diverse festivals and venues is welcomed.

The outstanding candidate will have the following qualifications:

• A narrative (fiction) film/video-maker with a completed MFA or equivalent in Directing, Film, Video, or Screenwriting.
• An active independent filmmaker with an exceptional track record of public screenings of their work.
• Three years of significant, innovative teaching university-level undergraduate and graduate film production, Directing, and Screenwriting courses.
• A record of significant work with graduate students thesis committees, grad advising, and coordinating/leading critique.
• A record of and ability to discuss/demonstrate strong faculty collaboration across disciplines (producing, cinematography, and post-production) with resulting excellent student work, preferably award-winning student narrative fictional films.
• A record of strong relationships, networks, and contacts in independent cinema, professional industry, and/or fine art contexts with the ability to connect undergrad and graduate students to role-based industry guest lectures, potential mentorship, and internship opportunities.

 
APPOINTMENT DATE: July 1, 2023

APPLICATION REVIEW: Begins immediately and continues until position is filled. 

SUBMIT APPLICATION: Send letter of application (including one paragraph statement discussing how the candidate approaches diversity, equity and belonging in the classroom,) CV, 1 sample Directing and Film Production Syllabi, and list of 3 references with contact information to 

Search Committee Chair Elisabeth Subrin
c/o Beth Bolton 
E-mail: beth.bolton@temple.edu

Please be sure the file name for your application and CV includes your last name, first name, and the position name.   For example: Smith.John.Temple.Dir.App.pdf or Smith.John.Temple.Dir.CV.pdf.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS UNTIL REQUESTED. 
Prepare to send the following additional materials if requested at a later date:

• Samples of course syllabi
• A statement of the candidate’s teaching philosophy.
• A portfolio of teaching evaluations (student evaluations, peer reviews, video recordings of teaching, etc.) 
• 3-5 confidential letters of recommendation (dated, signed and presented on letterhead) submitted directly from the referee

COVID-19 vaccinations are required for employment at Temple University, unless granted a religious or medical exemption.

The Film & Media Arts Department is an internationally recognized program in documentary, independent narrative, and experimental forms and has a history of producing socially conscious filmmakers. The program encourages a cross-disciplinary mix of theory and practice including hybrid and digital arts production. The Department offers BA, BFA, MA, MFA and PhD degrees. Film & Media Arts is a member of Temple’s Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts, which includes the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts and the Boyer College of Music and Dance. It is located on the University’s main campus in the culturally rich and diverse city of Philadelphia. For more information about the department, consult the website https://tfma.temple.edu/fma.  

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.  
WOMEN AND MINORITY CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY

POSITION: Full-time non-tenure track instructor or assistant profesor appointment in Theatre: Musical Theater Movement 

RANK/SALARY: Instructor or Assistant Professor, non-tenure-track appointment in Movement for                     Actors and Musical Theater Movement. Salary and rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.  

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Theater department seeks an accomplished Teacher/Professional to teach 
undergraduate and graduate courses in Laban and Movement Fundamentals, Pilates, ballet, jazz, tap, and musical theater repertoire. The faculty member will be expected to choreograph mainstage production(s) for course release; cultivate relationships with professional companies; and engage in appropriate service to the College, the University, and the profession. Undergraduate courses may be any of the above with additional courses as needed.  Candidate will also contribute collegially to department life.

QUALIFICATIONS:    Candidates must demonstrate a pedagogical and professional profile. A completed MFA degree, advanced professional training, and minimum of 3 years of successful teaching at the university level are preferred. Candidates must have outstanding professional credits in performance and a strong commitment to teaching, training, and working in a university environment. A successful candidate will be versed in a variety of styles/genres, with the ability to teach pre-professional candidates.

APPOINTMENT DATE: July 1, 2023

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Begins immediately and continues until position is filled. 

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: E-mail a letter of application, a current Curriculum Vitae, and a list of 3 references to

Peter Reynolds, Search Committee Chair
c/o Beth Bolton
Email: bbolton@temple.edu  

Please be sure the file name for your application and CV begins with your last name and includes the position name. For example: Smith.Temple.Theater.Movement.pdf

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS UNTIL REQUESTED. 
Prepare to send the following additional materials if requested at a later date:

• 3 confidential letters of recommendation (dated, signed, and presented on university letterhead) directly from the referee
• Documentation of teaching experience (student and peer evaluations of teaching, course outline or syllabus from courses taught, statement of teaching philosophy)
• University transcript verifying highest degree earned

COVID-19 vaccinations are required for employment at Temple University, unless granted a religious or medical exemption.

The School of Theater, Film and Media Arts is part of the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts at Temple University and is located on the University’s Main Campus in the culturally rich and diverse city of Philadelphia. The university is positioned close to the City’s historic cultural institutions, including the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, The Walnut Street Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Center is part of a thriving arts community that provides myriad opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration among students, faculty, and cultural partners. The Theater Department offers BA, BFA, MA, and MFA degrees and is served by 19 full-time faculty and 24 affiliate faculty. 

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. 
WOMEN AND MINORITY CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.