Fall 2024: Full Time Faculty in Media and Design Fields
American University of Bahrain, Bahrain

The American University of Bahrain (AUBH) College of Media and Design invites applications for full-time faculty positions in Multimedia Design and Production, starting in the Fall semester 2024-2025. Candidates are expected to hold a relevant degree obtained from a reputable university. Preferences will be given to candidates who have demonstrated excellent skills in teaching at the undergraduate level in both face-to-face and online modes. Relevant industry experience will be considered as an advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Teach up to five courses per semester depending on the rank.
2. Prepare course syllabus, plan lessons and assignments.
3. Assess students’ progress by grading assignments, papers, exams, and other work.
4. Advise students about which classes to take and how to achieve their goals.
5. Work with colleagues to develop or modify the curriculum for a degree or certificate program involving a series of courses.
6. Stay informed about changes and innovations in their field.
7. Invigilating examinations.
8. Attending faculty meetings.
9. General administration work in relation to teaching and assessments’ quality assurance.
10. Writing research proposals, papers, and other publications.
11. Supervising projects/thesis of students.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience required:

1. A minimum of a Master's Degree in a related field, from a recognized institution.
2. Experience in teaching in media and design programs at the higher education level.
3. Experience with design software/technology as appropriate to the candidate's teaching field.
4. Preference will be given to candidates with degrees from the United States and to those with teaching experience at a higher education level in the United States.

Skills and Competencies required:

The successful candidates need to display expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• 3D modeling and rendering software, basic modeling concepts and techniques, methods on how to create materials, scenes rendered with digital lights and cameras, and providing a perspective on the 3-D digital design and virtual environments.
• Physical interaction design in new media works with microcontroller and sensor technologies and explores interaction design practices adaptable for physical media-image-sound interaction projects and working knowledge of (PureData and Arduino microcontroller).
• Multi-camera studio production, the visual content, and technical aspects of studio production), and working knowledge of (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition).
• Coding and strong knowledge of HTML, CSS.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.

Job Rewards and Benefits