[Commlist] Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Multimedia (Permanent), School of Communications, DCU

Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Multimedia (Permanent position) in the 
School of Communications, Dublin City University.

Salary Scale: Assistant Professor €57,479 - €92,115 (above bar, 
commensurate with qualifications and expertise)
Closing date: 19/05/2023
Informal enquiries to: (mark.obrien /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(mark.obrien /at/ dcu.ie)> 
(Head of School)
Applications to: (hr.applications /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(hr.applications /at/ dcu.ie)> 
(Subject line: Job Ref #RC230212 Assistant Professor in Multimedia)

Role Profile

Dublin City University seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in 
Multimedia. We especially welcome candidates with expertise in the areas 
of Interactive Media / Multimedia. The successful candidate will have 
experience of university teaching and industry experience. The 
successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach in the area of 
their research specialisation but will also be assigned teaching and 
administrative duties as deemed appropriate by the Head of School. The 
School offers opportunities to supervise PhD candidates, and encourages 
and supports applications for external research funding. The School is 
dedicated to high quality research and creative outputs and requires 
staff to publish regularly in leading journals and with leading academic 
publishers.

Qualifications and Expertise

• Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant area, such as Interactive 
Media, Multimedia, and/or Interaction Design.
• Essential skills: interactive visual design (e.g. 3D, AR, VR, UX/UI) 
and/or compatible programming competencies (e.g. Unity, Unreal Engine, 
Javascript, HTML/CSS).
• Applicants should have teaching experience in higher-education, 
ideally including experience in innovative pedagogies and/or 
assessments, and/or online or technology-assisted teaching and/or 
relevant industry experience.
• Applicants should have strong research credentials and publication 
record and/or a strong practice-based/creative output appropriate to 
their career stage.
• Applicants should demonstrate how their research / creative output 
adds to existing strengths in the School's Multimedia programmes and 
research agenda.
• The successful candidate will be capable of working in a team and 
contributing to developing the teaching and research agenda of the 
School in the context of national and EU research funding landscapes.
• Desirable skills: 3D asset development and animation (e.g. Blender, 
Maya), visual effects (e.g. post-production and VFX), interactive 
installations and exhibitions, app development and content management 
systems, audio production (e.g. live, studio, and/or with DAW).

Duties and Responsibilities of the position include, but are not 
restricted to:

-- Teaching and Learning:

• Contribute to the development, teaching, assessment, and 
administration of modules across a range of undergraduate and 
postgraduate programmes including but not limited to the BSc in 
Multimedia and the MSc in Emerging Media,
• Engage proactively with the renewal of existing programmes,
• Contribute to the design, development, and management of future 
programmes and other developments in the field of multimedia / emerging 
media,
• Supervise and assess undergraduate and postgraduate projects and 
dissertations.

-- Research and Scholarship:

• Sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and 
substance, and publish articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and/or 
books with high-profile publishers and/or engage in substantive and 
public facing creative practice,
• Develop and support research and/or creative practice initiatives in 
their area of expertise,
• Apply for external funding for research projects / creative practice,
• Supervise postgraduate students.

-- Service and Contribution to the University and Society:

• Student recruitment,
• Contributing to the organisation of public engagement events,
• Engaging with the policy-makers and the media,
• Participating in school and university administrative roles,
• Developing relationships with stakeholders within and outside the 
University.

For more information please see the full posting, available at
https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/inline-files/RC230212%20%20Comms%20-%20Multimedia%20-%20Advert%20%281%29.pdf 

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