A thorough understanding of communication design theory and practice are necessary to fulfill this position. The applicant must also possess excellent creative and design problem solving skills. The candidate should have a Masters Degree in new media or digital arts, or equivalent professional work experience, with a minimum of 2 years college level teaching experience. Candidate must be proficient with the following graphics and new media software- Photoshop, Illustrator, Director, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Premiere. Working knowledge of current 3-d animation applications such as Infinity 3D, Ray Dream, Carrara Suite, HTML and Java Script is a plus.
Salary is negotiable based upon teaching and professional experience and earned degree.
Faculty at the college teach 15 credits each semester, advise students, help recruit students into the programs, and assist with on campus Art Department activities. Full time position to teach new media and digital graphic design courses beginning in fall 2000. Deadline for application is April 1, 2000. Search will continue until a candidate is selected. Northampton Community College, in Bethlehem, PA, is committed to quality design education.