Assistant Professor of Scenic Design

Northern Kentucky University; Cold Spring (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Kentucky University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Scenic Design in the Theatre & Dance Program. The role involves teaching, designing scenery, projections, and props for mainstage productions, and mentoring students within the design area.

The successful candidate will lead in production design, scenic painting, and participate in sceneshop activities, with potential teaching in projection design, control and mapping, and related topics.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MFA) required.
• Record of excellence in Scene Design with strengths in conceptual design, rendering and/or modeling, drafting and scenic painting.
• Candidate should also have a breadth of professional creative activity.

Responsibilities

• Teach design courses for the program and design scenery, projections (including control and mapping), and/or props for mainstage season productions.
• Paint scenery and participate in production strikes.
• Provide leadership and mentorship of students in the design area; recruit and mentor majors within the design area of the program.
• Active participation/mentoring of students during sceneshop lab; shared oversight of paint/props/projection studio.

Skills

Conceptual design

Rendering

Modeling

Drafting

Scenic painting

Professional creative activity

Education

Master’s degree (MFA) required

Tools

Vectorworks

Job description

Position Title

Assistant Professor of Scenic Design

Position Type

Regular

About the Role

The Theatre & Dance Program is seeking an active, professionalartist to join our collaborative, diverse, and vibrant programlocated in the artistically rich greater Cincinnati area. TheSchool of the Arts at Northern Kentucky University offers a widearray of degree programs in the visual and performing arts. TheTheatre & Dance Program within the School of the Arts offers aBFA in Theatre Performance (with tracks in Acting, Musical Theatre,Dance Performance, Dance Pedagogy, and Playwriting), a BFA inTheatre Design, Technology, or Stage Management (with tracks inTheatre Design or Technology, and Stage Management), a BA inTheatre Arts, a Dance Minor, and a Theatre Minor. See the Theatre& Dance website at theatre.nku.edu for additionalinformation. Primary responsibilities include teaching design courses for theprogram, designing scenery, projections (including control andmapping), and/or props for mainstage season productions,scene painting, participating in production strikes,providing leadership and mentorship of students in thedesign area,recruiting and mentoring majors within the design area of theprogram, active participation/mentoring of students during sceneshop lab, and shared oversight of paint/props/projectionstudio. Possible teaching responsibilities may include scenicdesign, projection design, control and mapping, propertiesdesign, scenic painting, drafting, Vectorworks, rendering,fundamentals of design, and special topics in design.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 1. Master’s degree (MFA) required
• 2. Record of excellence in Scene Design with strengths inconceptual design, rendering and/or modeling, drafting and scenicpainting.
• 3. Candidate should also have a breadth of professional creativeactivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1. Evidence of potential for a successful career in teaching.
• 2. Working knowledge of projection design and control for theatre/entertainment
• 3. Experience cultivating positive and collaborative relationshipsin the industry and region
• 4. Ability to work effectively with students of varied backgrounds,abilities, and goals for access and opportunity
• 5. Strong organizational and communication skills to support theoperation of a growing theatrical design and technologyprogram
• 6. Demonstrated success in recruiting and retaining students
• 7. Ability to work collaboratively and cultivate a positive workingenvironment with both students and colleagues
• 8. Candidates who have additional positiveattributes/expertise/skills beyond the above qualifications aredesirable and should reference these additional attributes inapplication materials