Industrial Design Tenure-Track Professor (Asst/Assoc)

Mass; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

MassArt in Boston invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Industrial Design, a full-time tenure-track position in the Industrial Design Department. The role focuses on studio teaching, physical making, and connecting products with digital, service, and systemic dimensions.

We seek a designer-educator with strong professional design experience, collaborative spirit, and ability to guide students across the undergraduate curriculum, including preparing them to work with AI

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
• A bachelor's degree in industrial design, product design, or a closely related field
• Notable professional experience in industrial or product design, demonstrated through a strong portfolio of completed work with evidence of the design process.
• Demonstrated competency with teaching, mentoring, or comparable educational experience in studio-based design.
• Recognizable ability to balance aesthetic, technical, material, systemic, and human considerations in design practice.
• Demonstrated competency with physical and digital making, prototyping, materials and manufacturing, and contemporary design tools and methods.
• Evidence of collaborative practice, effective communication, and commitment to student success.
• Commitment to working with and supporting a diverse and inclusive academic community.

Responsibilities

• Teach six courses per academic year, including studio, lecture, and technical courses at multiple levels of the Industrial Design curriculum.
• Teach students to understand products as integrated physical, digital, service, and system experiences while celebrating material and form-based foundations of industrial design.
• Introduce computational and AI-assisted methods where they support learning, while helping students evaluate when these methods are appropriate, ethical, and useful.
• Advise, mentor, evaluate, and support student learning and growth across diverse backgrounds and levels of preparation.
• Collaborate with faculty and department chair on creating a dynamic department culture, developing and assessing curriculum, and sequencing courses.
• Develop relationships with industry, alumni, community organizations, and other programs to create meaningful learning opportunities.
• Maintain an active professional, creative, scholarly, or research practice that informs teaching and contributes to the field.
• Participate in departmental and college-wide service such as committees, exhibitions, recruitment, advising, and governance.
• Contribute to the department's future direction and leadership responsibilities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial design, product design, or closely related field

Job description

MassArt in Boston invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Industrial Design, a full-time tenure-track position in the Industrial Design Department. The role focuses on studio teaching, physical making, and connecting products with digital, service, and systemic dimensions.

We seek a designer-educator with strong professional design experience, collaborative spirit, and ability to guide students across the undergraduate curriculum, including preparing them to work with AI