Tenure-Track Scenic Design Designer & Educator

University of Mississippi; Louisiana; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Mississippi, Department of Theatre & Film, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Scenic Design beginning August 2027. This full-time position emphasizes teaching, professional practice, and collaboration within an academic production environment.

Responsibilities include supervising and executing scenic designs with faculty, staff, and student designers each semester, teaching undergraduate scenic design courses, and sustaining an active external design

Qualifications

• PhD required.
• Related experience in scenic design.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and execute scenic designs with faculty, staff, and student designers.
• Teach undergraduate scenic design courses at the lower and upper division.
• Maintain and grow a strong record of professional creative work outside the department.
• Perform service including recruitment and participation in shared governance.
• Design and oversight of scenic design within the department’s mainstage season and mentoring of students.

Skills

Scenic design

Teaching

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

PhD

Job description

The University of Mississippi, Department of Theatre & Film, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Scenic Design beginning August 2027. This full-time position emphasizes teaching, professional practice, and collaboration within an academic production environment.

Responsibilities include supervising and executing scenic designs with faculty, staff, and student designers each semester, teaching undergraduate scenic design courses, and sustaining an active external design