Description
Entertainment
Art/Animation
Tenure-Track
Position
This appointment is a teaching
assignment consisting of 18 studio contact hours (three studio art classes each
semester) and three office hours each week, attendance at faculty and area
meetings, participation in other professional activities and service to the
department, university and/or community. Assignment may include studio classes
in animation, animation pre-preproduction, storyboarding, 3D modeling, rigging,
3D imaging, figurative and animal drawing, and/or digital imaging/animation,
etc. For more information about the coursework, please refer to the CSUF Art Department
website http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/art/index.htm or contact the search committee chair.
Faculty members are responsible for creative
activity and/or scholarly research recognized by peer review, professional
activity (currency in the field) and service to the department, university and
community. Participation in outreach to area colleges and high schools is also
required.
Qualifications
- MFA in a related discipline
is preferred, though a BA, BFA along with significant and exemplary
professional experience may be considered.
- A minimum of three years
professional experience in animation or an animation related industry such
as games or visual FX, and college-level teaching experience is highly
desirable.
- Strong draftsmanship skills,
studio experience in the production of animation, and college-level
teaching experience is desirable.
- The candidate will have
demonstrated an ability to contribute to a positive working environment
with a wide and culturally diverse range of colleagues, students, faculty
and staff.
- The candidate should
demonstrate qualities matching at least one of the descriptions provided:
- 1) Animation
Preproduction artist
- The
candidate’s ability should include: knowledge of the animation
filmmaking process, accomplished life-drawing, a strong interest in
story-telling and the use of animation as a story-telling tool, and
- Proficiency
and professional experience in storyboarding for animation (for animated
TV and/or animated feature film production), animation pre-production,
and a character animation reel is desired if available.
- Courses
to be taught include Animation Preproduction/Production (Art 353A/B),
Specials Studies Entertainment Art/Animation, Storyboarding for
Animation, and/or Character Design for Animation (Art 487E).
- 2) Animation
artist
- The
candidate’s ability should include: knowledge of the animation
filmmaking process, accomplished life-drawing, a strong interest in
story-telling and the use of animation as a story-telling tool, and
- Proficiency
and/or professional experience as a character animator demonstrating
capability including traditional drawn character animation practice
(pencil and paper), 2D Digital character animation practice (i.e. Flash,
Photoshop, After Effects, ToonBoom, etc), and 3D Digital character
animation practice (Maya).
- Courses
to be taught include The Principles of Animation (Art 253A, Art 253B,
Art 253C), Specials Studies Entertainment Art/Animation, Character
Animation, (Art 487E).
- 3) 3D
Digital Generalist
- The
candidate must have the ability to teach classes using current
animation, digital video and graphics software, especially Autodesk
Maya.
- Demonstrated
proficiency and/or professional experience in the following
concentrations: 3D digital animation, modeling, texturing, rigging,
lighting, and cameras, with preference given to a strong rigger and
candidates offering new skillsets to our current offerings.
- Courses
to be taught include Introduction to 3D Digital Imaging and Animation
(Art 255), Character Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, and Animation (Art
355), and Special Studies in Animation, Topics in 3D Digital Imaging and
Animation (Art 487E).
Rank and Salary
This is a tenure-track position
at the rank of Assistant Professor. Salary is competitive and commensurate to
experience and qualifications. Periodic salary adjustments are enacted by the
state legislature. An excellent comprehensive benefits package is available,
which includes health/vision/dental plans, spouse/domestic partner/dependents
fee-waiver, access to campus child-care, defined-benefit retirement through the
state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities. For a detailed
description of benefits, go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/payroll/benefits/HealthCarePlans.asp
Job Control Number
23603G-15-029
Appointment Date
August 2015
The Department
The department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art
and Design to offer the BA, BFA, MA and MFA in Art. CSUF is located about 30
miles from downtown Los Angeles in metropolitan Orange County. The department
has approximately 1,500 undergraduate art majors and 100 graduate students, 32
full-time faculty and 70 part-time faculty. A full range of fine arts and
professional programs is offered, a 45,000 sq. ft. graduate
studio/residence/exhibition facility, Grand Central Art Center, is located 15
minutes from campus and a nationally recognized art gallery is located in the
visual arts complex.
Application Procedure
A letter of application; teaching
philosophy; resume; three letters of recommendation; a reel and portfolio
containing a minimum of 20 examples of your current work (please include life
and animal drawing in addition to examples related to personal and professional
animation work), and examples of student work. Document the contents of the
reel with a shot list clearly specifying what you were responsible for in the
material presented. Please submit your work digitally on a DVD or CD-ROM as
Quicktimes and JPEGs within two appropriately labeled folders and a credit list
with project descriptions along with a SASE for return to:
Chair, Entertainment Art/Animation Search Committee
Department of Visual Arts
P.O. Box 6850
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
In addition, please complete an Applicant Data Form
via secured website: https://hr.fullerton.edu/AppDataFlow/ and
enter Job Control Number listed above.
Application Deadline
To be assured of full consideration please submit all materials by Monday,
January 16, 2015. Position remains open until filled. Interviews will be held
at Fullerton in March 2015.