Interior Architecture and Design Faculty

Interior Architecture and Design Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) seeks a qualified candidate to fill a full-time faculty position to teach in its Interior Architecture and Design program. The college is looking for outstanding educators who can prepare students to be innovative thinkers and practitioners of 21st century design.

The ideal candidate will be skilled at achieving a broad range of strong learning outcomes and have a noteworthy background in the practice of Interior Design. Teaching at MIAD is learning-centered and student-focused. It requires a clear commitment to working closely with undergraduate design students and creating inclusive spaces of belonging, equity, critical discourse, and integrated learning.

This position will begin in fall 2023. Teaching duties are nine (9) credit hours of studio-based courses per semester as well as academic advising and committee responsibilities. Salary and rank will be determined by the candidate’s teaching and professional experience.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

- Minimum of three (3) years college teaching or commensurate experience in Interior Design is preferred.

- Clear industry record of innovation and success in Design practice.

- Documented experience with course development is preferred.

- Expertise in design process skills such as research, visualization, 3D CAD modeling/rendering, VR is required.

- Ability to consistently deliver curriculum, teach, critique, and provide quality feedback at all student levels from freshman to senior level.

- Evidence of working successfully in a collaborative team approach to teaching.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Teach 18 credits annually (9-credit load in the fall semester; 9-credit load in the spring semester)

- Serve as an academic advisor and committee work as assigned.

- Instruct in-person unless the course is assigned to be delivered virtually.

- Cultivate and make connections with local, national, and international design communities, and integrate these connections back to the classroom for the benefit of your students.

- Consistent professional skill development to maintain parity with industry standards.

Application process and deadline:

Qualified applicants should submit the following information in one (1) pdf document.

- Letter of interest in teaching Interior Design at MIAD. Because we value teaching at the college, please address your teaching approach within the letter of interest.

- A curriculum vitae.

- Three (3) teaching and professional work references including names and contact information.

- Twenty (20) examples of professional work.

- Twenty (20) examples of students’ work, if available.

Candidate materials will be reviewed until this position has been filled. *Note: If file size is too large to submit, please remove the examples of professional work and students’ work from the file and provide instructions for how the committee may easily review these works on a website or alternative method. Any time-based media examples should be included as direct web links.

MIAD offers an attractive benefits package, including health, vision and dental insurance. All final candidates to whom an offer has been extended must successfully complete reference and background checks.

ABOUT MIAD

As an accredited, nonprofit college, MIAD provides a transformative Bachelor of Fine Arts education that prepares students of diverse backgrounds for fulfilling and financially rewarding careers. MIAD fosters innovative and entrepreneurial thinking that benefits our students and our corporate and nonprofit partners. MIAD is entering the fifth year of our current strategic plan.  View the plan.  

MIAD is proud to serve students of all backgrounds and recognizes our opportunity to advance equity and inclusion. Under the direction of our inaugural Director of Equity and Inclusion and with input from community partners, MIAD developed a Three-year Equity and Inclusion Action Plan. View the plan. MIAD enrolls 850+ students and employs 200+ faculty and staff. The college’s nationally ranked programs include Communication Design, Product (industrial) Design, Illustration and Animation, Interior Architecture and Design,

New Studio Practice: Fine Arts and 18 academic minors. MIAD has been named a Top Design School by Graphic

Design USA for five consecutive years. MIAD brings robust career pathways and college-readiness experiences to high school youth and provides cultural experiences and programming to the Greater Milwaukee community. Companies that have hired MIAD interns and

graduates include Delta Faucet, Generac, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, GE Healthcare, Google, Kohler Company, Kohl’s Corporation, Milwaukee Tool, NASA and Nike.

MIAD is central to the development of Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, which was named one of America’s Top 12 ArtPlaces. The Historic Third Ward is Milwaukee’s most desirable downtown neighborhood, with Lake Michigan as our backyard and walkable distances to dozens of restaurants, galleries, and boutiques. www.miad.edu

MIAD is committed to a teaching, learning, and working environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. The college prohibits students, employees, contractors, volunteers, and visitors from engaging in discrimination and harassment based on any individual’s age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, religion, arrest record, conviction record, military service, veteran status, use or nonuse of lawful products off MIAD premises during nonworking hours, and any other legally protected characteristic. This prohibition applies to

all of  MIAD’s educational programs and activities—including admissions—as well as all employment actions, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, and benefits.

OUR MISSION

We ignite curious minds through art, design, and service.

OUR VISION

We will be a galvanized educational and creative community, addressing universal needs through our thought, design, and expression.

OUR VALUES

COURAGE, to seek our own path

INTEGRITY, to pursue our lives and work with meaning

KINDNESS, to thoughtfully engage with others

COMMUNITY, to positively contribute to the world around us

INNOVATION, to meet universal challenges in new ways

INCLUSION, to find strength in diversity

LAND AND PEOPLES ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) occupies land on the banks of the Milwaukee River in what is presently known as Wisconsin. This land is the home of Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Potawatomi and Ojibwe peoples, and it is the historic and present-day home of peoples who were forced by colonizers to leave their ancestral lands and migrate to and through this state.