Description
Professor,
Character Animation and CGI
Faculty: Animation, Arts & Design
Campus: Trafalgar (May be assigned
activities at any Sheridan campus)
Application Deadline: April 1, 2017
Start Date:
August
2017
Reference Number: 17/F/10
Salary Range: $61,638 - $106,853 (based on relevant educational
qualifications and experience)
The Honours Bachelor of
Animation program invites applications for a full-time faculty position within
the disciplines of Character Animation and CGI. Areas of expertise will include
classical principles of animation, character performance, and character design.
The faculty member will teach a range of courses, primarily in the area of
computer animation, with an emphasis on the art of animation and how it serves
narrative and non-narrative form. The Honours Bachelor of Animation program is
looking for a candidate who has industry and teaching experience and who can,
therefore, participate in ensuring that curriculum is current and relevant. The
candidate must be both a team player and a leader within the Department of
Animation.
Specific Responsibilities:
· Ensuring that program and course curricula
are current, relevant and reflective of best practices within the relevant professional/program
disciplines
· Defining, evaluating and validating learning
outcomes for courses and programs
· Creating an effective environment for applied
learning which accommodates students’ diverse cultural and educational
backgrounds, experiences and learning styles
· Designing appropriate strategies and tools
for facilitating and assessing student learning that are invitational and
reflective of best practices in teaching and learning
· Developing appropriate strategies and tools
to assess student performance that are consistent with the learning outcomes of
the course and address multiple learning styles
· Developing multi-media materials and
alternative delivery strategies, and incorporating appropriate educational
technologies into the applied learning process
·
Master’s
degree in Animation or
a related field of study, such as Media or Fine Arts;
·
A minimum of five years relevant practical and professional
experience with Animation;
·
Expertise with Maya (modeling, rigging,
lighting, rendering);
·
Experience teaching and curriculum development
at the post-secondary level or equivalent experience (i.e. as a trainer in
business or industry);
·
Formal studies in adult or higher education will
be considered an asset;
·
Strong network of contacts with industry
professionals, organizations and artists;
·
Excellent communications and interpersonal
skills;
·
Ability to convey the conceptual and applied
aspects of knowledge to a broad range of students;
·
Committed to excellence in teaching and learning
and to working within a team environment.