About us
With 7,000+ students, more than 700 faculty members, 130 program options and a tradition of top-ranked programs, we are committed to redefining the 21st-century design and arts school.
Employment
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the fourth largest academic entity at Arizona State University. The institute encompasses dynamic, knowledgeable individuals who work together to make it a comfortable and exciting environment for thriving students. We welcome newcomers and invite you to explore the employment opportunities within our institute.
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Staff Position
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking an energetic and creative individual for the position of Assistant Director for Research Advancement. The Assistant Director for Research Advancement leads, manages, and supervises the Research Advancement team for the Herberger Institute. The Assistant Director for Research Advancement works collaboratively with faculty, the Dean's office and other stakeholders to develop and manage the cutting edge research portfolio of the Herberger Institute. The Assistant Director for Research Advancement plans, directs, and coordinates resources and efforts by all parties to ensure timely delivery of external funding proposal submissions and project outcomes in accordance with sponsors’ expectations and requirements. The Assistant Director for Research Advancement collaborates with the ASU Knowledge Enterprise office and also has the opportunity to identify, develop, and implement resources, programs, and activities in support of the Herberger Institute’s research enterprise.
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking a Coordinator Senior, Student Retention and Culture. Encompassing first-year student retention, involvement, belonging, culture, and equity, the Coordinator Senior position reports to the Associate Director of Student and Creative Career Services. The distinct, but interconnected functional areas of Retention and Belonging and Culture and Equity will encompass various responsibilities that directly impact the student experience. Student retention and belonging includes the residential college collaboration at Tempe and Downtown, supervision of Creative Mentors and Digital Mentors, first-year experience programs and major events, student involvement and leadership, student community of care response. Student culture and equity will encompass the BIPOC mentorship program, programs, events, and initiatives that improve the sense of belonging of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, high-financial need, and undocumented students.
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts values the importance of data and is looking to add a new role of Manager of Planning and Analysis. Under administrative direction, this position will provide analytical support to the Institute and its critical academic, financial, and operational decisions. The position will brainstorm and create analyses to enhance our strategic planning, furthering financial education, improving policy, and decision-making support, using ASU’s various tools, methods and techniques.
Art
Faculty Position
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts seeks Faculty Associates to teach the course offerings listed below. The courses are part of our BA Fashion programs in the School of Art.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online course, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts seeks Faculty Associates to teach the course offerings listed below. The courses are part of our BA Art History program in the School of Art.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online course, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts seeks Faculty Associates to teach the course offerings listed below. The courses are part of our BFA Art and BA Art programs in the School of Art.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online course, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
Staff Position
Arts, Media + Engineering
Faculty Position
The School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University seeks a dynamic developer and technologist for a tenure-track assistant professor appointment in XR Technologies. This expert in technologies for extended reality (XR) will be a critical part of a highly collaborative team devoted to transdisciplinary approaches to public impact through the creative use of technology. They will join the team in Fall 2023 as part of the Arts, Media and Engineering faculty and the Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center (mix.asu.edu). This appointment requires in-person instruction on both the Tempe Campus and at the MIX Center in downtown Mesa.
The School of Arts Media and Engineering at Arizona State University seeks a full-time, fiscal-year postdoctoral research associate in the area of Telematic Embodied Learning (TEL) to begin in Spring 2023. This position will be on the Tempe, Arizona campus.
Staff Position
Design
Faculty Position
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for Fall 2023.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person, remote, online, or a combination of those course structures. They will prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses are contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for Fall 2023.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person, remote, online, or a combination of those course structures. They will prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses are contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for Fall 2023.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person, remote, online, or a combination of those course structures. They will prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses are contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for Fall 2023.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person, remotely, online, or a combination of those course modalities. They will prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, a fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding, and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based on qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for Fall 2023.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person, remote, online, or a combination of those course structures. They will prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associates positions are one semester, non-benefits eligible, fixed-term appointment with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses are contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Design School at Arizona State University seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Industrial Design beginning August 2023. This position will be located on the ASU Tempe Campus.
The Design School at Arizona State University seeks applications for a full-time tenured/tenure-track appointment at the rank of Associate Professor in Industrial Design beginning August 2023. This position will be located on the ASU Tempe Campus.
The Design School and the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University seek applicants for one or more joint tenure/tenure-track faculty positions in the area of Architecture of Extreme Environments and Building (Innovation) Resiliencybeginning fall 2023. These positions are anticipated to be joint appointments between The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at the rank of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, depending on experience. These positions will be on the ASU Tempe campus.
The Design School (design.asu.edu) and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS; sfis.asu.edu) at Arizona State University seek a dynamic thinker and creator for a joint, full-time faculty appointment focused on futures and socially engaged design, with a central role in the Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center (mix.asu.edu). This position will have instructional responsibilities primarily in the MS in Futures and Design, a cross-disciplinary degree program focused on leveraging emerging/XR technologies and practices to imagine, analyze and create discourse/engagement around futures scenarios and alternate realities. The rank for this position will be determined at the time of hire and can be a tenured/tenure-track or fixed-term faculty appointment, depending on experience. This appointment requires in-person instruction on both the Tempe Campus and the MIX Center in downtown Mesa.
Staff Position
Music, Dance and Theatre
Faculty Position
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions to teach Theatre courses for the fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non- benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed 0.40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions to teach Dance courses for the fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non-benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed 0.40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions to teach in the Popular Music program for the fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non-benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed 0.40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions to teach Music courses for the fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non- benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed 0.40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor in Voice - Soprano with a start date of fall 2023. The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate applied voice instruction. This is a full-time, fixed-term, benefits eligible position on the Tempe campus.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a visiting assistant teaching professor of music theory for a one-year, full-time, benefits-eligible position for the 2023-24 academic year. The position entails teaching courses in our undergraduate theory core, upper level undergraduate electives, and graduate seminars related to the candidate’s interests. This position is on the ASU Tempe Campus.
The ASU School of Music Dance and Theatre seeks a colleague to help us broaden the ways people conceptualize music learning and teaching and expand where and how music education occurs throughout contemporary society. We seek a colleague to support the facilitation of communal music making centered around string instruments from diverse contexts, multiple perspectives, and varied practices. This is a one-year, full-time visiting assistant professor appointment beginning fall 2023. This position is on the ASU Tempe campus.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a dedicated dance artist and media specialist committed to advancing equity in dance practices. This is a one-year, full-time assistant teaching professor appointment, beginning Fall 2023. This position is on the ASU Tempe Campus.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applicants for a one-year, full-time visiting assistant teaching professor of Scenic Design beginning fall 2023. The ideal candidate will have experience and model current modes of educating design and production students via culturally responsive approaches and inclusive practices. This position is on the Tempe, Arizona campus.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applicants for a one-year, full-time visiting assistant professor of Lighting Design beginning fall 2023. The ideal candidate will have experience and model current modes of educating design and production students via culturally responsive approaches and inclusive practices. This position is on the Tempe, Arizona campus.
Staff Position
Museum
Staff Position
The Arizona State University Art Museum in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking a Curator of Culture &Community Relations. Reporting to the director, the Curator of Culture &Community Relations holds the museum staff, programs, operations, and mission accountable to the communities it serves. Centering underrepresented and marginalized voices, the Curator of Culture &Community Relations leads the Museum in its efforts to learn, adapt and practice what it means to be a truly equitable museum that deploys the power of artistic expression to contribute to peoples’ wellbeing.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Faculty Position
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a Clinical Assistant Professor in Screenwriting based in Tempe/Mesa. This is a full-time, fixed-term position renewable every year. We seek a screenwriter with demonstrable experience in either film or television and who also has experience teaching in a diverse and inclusive environment. The successful candidate’s employment will start in August 2023.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for the Fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non-benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks multiple part-time Faculty Associate positions for the Fall 2023 semester.
The successful candidate(s) will teach in-person or online courses, prepare course materials, evaluate student work, and assist students. Faculty Associate positions are one semester, non-benefits-eligible, fixed-term appointments with no tenure implications, not to exceed .40 FTE. The number of courses is contingent upon needs, funding and sufficient enrollment. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University seeks a Clinical Assistant Professor of Postproduction. This is a full-time, fixed-term faculty position and will be appointed across two of ASU’s locations, ASU Tempe Campus and the Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center, where teaching will occur. The start date for this position is Spring 2023.
Staff Position
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