About us
With 5,365 + students, nearly 400 faculty members, 125 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 at Arizona State University is seeking an Academic Success Advisor to support the academic success team in the Office of Student Success. The Academic Success Advisor promotes and supports student retention and graduation university-wide and advises students in making timely progress toward degree completion through a range of in-person and virtual academic counseling and support strategies.
Conceptualizes, produces, oversees and directs all video and multimedia content for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, working with the director and the communications and marketing team. Serves as producer for all content: meeting with clients, assessing their needs, and scheduling a timetable for delivery. Manages shooting schedules between clients, cast, crew, and locations. Serves as a creative director on set and in post-production. Maintains a flexible work schedule in order to accommodate evening and weekend shoots and travel to on-site locations for shooting. Manages a team of student videographers—including scheduling and training them in all video production and post-production. May produce work for other university departments and manage and oversee invoiced work as needed.
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking an Executive Administrative Support Specialist to support the Sr. Associate Dean in the Office of the Dean. This position is responsible for handling a wide range of administrative related tasks and provides executive level coordination and support including performing complex administrative duties and proactively managing a wide range of projects and initiatives.
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking a Tech Support Analyst to provide support to users of information technology tools at ASU at Mesa City Center facility, under the supervision of the Director of Operations and the Director of Herberger Institute Information Technology Services. Work in this position typically involves a combination of troubleshooting, recommending products for purchase, acting as a service support leader, delivering instruction, using software applications to meet specialized needs, and communicating with customers, other technology specialists and vendors about services.
This position will be scheduled onsite regular business hours Monday-Friday.
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking a Communications Program Coordinator. Under administrative direction of the Director of Operations at Mesa City Center (ASU@MCC), this position plans, develops, produces, and disseminates creative, high quality, and cost-effective communication materials and coordinates events that target and serve the unit's audiences using multiple media channels and venues designed to support the objectives and outcomes of the ASU@MCC and its programs, under the oversight of and working with the Herberger Institute Communications and Marketing department in the Office of the Dean.
This position will be scheduled onsite regular business hours Monday-Friday.
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking a Manager Prototype and Model Shop. Under administrative direction of the Director of Operations for ASU at Mesa City Center (ASU@MCC), this position manages and provides instructional and fabrication support for the ASU@MCC Fabrication Lab including instructional programming and scheduling, budgeting and expenditure of financial resources, long-range planning, maintenance of equipment, and student worker supervision.
This position will be scheduled onsite regular business hours Monday-Friday.
Art
Faculty Position
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and Arizona State University (ASU) seek a Director of the School of Art. The director will provide innovative, aspirational leadership for the school’s vital participation in ASU’s vision for a New American University: a reinvention of higher education in which artists and arts-based inquiry are core values within the nation’s largest public university and global research institution. The director will lead the school to prepare a new generation of artists, art historians, museum professionals, and educators from diverse backgrounds to be socially aware, critically thinking global citizens who strive to bring about positive change in society by using their creative capacities to advance culture, build community and imaginatively address today’s most pressing challenges.
The director of the School of Art reports to the Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and is one of six directors in the Institute. The School of Art director position is a full-time, fiscal-year administrative appointment, with a preferred start date of July 1, 2022. The appointment type and academic rank will be based on experience and qualifications.
The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a full-time, 9-month (academic year) Instructor in the Art History program beginning August, 2022. This position will serve online and/or in-person undergraduate students.
The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a full-time 9-month (academic year) tenure/tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Photography beginning August 2022. This position includes research, undergraduate/graduate teaching, and service responsibilities.
The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a full-time 9-month (academic year) tenure/tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of Fashion with an emphasis on sustainability, creative business management or emerging digital technologies, beginning August, 2022. This position includes research, undergraduate teaching, and service responsibilities.
The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks a full-time 9-month (academic year) tenure-track Assistant Professor in Animation with an emphasis on 3D animation, beginning August, 2022. This position includes research, undergraduate/graduate teaching, and service responsibilities.
The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple part-time Art Faculty Associate positions for the Spring 2022 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.
Staff Position
Arts, Media + Engineering
Faculty Position
The School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) at Arizona State University seek a diverse pool of dynamic thinkers and creators for a joint, full-time, tenure-eligible associate professor appointment focused on visualizing futures and worldbuilding, which will play a central role in the ASU at Mesa City Center emerging media technologies center opening in fall 2022. This position will have a leadership role in the development and running of 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. This position will begin Fall 2022.
The School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) of the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University seek a dynamic individual with expertise and applied and theoretical innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent systems to join the transdisciplinary ASU at Mesa City Center emerging media technologies team for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor appointment to begin in Fall 2022. In addition to its impact on research and innovation in AI-supported augmented and extended reality technologies, this position will also play a critical role in the development and delivery of new cross-disciplinary programs, including the MS in Digital Culture (Extended Reality Technologies) and the PhD/MS in Data Science, Analysis, and Engineering, all cross-disciplinary degree programs focused on emerging technologies and practices for public impact. The State of Arizona recently committed new investments towards the university in the areas of human performance, future communication technologies, extreme environments, and advanced manufacturing, within the context of its New Economy Initiative. Candidates with application interest in these key research areas are particularly encouraged to apply.
The School of Arts, Media and Engineering of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University seek a dynamic thinker and creator for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor joint appointment who will join the team in Fall 2022 as part of ASU at Mesa City Center, an emerging media technology center in development. 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 uses of technology.
Staff Position
Design
Faculty Position
Description:
The Design School at Arizona State University seeks applications for multiple full-time tenure-track appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor in Industrial Design beginning August 2022.
Description:
The Design School at Arizona State University seeks applications for full-time faculty appointment in Industrial Design beginning in August 2022. The candidate selected will also be Head of the Industrial Design program. This position is open at the rank of Associate Professor, Professor or Professor of Practice, depending on experience and qualifications.
The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University invites applications for multiple full-time tenure-track appointments in interior design at the assistant professor rank beginning fall 2022.
The Design School and the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seek a dynamic and collaborative creator and designer of immersive experiences, entertainment, and/or themed environments for a full-time, jointly-appointed, open/TBD rank position as part of the development of the ASU at Mesa City Center emerging media technologies facility and its resident programs. This full-time appointment will start in Fall 2022 and may take the form of a tenured/tenure-track or professor of practice position depending on candidate qualifications.
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 seeks an exceptional and versatile scholar of music theory for a full-time tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor rank beginning fall 2022.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional artist-teacher in Stage and Production Management to join our faculty. This is a full-time clinical assistant professor appointment, beginning fall 2022. We seek organized and engaged candidates to shape the experiences of stage management, production and design students, in addition to educating future arts leaders. The ideal candidate is committed to advancing inclusive, equitable, diverse and humane practices in the classroom, rehearsal room and performance venue, as well as their profession. They will have notable experience working on a range of projects as a stage manager and/ or production manager for theatre at a national level.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional artist-teacher in Theatre: Theatre for Youth and Community with an emphasis in Acting to join our faculty. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in the creation and/or study of theatre for youth and community and established acting-based pedagogy and practice. This is a full-time tenure-track assistant professor appointment, beginning fall 2022.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional dance artist-educator with expertise in somatics and/or movement therapies or dance education. We value an artist/maker who is cutting-edge in the profession, a risk-taker, creative responder who is asking potent questions with their work. This is a full-time position, with appointment type and rank based on experience, beginning fall 2022.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional artist-teacher in collaborative piano to join our faculty. This is a full-time tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor rank, beginning fall 2022.
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional educator, choral conductor, and researcher to be an agent for equity and change in both music learning and teaching and choral music. This is a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the assistant or associate rank, depending on experience, beginning fall 2022.
Staff Position
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University is seeking a highly motivated Business Operations Specialist Sr who demonstrates independent judgment and problem-solving skills. This position interacts with staff, faculty, and administrators at all levels of ASU and should exhibit strong abilities to manage multiple tasks. This position will assist with coordinating the business operations functions in accordance with established goals, priorities, time limitations, and funding limitations. These functions include budgeting, accounting, payroll, staffing, academic services, and other functions designated by unit administrator. Exercises autonomy and final decision-making authority.
This position will be scheduled regular business hours (8am-5pm/Monday-Friday); with the ability to work flexible shifts to support events, students and faculty when needed.
Museum
Staff Position
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Faculty Position
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University seeks a full-time Professor of Practice, beginning January 1, 2022, to teach in a new practice-based Master of Arts in Narrative and Immersive Media in Los Angeles, California at the Herald Examiner Building.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University seeks a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor, Film Production/Post Production for the ASU California Center, located at the historic Herald Examiner building in downtown Los Angeles, CA. We seek a highly qualified candidate with comprehensive digital-film production experience to teach undergraduate courses in our film programs. This fixed-term appointment is based in downtown Los Angeles starting Fall 2022
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University seeks an Assistant Professor, Film located in Tempe/Mesa. This is a full-time tenure-track position. We seek a filmmaker with established professional credits as a director or director/writer with experience in either narrative or documentary filmmaking. The successful candidate will start employment in Fall 2022.
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University seeks a full-time Lecturer in film production oriented towards short-form production, speculative filmmaking practices, or emergent cinematic forms. This position will be appointed across two of ASU’s locations, ASU at Mesa City Center and the Tempe Campus. The start date for this position is August 16, 2022.
Staff Position
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