PTOC Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Apply now Job no: 561655 Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track Location: San José Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty - Letters/Humanities, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location) Job Number: 561655 Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor, Graphic Design School/Department Name:
Department of Design Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $90,000–$94,000 depending on qualifications. Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package. Target Start
Date: August 17, 2027 (Fall 2027) Application Deadline: January 8, 2027. Position Description The Department of Design at San José State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Graphic Design, beginning in Fall 2027. This is a nine-month, academic-year appointment. We seek a designer, educator, and researcher whose practice bridges analog and digital forms, and who can teach
across the undergraduate and graduate graphic design curriculum, including foundational studios, typography, visual systems, interaction design, and advanced electives aligned with the candidate's expertise. The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in typography, visual systems, and critical and experimental approaches to design-making, with agility in contemporary digital tools, technologies, and emerging
practices. We are particularly interested in designers who expand the possibilities of graphic design through experimentation, systems thinking, collaboration, and engagement with contemporary social and technological questions. The ideal candidate demonstrates formal rigor, conceptual depth, and an active practice that contributes new knowledge through creative practice, design research, scholarship, or public
engagement. The department recognizes multiple forms of scholarly and creative activity, including peer-reviewed publications, exhibitions, commissioned work, funded research, public scholarship, and other contributions that advance the discipline. The Department of Design is centered on design research, creative technologies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. We seek faculty who use technology in adaptive,
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