Position overview Position title: Assistant Professor of Narrative Film and Media Production Salary range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience; academic year (nine-month basis). A reasonable estimate for this position is $100,000 to $125,000. Anticipated start: July 1, 2027, with the academic year beginning in September 2027. Degree requirements must be met by June 30, 2027, for employment effective July
1, 2027 and beyond. Application Window Open date: June 24, 2026 Next review date: Monday, Nov 2, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description The Department of Film & Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for the tenure-track position Assistant Professor of Narrative Film and Media Production. We are seeking applicants whose innovative creative work demonstrates an active and sustained practice in narrative form, expansively defined, with expertise in moving image media, production, and
exhibition. Building on the department’s well-established strengths in documentary film and media, social justice-centered approaches to creative practice, and work that critically and creatively engages emerging technologies, we are particularly interested in candidates whose work bridges narrative and documentary practices, engages community-based and collaborative methods, or explores evolving modes and
technologies of production. We welcome candidates whose work engages in a broader range of media practices, including interactive, participatory, and immersive media. The position will require the assistant professor to maintain an active creative research practice with a record of exhibition in festival, theatrical, streaming, or broadcast contexts. Our campus follows a schedule of three 11-week quarters per
academic year. According to the department's workload policy, faculty members are expected to deliver the equivalent of four five-unit courses each year. The successful candidate will teach core and advanced camera-based production classes and foundational production workflows, including screenwriting, working with actors, cinematography, editing, and sound design across our three academic programs: undergraduate,
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