Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Production - Open Rank
North Carolina State University, Department of Communication, Raleigh, NC
The Department of Communication at North Carolina State University invites applications for
a Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Production at the rank of Assistant, Associate,
or Full Professor beginning either January 1 or August 16, 2027.
The Department of Communication is seeking a collaborative scholar-practitioner who is
passionate about advancing creative media production through innovative storytelling, emerging
technologies, and critical inquiry. In this role, you will help prepare the next generation of media
professionals by combining creative practice with meaningful engagement across the social,
cultural, political, and technological dimensions of contemporary communication.
You will contribute to a forward-thinking academic community by teaching media arts and
production courses, helping shape the future of the department's media production curriculum,
and fostering connections that extend beyond the classroom. Through interdisciplinary
collaboration, partnerships with industry and community organizations, and leadership of shared
creative spaces, you will play an important role in expanding the department's strengths in
digital media production, creative practice, and critical making.
Key Responsibilities
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in media arts and production, including
areas such as film and video production, documentary and nonfiction storytelling,
transmedia storytelling, and other emerging forms of creative media.
Incorporate innovative approaches to storytelling and media technologies, including
audiovisual, interactive, immersive, generative, AI-assisted, mobile, locative, social
media, installation, and game-based media, as appropriate to your expertise.
Contribute to the continued development and evolution of the department's media
production curriculum.
Coordinate instructional staffing for media production courses.
Provide oversight of the department's media lab and support an engaging learning
environment for students and faculty.
Develop interdisciplinary collaborations across NC State to expand opportunities for
creative scholarship and teaching.
Build and maintain partnerships with media industries, arts organizations, and
community partners to strengthen experiential learning and public engagement.
Advance creative media production that encourages critical reflection, public
engagement, and innovative forms of communication.
Participate actively in departmental initiatives and contribute to a collaborative and
collegial academic community.Join a department where creativity, critical inquiry, and emerging media converge. If you're
ready to help students explore new forms of storytelling while contributing to an innovative and
collaborative academic community, we encourage you to apply.
Applicants should hold a PhD, MFA, or other terminal degree in Communication or a related
field in the humanities, media arts, design, film, or related disciplines by the time of
appointment. The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications September 30, 2026.
Questions may be directed to the Search Committee at
chass-communication-media-job@ncsu.edu
Applications via the NC State University website
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/232938
Posting #: PG194765EP
Please include the following in your application:
- CV
- cover letter
- digital media sample or portfolio.
- Applicants should also include a teaching portfolio with their teaching philosophy, sample of courses designed, and a summary of teaching evaluations. Links to online portfolios are preferred.
- contact information for at least 3 professional references.
About the Department
The Department of Communication at NC State is an accomplished community of students, staff
members, teachers and researchers with varied intellectual interests in the communication arts
and sciences. Through our teaching, research and service, we cultivate responsible, caring and
collaborative communication practices for our students, our community partners and the global
citizenry. We do this because communication is central to addressing the significant challenges
and opportunities of the 21st Century and we are committed to enabling people, organizations
and communities to thrive. Our Department’s curricular domains include interpersonal
communication; organizational communication; rhetoric; media studies; public relations; media
production; and science, health, environment, and risk communication (SHER).
We serve approximately 800 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate students. Faculty also
teach in the Department’s Master of Science in Communication program and in its
interdisciplinary doctoral program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (in
partnership with the Department of English). NC State promotes an integrated approach to
problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic and
technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant
mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its
people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan,
and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the
university.
About the University:
NC State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal
opportunities for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic
information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, and
veteran status. The University encourages all qualified applicants, including protected veterans
and individuals with disabilities, to apply. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related
accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-513-0574
to speak with a representative of the Office of Equal Opportunity.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human
Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies
also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in
order to meet qualifications and receive credit.
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identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.