Adjunct Teaching - Design Dept - DESGD 260/DESPX 260/DESGD 362 (Evening School)

BA, BS, or BFA required, preferably in user experience design, graphic design, human-computer interaction, or industrial design. An MS or MFA in Graphic Design or Interaction Design is preferred.

The required degree must be completed by the start date. 

• Communication with college-level students and collaboration with colleagues in a collegial manner.
• Teaching technical concepts requires an efficient thinker with a unique and enthusiastic approach to helping students.
• Professional experience in fields relevant to user experience design, interface design, and digital graphic design.

• Teach undergraduate courses and DESGD 260/DESPX 260: User Experience 1, DESGD 362: Interactive Typographic Systems using department-approved curriculum.
• Courses include instruction in core user experience concepts such as usability, user flows, mental models, graphic systems, and typographic hierarchy, with practical industry-relevant assignments building digital product applications, designing complex websites, and creating unique interfaces.
• As with all graphic design classes, critiques will include instruction on visual concepts and strategy, communication, and aesthetic principles of graphic design.
• The position will require lecturing, creating assignments, grading, critiques, communicating/responding to student emails.
• Part-time faculty are not required to hold office hours, attend staff meetings, serve on committees, or mentor students.

BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrine and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball).

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education.

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.