Position opening at FFA BUT: Academic Staff Position in the Visiting Artist’s Studio, app. deadline 31 May 2025

The Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology (FFA BUT) is offering an academic position: Assistant in the Visiting Artist’s Studio, with an expected start date in September 2025 (or as agreed). The position will be filled on a part-time basis (0.5 FTE).

The Visiting Artist’s Studio provides faculty students each semester with a new opportunity to engage with a distinguished figure from the world of art or design. Both the format and content of the instruction vary each semester, based on the concept proposed by the current visiting studio leader. These prominent artists and designers are selected from a list of potential candidates compiled by faculty members and doctoral students on the basis of their professional recommendations. The visiting artists often introduce differing approaches; therefore, teaching may not follow the standard weekly-consultation schedule. The programme can involve several days of intensive collaborative work, combined with periods of more individual, distance-based communication.

Job Description

  • Cooperation in the organisational and operational support of the studio,
  • Assisting in the selection of the visiting lecturer (studio leader),
  • Providing feedback to students, including supervising and reviewing final theses,
  • Monitoring developments in art education and integrating innovative methods into teaching practice,
  • Participating in the faculty’s artistic and research activities.

Requirements

  • A university degree (minimum of a master's degree),
  • Fluent English (both spoken and written),
  • Organisational skills, excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team,
  • Teaching experience and skills in the field of art and/or design.

Advantages

  • Previous teaching experience in a higher education setting.

Applications Must Include

  • Full name, residential address, contact telephone number, and email address,
  • A structured curriculum vitae detailing previous employment,
  • Documentation of the applicant’s own creative work in art and/or design (digital portfolio),
  • A motivation (cover) letter,
  • Copies of documents confirming the highest level of education attained, as well as any other academic or research degrees.

We Offer

  • A friendly and inspiring environment of an art faculty, complemented by the stable background of a prestigious higher education institution,
  • Part-time employment (0.5 FTE),
  • A fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension,
  • The opportunity to participate in both domestic and international research projects,
  • Scope for further academic and research development; openness to diverse pedagogical, research, and creative approaches,
  • The possibility of obtaining financial support for artistic research and additional creative activities,
  • Appropriate financial remuneration, along with personal and performance-based bonuses, plus annual rewards,
  • Flexible working hours, work-life balance, 8 weeks of annual leave, and educational courses,
  • Discounted mobile plans, a work laptop, and a desktop computer,
  • Other employee benefits, see www.favu.vut.cz/en/job-vacancies/why-work-at-ffa.

Please submit your application, including the required attachments, by email no later than 31 May 2025 (inclusive) to hr@favu.vut.cz. The selection procedure will be concluded by the end of June 2025. For further information, please contact Jana di Lenardo, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Údolní 244/53, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, tel. +420 54114 6802.


Brno, 9 March 2025

Assoc. Prof. MgA. Filip Cenek
Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology

Author doc. MgA. Filip Cenek
Published
Short URL https://www.favu.vut.cz/en/job-vacancies/job-vacancies/f24415/d282919

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