Positions opening at FFA BUT: Academic Staff Positions in the Graphic Design Studio 1, app. deadline 31 March 2025

The Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology (FFA BUT) is offering academic positions (at the levels of Assistant, or Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor, or Professor)* in the Graphic Design Studio 1, with an expected start date in September 2025. Within the studio, up to 2 full-time positions (2.0 FTE) are available, and their distribution (extent of employment and roles as studio leader and assistant(s)) can be arranged individually based on the volume of teaching and further involvement in the studio's activities. Both individuals and teams can apply.

Job Description

  • Cooperation in the pedagogical leadership of the studio and ensuring its operation,
  • Providing feedback to students, including supervising and reviewing bachelor's and master's theses,
  • Monitoring developments in the field of art and design education and integrating innovative techniques into teaching practice,
  • Participating in the conception and direction of the studio within the Design study programme,
  • Participation in the artistic and research activities of the faculty.

Requirements

  • A university degree (minimum of a master's degree),
  • Proficiency in English at a communicative level,
  • Organisational skills, excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team,
  • Pedagogical skills and experience in the field of art and/or design.

Advantages

  • Doctoral education or habilitation, or the prospect of obtaining it,
  • Teaching experience in a higher education environment.

Applications Must Include

  • Name, residential address, contact telephone and email,
  • Structured CV with an overview of previous employment and teaching practice,
  • Documentation of own creative activities in the field of art and/or design (digital portfolio),
  • Motivation letter,
  • Pedagogical concept of (co-)leading the studio (the concept may include a proposal to change the studio's name),
  • Copies of documents of the highest attained education, possibly other achieved academic and/or scientific degrees.

We Offer

  • A friendly and inspiring environment of an art faculty together with the stable background of a prestigious higher education institution,
  • Full-time or part-time employment as agreed (within the studio, up to 2.0 FTE are available),
  • A fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension,
  • Opportunity to engage in domestic and international research projects,
  • Space for further scholarly and academic development; openness to various pedagogical, research, and creative approaches,
  • Opportunity to obtain financial support for artistic research and other creative activities,
  • Appropriate financial remuneration, personal and performance bonuses, annual rewards,
  • Flexible working hours, work-life balance, 8 weeks of annual leave, educational courses,
  • Discounted mobile plans, laptop,
  • Other employee benefits, see www.favu.vut.cz/en/job-vacancies/why-work-at-ffa.

Submit your application with the required attachments by email by 31 March 2025 (inclusive) to hr@favu.vut.cz. Contact person: Jana di Lenardo, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Údolní 244/53, 602 00 Brno, Czech Rep., tel. +420 54114 6802.


Brno, 24 November 2024

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


*According to the highest attained education

Author doc. MgA. Filip Cenek
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