{"id":2180,"date":"2009-10-15T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/10\/15\/job-computer-animationgame-design-job-tenure-track-florida-atlantic-univ-2\/"},"modified":"2009-10-15T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:12:23","slug":"job-computer-animationgame-design-job-tenure-track-florida-atlantic-univ-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/10\/15\/job-computer-animationgame-design-job-tenure-track-florida-atlantic-univ-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Computer Animation\/Game Design job, tenure track, Florida Atlantic Univ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Type: text\/html;<br \/>\n\tcharset=&#8221;WINDOWS-1252&#8243;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> Colleagues:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Just a polite reminder as our deadlin=<br \/>\ne approaches that we are currently searching for a tenure-track hire in Comp=<br \/>\nuter Animation with an emphasis in Game Design to begin August 2010. &nbsp;I=<br \/>\n have attached our announcement again and hope that you will forward to grad=<br \/>\nuate students, colleagues or industry professionals looking to join an expan=<br \/>\nding department.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks again.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>=<br \/>\n<span>Eric Freedman, =<br \/>\nPh.D.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><\/p>\n<div><span><\/p>\n<div><font>Associate Professor<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>and Associate Director<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font>School of Communication and Multimedia St=<br \/>\nudies<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>Florida Atlantic University<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>777=<br \/>\n Glades Road<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>Boca Raton, Florida<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span>33431-0991<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font>561.297.2534 &#8211; fax 561.297.26=<br \/>\n15<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>efreedma@fau.edu<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font>http:\/\/proteus.fau.=<br \/>\nedu<\/font><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p>_____________________<\/p><\/div>\n<div>=<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FLORIDA ATLAN=<br \/>\nTIC UNIVERSITY, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, is seeking a=<br \/>\nn Assistant Professor, tenure track, in Computer Animation\/Game Design. &amp;nbs=<br \/>\np;The School seeks an artist with expertise in game design and 3D animation.=<br \/>\n &nbsp;Ideal candidates will demonstrate knowledge of and research interest =<br \/>\nin gaming systems, character animation and environmental design. &nbsp;Candi=<br \/>\ndates must be able to offer instruction in storyboarding and animatics, char=<br \/>\nacter animation, rendering and compositing, and have considerable practical =<br \/>\nexperience with character modeling and texturing, character rigging and anim=<br \/>\nation, 3D environments, CG lighting, and game engines. &nbsp;Applicants must=<br \/>\n possess a high degree of technical competency to participate in partnership=<br \/>\ns with art, entertainment, science, and\/or industry. &nbsp;Candidates must a=<br \/>\nlso be skilled in a range of software packages such as Maya, Modo, Mudbox, z=<br \/>\nBrush, 3D Studio Max, Blender, Softimage, Shake, Nuke, Final Cut, Premiere, =<br \/>\nand Photoshop. &nbsp;Additional experience with Motion Builder, Python, or o=<br \/>\nther software scripting (MEL) is desirable. &nbsp;Effective date of employme=<br \/>\nnt: August 2010. &nbsp;MFA or Ph.D. required; preference will go to candidat=<br \/>\nes with active exhibition history, significant practical experience in an ac=<br \/>\ntive production environment, as well as teaching experience. &nbsp;Applicati=<br \/>\non deadline: November 16, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Application must be made through FAU=<br \/>\n=92s employment site:&nbsp;http:\/\/jobs.fau.=<br \/>\nedu&nbsp;( quicklink:&nbsp;http:\/\/jobs.fau.edu\/applicants\/Central?quickFind=3D5=<br \/>\n3272&nbsp;). Position number: 991611. &nbsp;Attach letter of application=<br \/>\n and CV to your on-line application. &nbsp;Applicants must also send via sta=<br \/>\nndard mail three letters of professional or academic recommendation, and a f=<br \/>\normal portfolio or reel of creative work; include samples of personal and pr=<br \/>\nofessional work, and student work if appropriate. &nbsp;Mailing address: Dr.=<br \/>\n Eric Freedman, Chair, Animation Search Committee, School of Communication a=<br \/>\nnd Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University, 111 E. Las Olas Blvd, Fo=<br \/>\nrt Lauderdale, Florida, 33301. &nbsp;E-mail for inquiries only:&nbsp;efreedma@fau.edu. &nbsp;For detailed inform=<br \/>\nation on FAU, visit our web site at:&nbsp;http:\/\/www.fau.edu\/scms. &nbsp;A background check is required for the =<br \/>\nperson selected for this position. &nbsp;Florida Atlantic University is an E=<br \/>\nqual Opportunity\/Equal Access Institution.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p>=<br \/>\n<\/span> <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><BR><br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\n459ffd6927690e6c1@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Type: text\/html; charset=&#8221;WINDOWS-1252&#8243; Colleagues: Just a polite reminder as our deadlin= e approaches that we are currently searching for a tenure-track hire in Comp= uter&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-listserv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}