Adjunct Faculty- Digital Multimedia Design; Web Design

Adjunct Faculty – Digital Multimedia Design (Web Design)
Harold Washington College, City Colleges of Chicago

Location:

30 East Lake Street, Chicago's Loop
Course/

Start date:

Fall 2026

• Teaching responsibilities include courses in:
  Web design, Digital Media design and image processing.
• Design courses to meet learning outcomes and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem‑solve using discipline‑specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

• Master’s Degree/MFA in interactive design, new media or related discipline required.
• Professional Experience/Expertise in Design/Web design or related field; 4 years’ industry or business applied experience in the teaching subject area. Candidates must demonstrate this with portfolio & work samples.
• Special consideration may be given to a candidate with a combination of Bachelor’s degree in interactive design, new media or related discipline and 10+ years of professional industry or business applied experience in Web design/development field demonstrated through CV, portfolio & work samples.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite:
  Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate; HTML, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap & jQuery.
• Previous teaching experience in an academic environment.
• Knowledge of Brightspace preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with a diverse group of staff and students.
• Experience with a diverse, multi‑lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open‑access mission of the community college.

• CV
• Portfolio of work – Design & Web Design samples

Salary: $800.00 per contact hour (determined by applicant’s education, knowledge, skills, and abilities).

Health and welfare benefit package and long‑term savings and investment programs including 403(b) & 457(b) Investment Plans and a pension plan with the State University Retirement System (SURS) Plan. Generous vacation, holiday, personal and sick days, and tuition reimbursement.

Chicago residency is required for all full‑time employees within 6 months of hire.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.