Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Overview

The Department of Visual Arts at Coastal Carolina University, accredited by NASAD, is seeking applications for a full-time position at the level of Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, with a focus on AI and technological integration, to begin August 2026.

The successful applicant will teach a wide range of undergraduate graphic design courses extending from first year through senior thesis in our BA (Graphic Design) and BFA (Visual Communication Design) sequences. Candidates who can address the role of technology, such as AI, in the design field will be given special consideration. Typical teaching course load may include content in typography, design history, identity systems, environmental, and motion design.

Understanding and expression of graphic design should extend beyond technique and application to also include historical context, theory, concept, and process.

• Teach a wide range of undergraduate graphic design courses from first year through senior thesis in BA (Graphic Design) and BFA (Visual Communication Design) sequences.
• Address the role of technology, such as AI, in the design field, with special consideration for candidates who can integrate these aspects.
• Provide instruction that spans typography, design history, identity systems, environmental design, and motion design.
• Ensure that graphic design education includes historical context, theory, concept, and process, in addition to technique and application.
• Prepare content, syllabi, and University Moodle/curricular site for each course and/or lab assigned each semester.
• Communicate with students after reviewing assignments and calculate/assign grades through established procedures.
• Track and report absences as directed by the Office of the Registrar.
• Engage in research to create and add to knowledge in a field or produce creative work; train students in related research techniques and in creative production.
• Post and hold regular office hours each week per College and University guidelines.
• Engage in University-related activities including committee assignments, meetings, ceremonies, events and scholarly pursuits as prescribed in the Faculty Manual.
• Performs other departmental needs as assigned.

• Must hold the appropriate terminal degree or meet the established alternative qualifications, and exhibit strong potential for excellence in teaching.
• Teaches students in the classroom, laboratory, and/or studio.

Interested candidates must complete an online application at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). For the online application process the applicant must submit individual PDF documents, no larger than 10MB each or web links to the files, for the following information:

• Copy of Transcripts
• Portfolio with 20 Examples of Research or Personal Work (in PDF format or Url link)
• Reference list with contact information for 3 references.
• 20 Examples of Student Work ( OTHTER DOCUMENT ONE in PDF format or url Link)
• Teaching Philosophy that addresses a candidates’ teaching methodology and goals.
• Research Statement that addresses research context and goals.

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. The University enrolls over 10,800 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.

The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law.

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