Practitioner in Residence - Marketing; Two

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Request to Recruit Position Title Practitioner in Residence
- Marketing (Two Vacancies)

Tenure Status Non-Tenure Track

Provide Rank Practitioner in Residence

Position Number 097431, 099331

Department Marketing & Supply Chain Mgmt (SCM) - 255350

Working Location (City, State) Hickory, NC

Position Summary Information

Minimum Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Marketing or MBA is required. Additionally, the candidate will have 10-15 years of relevant industry experience.

Areas of Interest (No Minimum Level Required) The department is especially interested in candidates with professional experience and teaching interest in one or more of the following areas – Digital Marketing, General Marketing and/or Professional Selling.

License/Certification Required N/A

Description of the Department or Unit About the Marketing & Supply Chain Management Department and Walker College of Business

We are a vibrant community of teachers, scholars, and professional practitioners that are passionate about developing the next generation of business leaders. Our faculty have studied at the best universities in the world, have led global enterprises, and are successful entrepreneurs.

Marketing & Supply Chain Management is currently the largest department (in terms of undergraduate degree seeking students) of six departments within the John

A. Walker College of Business.

Business students may choose from three marketing concentrations – General Marketing, Digital Marketing or Professional Selling.

The department also offers minors in professional selling (for business majors), sales (for non-business majors) and general marketing (for non-business majors).

Additionally, business students can also earn a Supply Chain Management major or minor. Graduate level courses are offered in the MBA / MS in Analytics program.

The Marketing & Supply Chain Management Department consists of 17 tenured/ tenure track, 6 special faculty and 8 adjunct faculty members. The Walker College of Business is one of the largest public business schools for undergraduate students in the University of North Carolina system.

The Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department at Appalachian State University invites applications for two non-tenure track, nine-month Practitioner in Residence faculty position beginning Spring of 2024. This position will primarily serve Appalachian State’s new campus in Hickory, NC.

The Practitioner in Residence will teach four (4) marketing classes per semester and develop programming to engage the business community. Primary teaching duties will be in-person courses and holding office hours on the Hickory campus. Teaching duties may also include online and/or hybrid courses, or in-person courses in Boone, NC.

Type of Position Full Time Position Appointment Type 1.0 Number Of Months Per Year 9 Physical Demands of Position Typical physical demands of a professional position at the university.

Description of University Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference.

As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000…