Faculty Position in Communication Design, School of Art and Design

Maintain an active professional practice demonstrating leadership in communication design, interaction design, immersive media, or creative technology.

Location: New York, NY Category: Faculty Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Wed Aug 19 2026

The department seeks a visionary designer, educator, and creative leader whose professional practice advances communication through interaction design, immersive media, computational creativity, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. The successful candidate will help shape the long‑term vision of the Communication Design Foundation AAS and the department's Graphic Design BFA program while contributing to the evolution of Communication Design at FIT.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in interaction design, immersive experiences, visual communication, design systems, branding, creative technology, and human-centered design. Rather than viewing AI as simply another production tool, the successful candidate will understand its broader implications for creativity, authorship, collaboration, and communication.

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the global evolution of communication design, interaction design, immersive media, and creative technology.
• Maintain active engagement with leading international design firms, technology companies, cultural institutions, and professional organizations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and digital platforms are reshaping communication across cultures and industries.
• Demonstrate awareness of ethical, social, environmental, and accessibility considerations in the design of interactive and immersive experiences.
• Foster globally informed design practices that prepare students for leadership in an interconnected creative economy.

• Demonstrate expertise in teaching communication design through interaction design, immersive experiences, typography, visual systems, branding, and emerging technologies.
• Integrate artificial intelligence, creative coding, computational design, immersive media, and contemporary digital workflows where appropriate while maintaining strong foundations in design thinking and visual communication.
• Develop rigorous, project-based learning experiences that connect conceptual development with professional practice.
• Collaborate with colleagues to evolve curriculum across the Communication Design Foundation AAS and upper-division BFA programs.
• Utilize the College's learning management system and assessment practices to support student learning and program assessment.
• Demonstrate commitment to active learning, critique, experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Inspire curiosity, experimentation, innovation, and critical thinking through student-centered teaching.
• Encourage students to explore interaction design, immersive environments, computational creativity, and emerging forms of communication.
• Demonstrate currency in contemporary professional practice and integrate new methodologies into classroom instruction.
• Promote interdisciplinary collaboration across the School of Art and Design.
• Foster critical discussions surrounding artificial intelligence, authorship, ethics, accessibility, sustainability, and human-centered design.
• Mentor students in developing adaptable creative practices that prepare them for rapidly evolving careers.
• Support experiential learning through industry collaborations, workshops, exhibitions, competitions, internships, and public engagement.

• Maintain an active professional practice demonstrating leadership in communication design, interaction design, immersive media, or creative technology.
• Contribute to professional organizations, exhibitions, publications, conferences, research, or creative scholarship.
• Cultivate relationships with industry leaders, technology partners, alumni, startups, and cultural institutions that create opportunities for student engagement.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead collaborative initiatives involving faculty, students, and external partners.
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