ITP​/IMA, Assistant Professor

New York

Oct 02, 2026

Tisch's ITP/IMA (Interactive Telecommunications and Interactive Media Arts) department is seeking applications for individuals to join its faculty in a tenure track, Assistant Professor position beginning in Fall 2027. ITP/IMA encompasses three individual programs: ITP, a two-year graduate program, IMA, a four year undergraduate program, and IMA Low Residency, a one year low residency graduate program in partnership with NYU Shanghai.

ITP/IMA is located in the Tisch School of the Arts and its mission is to explore the imaginative uses of emerging technologies — to make people's lives safer, more just, more beautiful, more meaningful and more fun. At ITP/IMA we believe that working with people of different disciplines, backgrounds and experiences is key to generating new ideas. Our department is pluralistic in its methodologies, from art, science, engineering, design and the humanities, to methodologies that have yet to be defined.

We nurture skepticism of them all in the hopes of developing new ways of thinking. We are not looking particularly from any one of those disciplines but rather for someone who can help us craft an environment where students can benefit from all of them.

Service

The greatest project out of ITP/IMA is ITP/IMA. The creative application of new technology is ever changing and we seek an individual with experience in crafting environments, institutions, programs, systems, and culture that can help to continue to evolve ITP/IMA in the future.

All faculty are expected to further the experiment of ITP/IMA. Faculty members should always be on the lookout for appropriate students, better facilities, activities, events and customs for conducting our mission and building the culture of the department.

Service may include work with admissions, advisement, community development, classrooms, shops, labs, enrichment topics, showcases, guest visitors and professional opportunities. Faculty are expected to attend faculty and committee meetings to discuss these ideas and to do the legwork of executing them in coordination with the staff.

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for an Assistant Professor position is $100,000 - $120,000. This pay range represents base pay only (for 9 months paid over 12 months) and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Traditional measures of individual achievements in artistic and professional work such as exhibits at prestigious institutions and publications with significant impact in popular or professional spheres are valued. However, interactive media is not just about those who use tools, but also about those who make them. Therefore, the production of technology, tools and environments that enable the achievement of others are also very highly valued.

Professional impact may be measured by the reflection of work ultimately produced by others who use such tools, examples, frameworks, and tutorials. Additionally, work creating and guiding open source communities of creative practice is also highly valued. In all cases, professional work that crosses disciplines as well as work that helps disadvantaged or underrepresented people is particularly…