Instructor in Drama​/Theater Arts, Initial Focus: Costume​/Makeup Design (Part-Time Pool

Part-Time Instructor Positions

This is a pool to fill part-time instructor positions at Ventura College for the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters. If you have applied for previous pools in this discipline, you will need to apply to this pool to continue to be considered. The Department of Performing Arts at Ventura College seeks an accomplished costume/makeup designer and educator for a part-time faculty position.

Due to the College's proximity to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, a successful candidate will have an established design portfolio of professional credentials in the stage, film, and television industries. The ideal individual for this position will possess a comprehensive understanding of the craft and art of costume/makeup design. Applicants should demonstrate strong leadership skills, a desire to work in an educational environment at the community college level, and be able to effectively recruit and mentor our diverse and often marginalized student population.

Under the general direction of a dean, an Instructor (Non-Contract/Temporary) provides comprehensive classroom instruction to students from diverse backgrounds for the purpose of facilitating the attainment of their academic or vocational objectives. In accordance with the provisions of Education Code sections 87482.5, Instructors (Non-Contract/Temporary) may be employed up to 67% of a full-time assignment. Established in 1925, Ventura College was one of the first community colleges in California and currently has an enrollment of 14,500 students.

Located approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles and 30 miles south of Santa Barbara, the 112-acre campus is set in the rolling hills of Ventura – so close to the ocean that there is a clear view of the Channel Islands from several spots on campus.

The Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) is a public community college district serving residents throughout Ventura County. VCCCD's three colleges - Moorpark College, Oxnard College, and Ventura College - offer programs for transfer to four-year colleges and universities; career technical training, basic skills instruction; as well as community service, economic development, and continuing education for cultural growth, life enrichment, and skills improvement.

The Ventura County Community College District recognizes that a diverse community of faculty, staff, and administrators promotes academic excellence and creates an inclusive educational and work environment for its employees, contractors, students, and the community it serves. The Ventura County Community College District does not engage in any employment practice that discriminates against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, language, accent, immigration status, ancestry, national origin, political beliefs, age, gender, sex, religion, transgender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, and/or physical or mental disability.

Candidates must possess the minimum qualifications for the discipline as approved by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and defined in the Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook. Master's or Master of Fine Arts in drama/theater arts/performance OR Bachelor's or Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama/theater arts/performance AND Master's in comparative literature, English, communication studies, speech, literature or humanities;

OR the equivalent. All coursework must be from a recognized accredited college or university. If the degree on your transcripts does not exactly match the ones specified above (word for word), then please read the Equivalency section below. If you have completed your education at an institution outside of the United States, please see the section below titled "Foreign Transcripts" for additional information, in particular the list of approved agencies that we accept foreign degree evaluations from.

Only complete application packets that include the required documents and that meet the minimum qualifications (or that have been determined to possess equivalent…