Izmir University of Economics (IEU), Cinema and Digital Media Department is accepting applications for a full-time, open-rank faculty position. Ideal candidates will have academic interests, practical skills, and teaching experience or the equivalent professional experience in the following areas:
-- Interactive narrative/ Interactive documentary
-- Innovative storytelling using new narrative forms
-- Digital filmmaking (camerawork, lighting, editing and post-production)
-- Documentary and narrative film directing and production
Additional skills would ideally include:
-- Creative writing, research, scriptwriting
-- Interactive media/game design and production
The position requires teaching theoretically informed creative skills as well as technical/practical skills in studio settings. We are particularly interested in emerging film/media artists/scholars with promising publication/exhibition/production records, yet the position is open to applicants from all academic levels.
Cinema and Digital Media Department at IEU was founded four years ago under IEU's leading Faculty of Communications as an undergraduate program that offers creative digital filmmaking and digital media arts education. The program is built around intensive studio courses that are designed to combine practical creative skills in digital filmmaking with theoretical knowledge of digital media and visual aesthetics through hands-on practice at all levels. You can find more information about the department and its curriculum at: http://cdm.ieu.edu.tr/en
IEU's Faculty of Communications, which hosts Cinema and Digital Media Department, has been ranked as the top school in its field in Turkey in 2014. Izmir University of Economics is founded by the Foundation of Izmir Chamber of Commerce. It is a medium sized university with an enrollment of over 7,000 students in more than 55 undergraduate and graduate programs, and the language of education is English. Detailed information about the university can be obtained from the university web site at: http://www.ieu.edu.tr/en. IUE is an equal opportunity employer with a highly diverse international faculty composition, it offers highly competitive salaries and benefits.
Izmir is located on the Aegean Coast of Turkey, and functions as a regional capital and as an international gateway to historically rich Western Anatolia. Modern Izmir is built on the ancient city of Smyrna and it is now the third largest city in Turkey with a population of more than 4 million. It is a culturally diverse, pleasant-to-live Mediterranean town located around a huge bay surrounded by mountains. The city offers a vibrant urban life with many cultural attractions. Izmir is also very close to many famous historical sites (such as the ancient cities of Ephesus and Pergamon), as well as some of the most attractive vacation sites and nature spots. Overall, Izmir is often considered as one of the best places to live and work in Eastern Mediterranean region. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/İzmir
Applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé or curriculum vitae, and if applicable, links for website, portfolio or publications, and teaching evaluations to Department Chair, Dr. Derya Özkan at [log in to unmask]
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