UCLA - Department of Film, Television & Digital Media – Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Production

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Film, Television & Digital Media (FTVDM). We seek a tenure track Assistant Professor in the production area with a specialization in fiction or documentary directing, cinematography, editing or sound. Expertise in multiple areas of the production curriculum is welcome. This position will also be affiliated with the UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) as part of the UCLA Native American and Pacific Islander Bruins Rising Initiative. Teaching will be done entirely in FTVDM, and service commitments will cross both FTVDM and AISC.

As part of the UCLA Native American and Pacific Islander Bruins Rising Initiative, this search aims to expand access to UCLA for members of these groups as well as support their success and well-being on our campus. The initiative focuses on enhancing UCLA’s intellectual community devoted to Native American and Pacific Islander peoples and supporting inclusive and equitable student experiences.

FTVDM has a long and demonstrated commitment to equity and diversity in academia and in the practice of film and media making. We are dedicated to reflecting the diversity of our Los Angeles location in our research, teaching, and recruitment, and we welcome applications from underrepresented communities.

The search committee and FTVDM at UCLA acknowledge our presence on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples.

SELECTION CRITERIA
• We seek a dynamic artist/teacher with a demonstrable commitment to training the next generation of film/media professionals.

• Creative work, research and/or community engagement that centers on one or more Indigenous and/or Native American communities is required.

• Evidence of active commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. Special consideration will be given to applicants who emphasize social responsibility and diversity in their creative work.

• Evidence of research or creative practice relevant to one or more Indigenous and/or Native American communities.

• Evidence of excellence in creative work through a national profile of publicly exhibited work.

• Candidates should have a strong commitment to professional activity (inclusive of community engagement) that demonstrates the promise of excellence in the field of film and media making.

• We are eager to consider candidates who have made work in the independent sector as well as the commercial sector, who work individually as well as collaboratively with a capacity for interdisciplinary collaboration as this position will often interface with various areas within FTVDM; the Department of Theater; the American Indian Studies Center; as well as across the College of Letters and Sciences and professional schools in creative and administrative capacities.

• Candidates must be able to lead students through a range of creative and practical approaches to making films with consideration for the relationships between creativity, storytelling and production feasibility. The position involves teaching skill-specific and project-oriented courses.

• Clear alignment with the goals of public education and UCLA’s historical commitment to serve the educational needs of underrepresented populations.

• Willingness to serve the university and the profession.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Three years of professional experience in the areas of fiction or documentary directing, cinematography, editing or sound, and three years of teaching experience in one or more of these areas is required.

• A terminal graduate degree (MFA or Ph.D.) is preferred.

• Teaching and service at a peer institution and academic administrative leadership experience are desirable but not required.

RANK/SALARY
We are seeking applicants who qualify for an appointment to a Senate Faculty position in the University of California. A reasonable estimated salary range for the position is $113,000 - $128,800, inclusive of the salary scale and offscale salary components.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINE
To apply, please submit a CV, cover letter, statement of teaching, statement of contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, digital portfolio and names & contact information of 3 references.

Please address your materials to the Chair of the Faculty Search Committee, Professor Fabian Wagmister.

The position will remain open until filled, For full consideration, materials must be received by Dec. 31st 2024. Applications submitted after the initial review date of 12/31/24 will not be considered unless additional review dates are created.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.