About the role
As a fashion professor, you'll join a team of professionals who are well-versed in every aspect of the industry — and have collaborated with renowned brands from Alexander McQueen and Calvin Klein to Saks Fifth Avenue and more. You'll prepare talented students for creative careers in a professional, positive, and engaging classroom environment, guiding them to master new markets, technologies, and trends to become leaders in the world of fashion.
As a professor, you’ll:
- Plan and prepare for teaching
- Maintain an active and engaged classroom environment
- Syllabus design, submission, and approval
- Hold office hours and midterm grade reviews to provide feedback to students
- Provide students with extra help sessions, extended learning opportunities, and field trips
To support the university’s mission of preparing talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment, you’ll:
- Conduct course- and program-level assessments
- Model professionalism
- Fulfill grading and academic documentation requirements
- Record attendance
- Follow academic policies and regulations and support academic assessment and institutional effectiveness efforts
Additionally, you’ll attend on-ground and virtual events including:
- Faculty councils
- Admission events
- Curriculum assessment and development
- Institutional effectiveness and accreditation support
- Exhibitions or other publicity assignments
Minimum qualifications
- Terminal degree in fashion or a relevant field
- Academic and professional credentials to teach in fashion
- Two years of work experience in a related profession or post-secondary teaching experience
Travel required
- Less than 10%
Required application documents
- Current résumé and/or CV
- Cover letter
- Portfolio or its equivalent
- Unofficial academic transcripts
Work hours: As noted in the Employment Agreement.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.