Employment Type : Full-Time
Job # 076043
Job Title Assistant Professor, Television, Radio & Film: Audio Production
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range Commensurate with Experience
FLSA Status Exempt
Hours As determined by department chair and senior associate dean
Job Type Full-time
Rank Assistant
Campus Syracuse, NY
Unionized Position Code Not Applicable
Job Description The Television, Radio & Film department seeks a tenure-track faculty member to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in audio basics, audio storytelling, sound for picture, music underscoring and supervision, and music recording. The position requires substantive knowledge of the aesthetics and perceptual effects of sound; expertise in digital audio technologies and various consoles, control surfaces and DAWs, including Avid Pro Tools, Adobe Audition and Apple Logic Pro. This position has a start date of August 22, 2022. The Newhouse School is looking to develop a vision of audio that connects across departments to multiple media platforms, applications and emerging technologies, including but not limited to XR, spatial and immersive audio. Interdisciplinary aptitude and significant professional experience are required. The successful candidate must have experience in all aspects of audio workflow, from planning and production to post, as well as a clearly defined creative or research agenda related to audio and media. Advanced degree preferred. Previous teaching experience is highly desirable.
The successful candidate will need to show potential for conducting academic scholarship or industry-related creative activity/research that will position the hire as a recognized expert in the field. Participation in service and committee work for the department, the Newhouse School, and Syracuse University is expected.
Qualifications A master’s degree is preferred.
The Newhouse School is committed to diversity in faculty and staff hiring, student recruitment, curriculum, and ideas. Applicants should have the communication skills and ability to maximize cross-cultural effectiveness when working with diverse groups of students, colleagues, and community members.
Job Specific Qualifications The Department seeks applicants with a track record of leadership in building and running cutting-edge audio environments, as well as a strong teaching record or the potential to be an excellent teacher.
Responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities will range from introductory, intermediate, and advanced audio courses for musicians, engineers, producers, sound designers and more, for film and television, and other areas of interest.
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Physical Requirements “Not Applicable”
Tools/Equipment “Not Applicable”
Application Instructions Applications should include the following:
1) Teaching – The Newhouse School prides itself on the high quality of education it provides and its ability to get students job-ready Day One. Please describe your teaching interests and philosophy of how students best learn. 2) Diversity and Inclusion – Please describe how your experience has prepared you to contribute to the School’s and the University’s strategic commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in higher education. 3) Research/Creative Activity – The Newhouse School values both scholarly research and creative activity. Scholarship can include peer-reviewed journal articles, grant procurement, conference presentations and book development. Creative activity can include, as examples, industry trade or consumer media/news articles, and media production, development, or multimedia storytelling (photo/video, film, sound, web design, apps, scriptwriting). Please describe how your experience will help you contribute to the University and School’s commitment to research and creative initiatives.
Applications will be reviewed as they arrive with full consideration given to those received by December 1, 2021. However, the department will continue to consider applications until this position is filled.
The Newhouse School encourages candidates to apply who will help us broaden the diversity of our faculty. Syracuse University is an Affirmative Action/Employment Opportunity Employer.
About the Newhouse School
Widely regarded as the nation’s leading school of communications, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is home to approximately 2,000 undergraduates, 180 residential master’s degree students, 200 online master’s degree students and 15 doctoral degree students. They are among the best in the country, having secured a place in the class through a highly competitive admissions process. The typical admitted first-year student has a 3.8 GPA and an SAT score in the 1300s.
The school’s 250,000-square-foot, three-building complex is a leading-edge learning environment where students are exposed to the tools and technologies used by professionals in the field. Features include Dick Clark Studios, a high-tech entertainment production facility that rivals many Hollywood studios; the Diane and Bob Miron Digital News Center, complete with a contemporary news set, a green screen, state-of-the-art lighting systems and cameras; the Alan Gerry Center for Media Innovation, a creative hub where Newhouse expertise in content development and production meets the latest media technology and programming trends; the Emerging Insights Lab, a state-of-the-art social media command center; and the Collaborative Media Room, home to the student-produced multimedia news site.
About the Television, Radio & Film ( TRF ) Department Established in 1934, the TRF program is regarded as one of the best of its kind in the nation. The department’s 18 full-time faculty members, complemented by a specialized adjunct force, prepare future leaders in the television-radio-film and interactive media industries by introducing students to practices and systems of production, distribution and exhibition and their economic, political and social impact on the world.
The TRF major is the largest and most versatile in the Newhouse School, with 500 undergraduates and 40 master’s students. The major consists of a mix of core requirements and an extensive array of elective coursework, empowering students to customize their programs of study. Majors also study abroad—in over 100 programs in 60 countries—and participate in semester-long industry immersions in our New York City and Los Angeles professional study centers. Students in the program earn national recognition, with their creative work accepted to film festivals and the student Emmys and Telly awards.
Alumni pursue a wide variety of careers that include work as major market (mainly New York and Los Angeles) producers, directors, writers, designers, editors, executives, media educators, agents and attorneys. They are found in numerous leadership positions and often return to campus to share their knowledge.
To learn more about the Newhouse School, the TRF department and our students, visit http://newhouse.syr.edu and https://newhouse.syr.edu/academics/televisionradio-and-film/bachelors.
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