Lab Instructor in Visual Communication Design, Media Design (One-Year Term)

Position Summary

The Department of Creative Technologies and Design in the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance (MAP) at the University of Regina invites highly qualified applicants for a one-year term Lab Instructor in Visual Communication Design and/or Media Design. This is a one-year term, with the possibility of renewal, to commence January 1, 2027, or July 1, 2027.

Joining an interdisciplinary team in Creative Technologies and Design, Fine Arts, Media, Computer Science, and Engineering, the successful candidate will bring technical expertise and critical thinking in the areas of Visual Communication Design and/or Media Design to build upon the well-established strengths of the Department of Creative Technologies and Design as we continue to expand our programs.

Teaching will include studio, lab-based, and lecture formats, as well as online and mixed modalities at the undergraduate level in Creative Technologies and Design. Previous studio/lab-based teaching experience at the University level in one or more of the areas of Visual Communication Design and Media Design, including Graphic Design, Web Design, Data Visualization, Advertising and Marketing Design, UI and UX Design, or Digital Interaction Design is required.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach 7 undergraduate courses and contribute to service in the Department of Creative Technologies and Design and MAP.

We acknowledge that within higher education in Canada, traditional or conventional academic and artistic pathways can reinforce biases in the filling of faculty and instructor positions. We encourage applications from those who may not fit all the qualifications and that challenge our ideas of teaching and artistic practice. We are particularly interested in colleagues who bring experience in facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion practices within their teaching, which may include contexts outside of the academic domain, including artistic praxis and community-based work.

Creative Technologies and Design seeks to attract candidates who identify with under-represented groups, and who are able to articulate a teaching philosophy that aligns with our values and complements and builds upon the established socially-engaged practices for which the Department is known. We seek a candidate whose expertise will enhance the University of Regina’s growing reputation as an important centre for a variety of teaching and research endeavours, including Indigenous art practices, disability/atypical creative practices, community wellness, social justice, community engaged creative practices, media arts, curation, exhibition and/or performance practices.

The University of Regina is located in the heart of a vibrant, and increasingly diverse, mid-sized city in the center of the beautiful Canadian prairies on Treaty 4 Territory. The University has a student population of 16,000+ and is home to 10 faculties, including a multitude of academic departments and program areas. These units have established national and international reputations for excellence and innovative programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The University has three federated colleges: First Nations University of Canada, Campion College, and Luther College. Our colleges bring further excellence and diversity to the educational experiences we offer.

With a faculty complement of 35 full-time professors, including some of the most celebrated contemporary artists in the country, MAP enjoys a long-standing reputation as one of Western Canada’s foremost environments for scholarship and artistic research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Emphasizing the importance of studio production and theory, we offer BA, BFA, BMus, MMus, MA, MFA, and an Interdisciplinary Studies PhD in Media and Artistic Practices.

MAP works with other units, such as First Nations University of Canada, Women and Gender Studies, Social Work, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Arts, Education, Kinesiology, and the Humanities Research Institute. MAP is home to the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (CSET), IMP Lab (Interactive Media and Performance), the VOICE Lab (Vocally Oriented Investigations in Creative Expression), RISC (Regina Improvisation Studies Centre). We have strong collaborative relationships with arts institutions, such as the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina Symphony Orchestra, Sâkêwêwak Artist Collective, Dunlop Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina Public Library, Neutral Ground, New Dance Horizons, Saskatchewan Film Pool, and Common Weal, among others. MAP has numerous international partnership universities, with many innovative mobility initiatives for both faculty and students in Mexico City and the UK, among other locations. MAP is now home to a new Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre (Tier II) and the SaskPower Chair in Cultural Heritage.

The University of Regina is strongly committed to employment equity within its communities and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. Position Requirements The successful candidate will hold an MA, MFA, MDES, or PhD degree focusing on Visual Communication Design and/or Media Design, including Graphic Design, Web Design, Data Visualization, Advertising and Marketing Design, UI and UX Design, and Digital Interaction Design.

The successful candidate should demonstrate creative output at the professional level with the ability to connect theory to practice. Experience working in the creative industries is considered an asset.

Previous studio/lab-based teaching experience at the University level in one or more of the areas of Visual Communication Design and Media Design, including Graphic Design, Web Design, Data Visualization, Advertising and Marketing Design, UI and UX Design, or Digital Interaction Design is required.