Director of Museum Communication

DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM COMMUNICATION SEARCH
FULL TIME ACADEMIC YEAR FACULTY POSITION

POSITION: Director of Museum Communication

DEPARTMENT: Museum Studies

DESCRIPTION: Director/Full-Time faculty position - Master of Arts Program in Museum Communication (rank open).

PROGRAM: The Department of Museum Studies offers a MA in Museum Education, MA in Museum Communication, and a MFA in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design. The Museum Studies department has close associations with regional, national and international museums and institutions and draws departmental faculty and visiting experts from a broad region and professional expertise.

This Museum Communication graduate program emphasizes the application of contemporary theory to practice in museum work, focusing on the skills and understanding required by museum professionals who interact with the public. Students specialize in administration, public relations and marketing, collections management, development, and museum applications of digital technology.

The Director develops and teaches courses for students in this program as well as the other Museum Studies programs. Beyond teaching the director is responsible for student recruitment and advising, advises theses, places interns, manages curricular changes, is involved in planning budgets, recommends adjunct faculty, and works collaboratively with the Museum Studies full-time faculty team. The Director is also responsible to represent the Department of Museum Studies regionally, nationally and internationally

THE COLLEGE: The University of the Arts is the nation’s only fully-accredited university devoted exclusively to education and professional training in the arts, offering graduate and undergraduate study in the fields of art and design, education, museum studies, media & communications and performing arts.

REQUIRED:Applicants must possess a broad, critical vision of contemporary museum practice; be qualified to teach in a multidisciplinary curriculum; hold an advanced/terminal degree in an appropriate discipline; demonstrate a national record of achievement in professional museum practice in at least one of the areas of concentration, teaching experience, and/or scholarship. Focus in History or Decorative Arts preferred.

RANK: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

JOB POSTING #: 1031

TO APPLY: Applicants should submit a vitae, letter describing teaching philosophy, their view of the role of museum studies in the future of museums and appropriate examples of professional or student work (SASE for return), and a list of three references by May 19, 2008 to:

Museum Studies Search Committee
Office of Personnel Services
The University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
personnel@uarts.edu

For information about The University of the Arts see www.uarts.edu


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