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Massachusetts College of Art and Design is seeking candidates for one full-time, tenure-track faculty position, in the Fashion Department beginning fall of 2024.
MassArt Fashion Design
MassArt Fashion Design is one of the oldest programs of its kind in the country. Our Fashion Design program explores the relationship between the classic principles of apparel design and bold innovations that drive the process of creation. Students learn the processes, techniques, and tools needed to develop design concepts across formats in 2D and 3D – digital and hand sketches, flat patterns and draped toiles, and fully researched and constructed designs. Expanding on the fundamentals of fashion design, students learn entrepreneurship procedures in apparel marketing, manufacturing, and mass-production practices. Our students develop the critical skills they need to evolve into versatile design professionals and innovative messengers in the fashion industry.
MassArt Fashion Design has developed national and international partnerships along with the many local collaborators that offer opportunities to engage students and faculty. Our long established travel courses, internship programs and scholarship projects have afforded students to engage and explore within the global community. We continue to advance our curriculum in interdisciplinary areas, sustainability, bio-design, technology, diversity, and inclusiveness.
MassArt Fashion Design Mission Statement:
Since 1907 the MassArt Fashion Design Dept. has been cultivating and nurturing designers, leaders, and artists in the realm of fashion. Our mission is to shape thoughtful, individual, and collaborative designers and makers as creative problem solvers and critical thinkers, equipped with the technical and innovative skills to become reflective agents of change. Our underlying core values support students for the creative industries and community engagement to design with purpose and prepare them to be sustainable practitioners who are environmentally and socially responsible, culturally aware and prioritize equity and inclusion.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is seeking candidates for one full-time, tenure-track faculty position, in the Fashion Department beginning fall of 2024.
Full-time Tenure Track Position in Fashion Design
Position is governed by the MSCA collective bargain agreement
Salary: $66,000 – $74,000
Responsibilities:
Teaching undergraduate courses according to the current contract for full-time course load.
Advise, mentor, instruct, evaluate and motivate students.
Assess curriculum and develop syllabi through a process of evaluation and advancement
Commit to engaging and supporting a diverse and inclusive community
Cooperatively plan department and program initiatives
Participate in department events and activities – including but not limited to fashion shows, exhibits, review panels
Actively continue scholarship, research, creative and innovative practices
Participate in interdisciplinary programming opportunities with other departments
Fulfill duty to attend and engage in College-wide committees
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications for the Position:
Master’s degree
Preferred candidate should have at least one degree in fashion design, (masters and/or undergraduate degree)
College-level teaching experience – a minimum of 3 years teaching fashion or related field courses
Professional experience in the fashion industry – a minimum of 5 years
Participation in relevant academic, professional or community affiliations and collaborations
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Needed:
Proficiency in creative fashion design, pattern drafting, draping, apparel construction, and illustration
Proficiency in design development – including 2D traditional and digital methods of sketching and storyboard development, 3D concepts and iterations, textiles and fabric properties
Knowledge of fashion industry trend forecasting, innovative practices, and research
Knowledge of fashion workroom and lab practices with industry machinery and CAD software
Practice with fashion promotion, presentation and visual communication
Procedures in apparel marketing, manufacturing, and mass-production practices
Preferred Experience:
Adobe software, Gerber, PLM, CLO
Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis, material innovation, wearable technology
Cross-disciplinary experience in professional practice and/or teaching
Cultural and Global perspectives
Entrepreneurship and Business Practice
Textile Science and Surface Design
Fashion Design Categories – RTW, Sportswear, Knitwear, Costume, Bridal, Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Avant garde, Couture, Custom, etc.
Accessories – handbags, footwear, millinery
Laser Cutting, Heat Bonding, 3D Printing
Preference will be given to applicants who apply before November 3, 2023.
