Creative Heads, Inc.
Open-Rank Professor of Games
Creative Heads, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Open-Rank Professor of Games(Tenure-Track/Tenured)University of California Los AngelesRequisition Number: JPF09663The Department of Design Media Arts (DMA)within the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture invites applications for anAssistant, Associate, or Full Professor position in the area of Games.Who should apply?We seek applications from artists, scholars,designers, and developers whose practice engages deeply with critical andexperimental approaches to games. The Department of Design Media Arts issituated within the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and offers BA andMFA degrees; applicants should have experience working with artists anddesigners in academic, studio, or professional contexts. Applicants shoulddemonstrate expertise, community engagement, and international recognition forone or many critical game-related practices.The search committee will review applicationsas they arrive via RECRUIT. Applications will be reviewed for completeness andcandidates will be informed if their applications are incomplete and given areasonable amount of time to provide missing material. To ensure fullconsideration, candidates should apply by October 5, 2024.Example areas of focus might include:-critical theory and method in game studies-game programming and technical development-game production and publishing-game writing and emerging genres-game curation and community organizing-games in relation to race, gender,sexuality, disability, and classIdeal candidates will contribute to furtherdeveloping the vision of the Design Media Arts Department and the UCLA Game Laband will have a leadership role in advancing our goals of merging artisticpractice, social responsibility, and cultural inquiry around gaming and relatedfields. Applicants should familiarize themselves with the work we do in theGame Lab https://games.ucla.edu/
and in the department of Design Media Artshttps://dma.ucla.edu/Working in the Department of Design MediaArts (DMA)DMA is looking for a colleague with acommitment to working in social, critical, and cultural spaces, who believes inbuilding nourishing and supportive communities. We prioritize diversity,accessibility, and accountability. We expect that this position will attractapplicants who value excellence in teaching, academic service and leadership,and collaboration, who have deep commitments to social issues, and who manifesttheir passions and craft within the area of games and media arts.This position offers an opportunity tocollaborate on the creation of a Games Major, expanding our degree offerings inthe department of Design Media Arts at UCLA.ResponsibilitiesThe position involves teaching threeundergraduate studio courses and two graduate seminars each academic year,contributing service to the department and the University, advancing the goalsof the UCLA Game Lab, and developing independent research and creative activityappropriate for advancement within the University of California. Teaching atUCLA is on a quarterly schedule; the teaching load is 2,2,1. Service includeschairing or serving on two or three departmental or University-wide committees,involvement in departmental admissions, mentoring junior faculty, and advisinggraduate students.Basic QualificationsTerminal degree (MFA or PhD in a relatedfield) or equivalent professional experience of 5 years or moreAbout UCLA, The Department of Design MediaArts, and the UCLA Game LabThe University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) is located in the neighborhood of Westwood in Los Angeles. UCLA is an R1research institution and part of the University of California (UC) system andhas been ranked as the No. 1 public university by the U.S. News & WorldReport for six consecutive years.Situated in the School of Arts andArchitecture, the department of Design Media Arts (DMA) has a population of 24graduate students in its 3-year MFA program and approximately 200 undergraduatestudents in its 4-year BA program. DMA houses 12 full-time senate faculty,approximately 15 lecturers, and a range of faculty directed research centersand initiatives, which include the UCLA Game Lab, Counterforce Lab, UCLA SocialSoftware, Media Arts Research Space (MARS), Art | Sci Center, FLAT Journal, andthe Conditional Studio. DMA offers a technologically innovative andintellectually rigorous curriculum anchored around media arts, design, andgames, providing a multidisciplinary education to foster critical thinking andencourage experimentation, creative exploration, and research.The UCLA Game Lab fosters the production ofexperimental games and game-related research within an art and design context.We emphasize conceptual risk-taking and the development of new modes ofexpression, form, and critical inquiry through gaming. In addition to producinggames and research, the UCLA Game Lab also functions as a center that developspublic programming around critical issues in gaming, including lectures,workshops, exhibitions, a visiting artist program, a summer program, and apublic game festival at the Hammer Museum, among other events.The posted UC salary scales set the minimumpay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s) [1]. The salaryrange for this position is $78,200-$205,400. "Off-scale salaries” andother components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the publishedsystem-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessaryto meet competitive conditions.The level of appointment will be determinedby the candidate's quali?cations and professional experience.The University of California is committed tocreating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application,and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academicexcellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs andactivities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, freeof violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination,exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment toaddressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employmentreference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units wouldlike to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate facultypositions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting thefinalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there havebeen substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University'sFaculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires allapplicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and uploadthe form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as partof their application. If the applicant does not include the signedauthorization to release information with the application materials, theapplication will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application,the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicantsfor faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists(i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend aformal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subjectto targeted employment reference checks.The University of California is an EqualOpportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age orprotected veteran status. For the complete University of Californianondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination& Affirmative Action Policy,https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmActionPrimary Software:
Instructor / Professor / Teacher, Game Programming
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and in the department of Design Media Artshttps://dma.ucla.edu/Working in the Department of Design MediaArts (DMA)DMA is looking for a colleague with acommitment to working in social, critical, and cultural spaces, who believes inbuilding nourishing and supportive communities. We prioritize diversity,accessibility, and accountability. We expect that this position will attractapplicants who value excellence in teaching, academic service and leadership,and collaboration, who have deep commitments to social issues, and who manifesttheir passions and craft within the area of games and media arts.This position offers an opportunity tocollaborate on the creation of a Games Major, expanding our degree offerings inthe department of Design Media Arts at UCLA.ResponsibilitiesThe position involves teaching threeundergraduate studio courses and two graduate seminars each academic year,contributing service to the department and the University, advancing the goalsof the UCLA Game Lab, and developing independent research and creative activityappropriate for advancement within the University of California. Teaching atUCLA is on a quarterly schedule; the teaching load is 2,2,1. Service includeschairing or serving on two or three departmental or University-wide committees,involvement in departmental admissions, mentoring junior faculty, and advisinggraduate students.Basic QualificationsTerminal degree (MFA or PhD in a relatedfield) or equivalent professional experience of 5 years or moreAbout UCLA, The Department of Design MediaArts, and the UCLA Game LabThe University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) is located in the neighborhood of Westwood in Los Angeles. UCLA is an R1research institution and part of the University of California (UC) system andhas been ranked as the No. 1 public university by the U.S. News & WorldReport for six consecutive years.Situated in the School of Arts andArchitecture, the department of Design Media Arts (DMA) has a population of 24graduate students in its 3-year MFA program and approximately 200 undergraduatestudents in its 4-year BA program. DMA houses 12 full-time senate faculty,approximately 15 lecturers, and a range of faculty directed research centersand initiatives, which include the UCLA Game Lab, Counterforce Lab, UCLA SocialSoftware, Media Arts Research Space (MARS), Art | Sci Center, FLAT Journal, andthe Conditional Studio. DMA offers a technologically innovative andintellectually rigorous curriculum anchored around media arts, design, andgames, providing a multidisciplinary education to foster critical thinking andencourage experimentation, creative exploration, and research.The UCLA Game Lab fosters the production ofexperimental games and game-related research within an art and design context.We emphasize conceptual risk-taking and the development of new modes ofexpression, form, and critical inquiry through gaming. In addition to producinggames and research, the UCLA Game Lab also functions as a center that developspublic programming around critical issues in gaming, including lectures,workshops, exhibitions, a visiting artist program, a summer program, and apublic game festival at the Hammer Museum, among other events.The posted UC salary scales set the minimumpay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s) [1]. The salaryrange for this position is $78,200-$205,400. "Off-scale salaries” andother components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the publishedsystem-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessaryto meet competitive conditions.The level of appointment will be determinedby the candidate's quali?cations and professional experience.The University of California is committed tocreating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application,and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academicexcellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs andactivities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, freeof violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination,exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment toaddressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employmentreference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units wouldlike to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate facultypositions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting thefinalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there havebeen substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University'sFaculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires allapplicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and uploadthe form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as partof their application. If the applicant does not include the signedauthorization to release information with the application materials, theapplication will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application,the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicantsfor faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists(i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend aformal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subjectto targeted employment reference checks.The University of California is an EqualOpportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age orprotected veteran status. For the complete University of Californianondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination& Affirmative Action Policy,https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmActionPrimary Software:
Instructor / Professor / Teacher, Game Programming
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