Florida Gulf Coast University
Instructor I, Digital Media Design
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33916
Job Summary
The Digital Media Design (B.A.) curriculum at Florida Gulf Coast University focuses on the intersection of design and innovation. The Digital Media Design (DMD) Program is currently housed within the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship. Beginning with the 2026–27 academic year, DMD will transition to the Bower School of Music & the Arts, becoming a fully integrated component of the FGCU Art & Design Program. The curriculum emphasizes technology, design thinking, and emerging disciplines such as social media, UX/UI, AR/VR, Mixed or Extended Reality, and video game design. Students of the DMD program are well prepared to begin careers in the design field or pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
As Instructor of Digital Media Design, you will teach four courses per semester at the undergraduate level, with opportunities to teach during summer sessions for additional compensation.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs, committed to innovative delivery of instruction and use of technology, and to provide service to the College, University, and Community.
Job Description
Teach assigned courses and adequately perform other duties and responsibilities as articulated on the annual assignment.
Prepare and deliver course content, including syllabi, lectures, instructional materials, assessments, and timely student evaluation.
Maintain scheduled office hours and ensure timely, professional communication with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators.
Participate in departmental, college, and university meetings, faculty evaluations, assessments, and curriculum development/revision efforts.
Utilize the university’s learning management system and other required campus‑wide technologies to support teaching.
Complete all mandatory university trainings and comply with all institutional policies, procedures, and regulations.
Engage in ongoing self‑assessment and professional development to maintain effective instructional practices.
Contribute to service at the departmental, institutional, community, and professional levels in alignment with the University’s mission.
Perform additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Qualifications
Master’s degree (MA/MS) or higher in the Design disciplines or closely related, from a regionally accredited institution, with a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline.
Demonstrated evidence of ability to teach formal design principles, design processes, and creative problem solving.
Preferred Qualifications
One year of teaching experience at undergraduate level.
Evidence of ability to work with professional design studios or non‑profit organizations and build relationships for internships and student careers.
Broad‑based expertise in modern and contemporary issues in digital art.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing central to the discipline.
Understands how to use digital and interactive technologies to efficiently and effectively reach specific learning goals.
Knowledge of critical thinking processes and understanding how to help learners develop high‑level questioning skills.
Knowledge and skill in the use of inquiry‑based instructional models and strategies.
Knowledge and ability to use technology in various teaching modalities (face‑to‑face, synchronous online, or asynchronous online).
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders both within and outside the University to improve student learning.
Special Instructions To Applicants Appointment will be a 9‑month multi‑year appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026. Applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida’s Public Records Law. Precise project/scholarship examples should not be sent unless requested. All submitted materials, including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and cannot be returned.
Applicants will be notified of the need to submit additional materials if selected for interview; such materials will remain property of FGCU. Applications will be publicly reviewed upon request.
The position is listed as “open until filled”; however, applications received by December 30, 2025 will receive priority consideration.
Required Application Materials
Unofficial transcripts
Teaching philosophy statement
Cover letter
Curriculum vitae
Five professional references
Link in a Word document to an online portfolio of your work and examples of student work (place in Additional Documents Section)
Location and Salary Estero, FL $70,000.00‑$135,000.00
Fort Myers, FL $84,000.00‑$116,000.00
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As Instructor of Digital Media Design, you will teach four courses per semester at the undergraduate level, with opportunities to teach during summer sessions for additional compensation.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs, committed to innovative delivery of instruction and use of technology, and to provide service to the College, University, and Community.
Job Description
Teach assigned courses and adequately perform other duties and responsibilities as articulated on the annual assignment.
Prepare and deliver course content, including syllabi, lectures, instructional materials, assessments, and timely student evaluation.
Maintain scheduled office hours and ensure timely, professional communication with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators.
Participate in departmental, college, and university meetings, faculty evaluations, assessments, and curriculum development/revision efforts.
Utilize the university’s learning management system and other required campus‑wide technologies to support teaching.
Complete all mandatory university trainings and comply with all institutional policies, procedures, and regulations.
Engage in ongoing self‑assessment and professional development to maintain effective instructional practices.
Contribute to service at the departmental, institutional, community, and professional levels in alignment with the University’s mission.
Perform additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Qualifications
Master’s degree (MA/MS) or higher in the Design disciplines or closely related, from a regionally accredited institution, with a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline.
Demonstrated evidence of ability to teach formal design principles, design processes, and creative problem solving.
Preferred Qualifications
One year of teaching experience at undergraduate level.
Evidence of ability to work with professional design studios or non‑profit organizations and build relationships for internships and student careers.
Broad‑based expertise in modern and contemporary issues in digital art.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing central to the discipline.
Understands how to use digital and interactive technologies to efficiently and effectively reach specific learning goals.
Knowledge of critical thinking processes and understanding how to help learners develop high‑level questioning skills.
Knowledge and skill in the use of inquiry‑based instructional models and strategies.
Knowledge and ability to use technology in various teaching modalities (face‑to‑face, synchronous online, or asynchronous online).
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders both within and outside the University to improve student learning.
Special Instructions To Applicants Appointment will be a 9‑month multi‑year appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026. Applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida’s Public Records Law. Precise project/scholarship examples should not be sent unless requested. All submitted materials, including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and cannot be returned.
Applicants will be notified of the need to submit additional materials if selected for interview; such materials will remain property of FGCU. Applications will be publicly reviewed upon request.
The position is listed as “open until filled”; however, applications received by December 30, 2025 will receive priority consideration.
Required Application Materials
Unofficial transcripts
Teaching philosophy statement
Cover letter
Curriculum vitae
Five professional references
Link in a Word document to an online portfolio of your work and examples of student work (place in Additional Documents Section)
Location and Salary Estero, FL $70,000.00‑$135,000.00
Fort Myers, FL $84,000.00‑$116,000.00
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