USC-SJTU Institute of Creative and Culture Industry (ICCI) was founded in 2015 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and is an internationally-oriented school within SJTU (see www.sjtu.edu.cn for details). ICCI’s establishment grew from the joint efforts of University of Southern California (USC), Minhang District Government and Shanghai Zizhu High-tech (Group) Co., Ltd. As an important aspect and expression of SJTU’s internationalization strategy, ICCI integrates global world-class resources reflecting demands of the industry’s value chain and the market. ICCI’s distinction is three-fold – internationalization, interdisciplinary focus, and Industry orientation – and takes on the mission to nurture creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship among talents for the cultural and creative industry. ICCI dedicates itself to be a global institution providing premier resources to aspiring students from all over the world.
Whom we’re looking for:
1）Postdoc / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in Media and Communication
Duties & Requirements：
-Candidates must have a Ph.D in communication, media studies, marketing, psychology, computer science or a related field at the time of appointment.
-Some related working experience in university is preferred. If you have additional education, required experience can be replaced with your educational background, and vice versa.
-Candidates with professional knowledge of digital media, brand communication, computer science, consumer psychology, data analysis, digital platform design, interdisciplinary study across communication, management and technology will be strongly welcomed.
-Preferred qualifications include: experience in conducting literature reviews and qualitative data collection field; project management skills; data analysis skills; experience in intervention development.
-Candidates should have research ability and achievements matched with the same position in the world first-class universities.
-Mandarin speaking will be more welcomed.
2) Postdoc / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in Film
Duties & Requirements：
-Candidates must have a Ph.D or terminal degree in the filed of film.
-Candidates with teaching and researching experience in either film theory, filmmaking, film production, documentary, or new technologies with cinematic narratives will be welcomed.
-The successful candidate should be excellent in both teaching and researching, with skills and experience to lead and deliver film or documentary practice and production-based modules.
-The teaching and researching focus of the candidate should be on new media technologies from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
-The successful candidate should contribute to ICCI global reputation through research and professional practice.
-The candidate should have global perspective and industry outreach, and ability to conduct interdisciplinary research, especially in collaboration with industry.
-Working experience in relevant industry and Mandarin speaking will be more welcomed.
3） Postdoc / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in Art Curation
Duties & Requirements：
-Candidates must have a Ph.D or terminal degree.
-Develop and manage courses, symposia for ICCI MFA program. Training MFA students to be acquainted with artistic practices and learn critical skills in mediating, representing, and criticizing a variety of visual arts.
-Teaching experience with Curation History, Practice and theory will be strongly preferred.
-Contribute to ICCI’s MFA program by leading and sustaining a wide range of strategic partnerships including universities, communities, groups and institutions local and beyond.
-Research and identify funding opportunities for ICCI’s public and educational art program and participate in fundraising efforts including the preparation of funding applications
-Seeks and curates cutting-edge commercial exhibitions in a wider public domain through intangible assets appraisal on intellectual property and investigation on cultural and creative industries.
-Develop and implement evaluation tools to analyze the outcomes of ICCI’s educational and public programs, formulate reports, evaluate program effectiveness and make recommendations
-Bring awareness to the public about the establishment of ICCI’s various formats of art exhibitions.
-Performs essential administrative duties as assigned.
-Professional experience and mandarin speaking will be preferred.
4) Postdoc / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor of Management/ Economic studies in Cultural and Creative Industry
Duties & Requirements：
Candidates with expertise in the following areas:
Management studies of cultural and creative industry；
Cultural and Creative Enterprises and Industry, Market Management, Cultural Project Finance；
Interdisciplinary study across communication, management and technology is strongly welcomed.
Teaching experience with Corporate Finance, Business Communication will be strongly preferred.
-The successful candidate should have a PHD and be excellent in both teaching and researching, be able to instruct graduate courses for MBA.
-The candidate should have global perspective and industry outreach, close to native English speaker language proficiency and ability to conduct interdisciplinary research, especially in collaboration with industry.
-Candidates should have research ability and achievements matched with the same position in the world first-class universities.
-Mandarin speaking will be more welcomed.
Salary Package :
1. Basic Salary
2. Initial Research Fund
3. Housing Allowance
4. Local and business health Insurance
5. Home Visiting Return Ticket (once a year)
Recruitment Schedule :
2020.07-10, information collection of applicants(First Round), Faculty Search Committee interview;
2020.11, academic report, trial lecture, professor interview and ICCI’s Academic Professor Committee interview;
2020.12-2021.01, SJTU’s Academic Professor Committee interview, the successful candidates can be employed in March 2021;
2021.03-07, information collection of applicants(Second Round), Faculty Search Committee interview;
After 2021.09, academic report, trial lecture, professor interview, ICCI’s Academic Professor Committee interview and the same process as above
Required Application documents:
1. Application letter (in 3 pages)
2. CV
3. Statement of teaching and research planning
4. Five publications
5. Contact information for three referees as a single PDF file
Please send the application documents by email attachment to:
icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn
Email subject: “Name + Apply for ICCI Postdoc / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in xxx”
Contact:
TEL：+86-21-34205061
E-MAIL: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn
Website: http://icci.sjtu.edu.cn