USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry (ICCI) is jointly established by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and University of Southern California (USC) in 2015. As a significant part of the global strategy of SJTU, ICCI features with internationalization, interdisciplinary focus and industry-orientation. Taking creation, innovation, and entrepreneurship as its core, ICCI is designed to foster interdisciplinary future industry leaders with creative spirit and thoughts that meet the needs of market and industry.


Whom we’re looking for:

1. Full-time Tenure-track/Tenured Fellow (Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Tenure-track Associate Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Tenured Professor)

(1) in Management/ Economics/ Business

Duties & Requirements：

  • Candidates should have a Ph.D in related fields.
  • Candidates should be excellent in both teaching and researching and be able to instruct graduates.
  • Candidates with interdisciplinary study across communication, management and technology will be strongly welcomed.
  • Teaching experience for graduates with Corporate Finance, Business Communication, Management Essentials, etc. will be strongly preferred.
  • Candidates should have global perspective and industry outreach, 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.

(2) in Digital Technology and Culture

Duties & Requirements：

  • Candidates should have a Ph.D in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Interactive Digital Design or related fields.
  • Candidates with professional knowledge of AI/AR/MR, Digital Twins, Meta Human, Digital Media Art, Game Design, Interactive Digital Design, Digital Cultural Heritage and Tourism, etc. or interdisciplinary study across communication, management and technology will be strongly welcomed.
  • Candidates should have global perspective and industry outreach, 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.

Salary Package

1. Competitive Salary

2. Initial Research Fund

3. Housing Allowance

4. etc.

Required Application Documents (in CN& EN)

1. Cover letter

2. CV

3. Statement of teaching

4. Statement of research

5. At least 5 representative achievements

6. At least 3 recommendation letters from scholars in related fields

7. Hard copies of the Bachelor/Master/Doctoral Degree

8. Evidence of teaching and research performance

*Please send the application documents by email attachment to: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn with the e-mail subject: “Name + Application for ICCI Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in xxx”


2. Full-time Research Fellow

Qualifications：

  • Candidates should have a Ph.D in related fields, such as AI, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Mode Recognition, Image Processing, VR and Games, Software Engineering, Programming Language, Computer Graphic, Digital Twins, etc.
  • Candidates should be no more than 40 years old.
  • Candidates should have publications in related fields and enjoy with professionals research experience in government, industry and academic fields.
  • Candidates should have global perspective and industry outreach, and ability to conduct interdisciplinary research, especially in collaboration with industry.
  • Mandarin speaking will be more welcomed.

Duties:

  • Candidates will conduct academic and policy research in cultural and creative industry and have top-level publications.
  • Candidates will conduct various research projects.
  • Candidates will complete or participate in policy research reports or policy advices.
  • Candidates will participate in ICCI’s research center and conduct related works.
  • Candidates will complete other works which benefit ICCI’s development.

Required Application Documents (in CN& EN)

1. Cover letter

2. CV

3. Statement of research

4. At least 5 representative achievements

5. At least 3 recommendation letters from scholars in related fields

6. Hard copies of the Bachler/Master/Doctoral Degree

*Please send the application documents by email attachment to: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn with the e-mail subject: “Name + Application for ICCI Full-time Research Fellow”


3. Post-doc Fellow

Qualifications:

  • Candidates should have a Ph.D in related fields.
  • Candidates should be no more than 35 years old.
  • Candidates should have at least 2 top-level publications (SCI/SSCI/CSSCI,etc.) in related fields and have conducted provincial-level research or policy research reports or advices.
  • Candidates should have global perspective and industry outreach, and ability to conduct interdisciplinary research, especially in collaboration with industry.
  • Mandarin speaking will be more welcomed.

Duties:

  • Candidates will conduct academic and policy research in cultural and creative industry or related fields and have at least 2 top-level publications.
  • Candidates will conduct various research projects.
  • Candidates will participate in various international academic exchange program or research teams.
  • Candidates will complete other works which benefit ICCI’s development.

Post-doc Supervisors

Name: Weimin ZHANG

E-mail: wmzhang@sjtu.edu.cn

Research Field: Culture and Tourism Planning, Digital Culture and Tourism, Cultural and Creative Industry Management

Quota:1, full-time

Web: https://icci.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/80

Name: Ke XUE

E-mail: kxue@sjtu.edu.cn

Research Field:Digital Communication and Cultural Creation,

Artificial Intelligence

and Cultural Industry, Digital Communication and Social Platform, Cultural Brand and National Image

Quota:2, full-time

Web: https://icci.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/32

Name: Geoffrey Alan RHODES

Research Field: Virtual and Augmented Reality, Future Museums, Media Archeology

E-mail: garhodes@sjtu.edu.cn

Quota:1, full-time

Web: https://icci.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/103

Name: Sunghan RYU

Research Field: IT Innovation in Cultural and Creative Industry, Creative Entrepreneurship (Crowdfunding), Digital Business and Online Platform Strategy, Digital Marketing and Customer Relationship Management, Business Analytics and Data Science

E-mail: shryu@sjtu.edu.cn

Quota:1, full-time

Web: https://icci.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/24

Name: Bingbing NI

Research Field: Computer Vision, Generative AI, Multimedia

E-mail: nibingbing@sjtu.edu.cn

Quota:2, full-time

Web: https://icci.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/category/42

Required Application documents

1. Cover letter

2. CV

3. Statement of research

4. Post-doc research proposal

5. Representative achievements

6. Hard copies of the Bachler/Master/Doctoral Degree

*Please send the application documents by email attachment to: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn with the e-mail subject: “Name + Application for ICCI Postdoc”


Contact

Vera CHEN

Tel：+86-21-34205059

E-mail: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn

Website: http://icci.sjtu.edu.cn

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