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