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ADJUNCT FACULTY- DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA DESIGN (WEB DESIGN)
HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE
CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO
City Colleges of Chicago'svision is to be recognized as the city's most accessible higher education engine of socioeconomic mobility and racial equity - empowering all Chicagoans to take part in building a stronger and more just city.The community college system's more than 3,500 faculty and staff servemore than 70,000 students annually at seven colleges and five satellite sites.
Harold Washington College, Is Seeking an Adjunct Faculty for the Department of Art And
Architecture/Digital Multimedia Design/Web Design. Located at 30 East Lake Street in Chicago's Loop, is a student-centered institution that empowers all members of its community through accessible and affordable academic advancement, career development and personal enrichment. At HWC, employees contribute to the success of our students while enjoying competitive compensation and outstanding benefits packages. Build your future at City Colleges of Chicago and ensure more students complete their curricula - college-ready, career-ready and prepared to pursue their life's goals. This is an exciting time in the history of City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), District 508, the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation.
Harold Washington College is proud to be a member of the Caring Campus network. Caring Campus is a model of professional development that works to implement strong and consistent behavioral commitments for all employees in regard to how they interact with students. As a result of this work, employees become engaged with students on a level that has not occurred before. The core benefit of this work is making a connection with students, many of whom have not had an adult who has cared about them in an educational system. Course/Start date Fall 2026.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Teaching responsibilities include courses in: Web design, Digital Media design and image processing.
• Design courses to meet learning outcomes, and promote students' active participation in their own
learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students' intellectual curiosity and helps students
to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads
to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that
respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence
in every student's ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student's academic and professional communities, and
promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master's Degree/ MFA in interactive design, new media or related discipline required
Professional Experience/Expertise in Design/Web design or related field, (4 years' industry or business applied experience in the teaching subject area.) (Candidates would demonstrate with portfolio & work samples).
• Special consideration may be given to a candidate with a combination of Bachelor's degree in interactive design, new media or related discipline and 10+ years of professional industry or business applied experience in Web design/ development field demonstrated through expertise and excellence in performance evident through CV, Portfolio & work samples.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate; HTML, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap & JQuery.
• Previous teaching experience in an academic environment.
• Knowledge of Brightspace, preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students required.
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.
Required Documents:
• CV
• Portfolio of work >> Design & Web Design samples
Salary Range: Salary: $800.00 Per Contact Hour
Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as other factors such as internal equity.
Benefits information is found at Health and Benefits - City Colleges of Chicago
WE OFFER: Excellent health and welfare benefit package and long-term savings and investment programs including 403(b) & 457(b) Investment Plans and a pension plan with the State University Retirement System (SURS) Plan. Generous vacation, holiday, personal and sick days, and tuition reimbursement. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit the benefits page of our website.
Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago!
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