Entry Level 3D Modeling Animation Jobs in California

Position description
The Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA is looking to hire temporary, part-time lecturers to teach during the 2026-27 Academic Year. Areas of study in the department may include undergraduate or graduate courses in the following areas: Interactivity & Games, Video & Animation, and Visual Communication & Image, Drawing & Color, Form, Motion, Typography, Word & Image, 3D Modeling & Animation, Game Engine.
BA required; MFA preferred; relevant professional experience.
About our undergraduate program:
The Design Media Arts undergraduate program emphasizes innovative creation with digital and mass media within the context of a public research university. The curriculum features a solid foundation in form, color & drawing, motion, typography, and interactivity, followed by a broad selection of area studies courses in video, visual communication, network media, game design, and narrative. The program culminates with the senior projects classes where each student defines his/her own senior project based on individual interests within the areas of interactivity and games, video and animation, and visual communication and image. This uniquely challenging and diverse program invites students to balance aesthetic sensibility with logical reasoning, formal theories with practical application, and contemporary thought with historical perspective. Most courses are taught as studios of no more than 22 students, which encourage individual growth and fosters a sense of community within the department.
Rather than focusing on narrow professional development, our curriculum fosters experimentation across a range of different media. We privilege a social outlook, process, experimentation, and personal growth over conservatism and commercialism and we search for students who share the same goals. We strive to provide a broad education that encourages young people to make new connections, to analyze complex situations, and to think critically.
For more information about our undergraduate program and our students' broad, innovative, and diverse areas of study, please visit the DMA website .
For information about the Department of Design Media Arts, please visit the DMA website .
The School of the Arts and Architecture is committed to building a more diverse faculty, staff, and student body in response to the changing population and educational needs of the City of Los Angeles, State of California, and the nation. The Department of Design Media Arts values intellectual, cultural, and creative inquiry. Personal qualities such as originality and initiative are important assets that will contribute to a successful application. Applicants who would make meaningful and unique contributions to the intellectual and social interchanges within the profession are especially encouraged to apply.
This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers .
Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.
Department: http://dma.ucla.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
BA required
Preferred qualifications
MFA preferred; relevant professional experience
Application Requirements
Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Reference requirements
No references will be required.
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10904
Help contact: ptatum@arts.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

Job location
Los Angeles, CA