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Part-Time Faculty, Film, and Television
Posting Number: 493798
Type of Position: Part-time
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Categories: Part-Time Faculty
Position Title:
Part-Time Faculty, Film, and Television
Department/School:
School of Communication & the Arts
Salary/Pay Rate:
$1,270 per 1 credit with upward adjustment for years of service at Marist University. Pay may vary depending on credits pertaining to online, graduate, music, or lab courses.
Job Summary:
The School of Communication & The Arts invites applications for various Part-Time Faculty positions for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. Opportunities to teach multiple/additional courses may become available. Successful candidates will teach, develop course materials, assist students as needed, and assess student work.
Video Editing
This course provides an introduction to the principles and techniques of video editing. Students will learn the fundamentals of editing using Adobe Premiere Pro, with supplementary instruction in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. Emphasis is placed on storytelling, technical fluency, professional workflow, and editing history. As part of the curriculum, students complete structured preparation aligned with the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) - Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro exam objectives, developing industry-aligned skills that support academic and career success.
Screenwriting for Film & Television
This workshop course focuses on the tools professional screenwriters use to create compelling film and television stories. Students will learn scene-writing techniques based on the principles of dramatic irony, visual storytelling, three-act story structure, and protagonist-driven narrative. Students will identify and solve story problems in their own writing and in the writing of their classmates as they develop concepts into treatments and step outlines for feature-length movies or hour-long television scripts.
Timeslot for Fall '26: MW 3:30-4:45PM
Advanced Screenwriting
This workshop course will guide students through the drafting and rewriting process as they complete and polish a full-length film or television screenplay. In addition to creating their own scripts and workshopping those of their classmates, students will learn to analyze stories for the screen and to write professional-quality coverage for produced and unproduced screenplays. Students will also learn how to enter scripts in competitions and festivals, how to attain representation, and how other careers in the entertainment industry are related to script writing and development.
Timeslot for Fall '26: MR 2:00-3:15PM
Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters or Bachelors degree in an appropriate field, and/or Industry/professional experience.
• Proficiency in the following: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop
• General familiarity with Avid and DaVinci Resolve

Essential Functions:
Opportunities are available to teach in one or more areas across several disciplines over time. Teaching opportunities include undergraduate courses that may be available in both on-ground and online environments. Availability to teach during daytime hours is desired.
Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous College level teaching experience

Required Application Documents:
Resume, Cover Letter, & Contact Information of 3 Professional References
About the Department/School:
The programs of the Department of Art and Digital Media give students the opportunity to develop as artists, designers, digital media creators, and scholars in facilities that support both traditional media, such as painting and sculpture, and the latest developments in new media.
Beginning in Spring 2019, the programs are housed in the newly renovated and expanded Steel Plant, with four state-of-the-art digital labs, new traditional media studios, a maker space for digital fabrication and large format 2-D printing, as well as an interior garden with café and gallery that exhibits regional and international artists as well as the work of our students.
About Marist University:
Founded in 1929, Marist is a comprehensive, independent four-year institution whose signature educational approach blends the liberal arts with pre-professional studies and emphasizes experiential learning to enrich classroom instruction. With campuses in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Florence, Italy, plus over 70 programs offering a variety of international study, Marist is a portal to the world and is devoted to nurturing a welcoming, inclusive community. Through six schools offering almost 50 majors, Marist cultivates the intellectual growth and well-being of its more than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students and encourages them to color outside traditional academic lines as they pursue coursework and personal experiences that provide valuable occupational expertise and reflect their individual passions. Marist has been acclaimed a top institution in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse, Princeton Review, and others. To learn more, please visit https://www.marist.edu/about
Type of Position:
Part-time
Classification:
Faculty (Part-Time)
Work Schedule:
Time as required for teaching, office hours, departmental/school activities, scholarship/professional development and other activities as needed.
Location:
Marist University Main Campus
Number of Position Openings:
Multiple
Equal Employment Statement:
Marist University is committed to creating a diverse workforce on our campus by ensuring that barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. To this end, the University will strive to achieve the full and fair participation of minorities, women, people with disabilities, and any other protected groups found to be under represented.
Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or veteran status unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes persons in one of these protected groups. The University will review its employment policies and procedures to ensure that barriers which may unnecessarily exclude protected groups are identified and eliminated. The University will also explore alternative approaches if any policy or practice is found to have a negative impact on protected groups.
Marist's policy of non-discrimination includes not only employment practices but also extends to all services and programs provided by the University. It shall be considered a violation of University policy for any member of the community to discriminate against any individual or group with respect to employment or attendance at Marist University on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other condition established by law.
Advertised: April 24, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: August 21, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
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