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School of Fine and Performing Arts Fashion Studies Department Digital Fashion Design

Columbia College Chicago actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion as vitally important to its present and future success. These principles are essential to the educational experiences of our students, staff, and faculty.

Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago is a dynamic urban program that recently underwent a complete curricular overhaul to create a twenty-first century course of study tailored to current and future industry contexts. We are committed to exploring the growing intersection of fashion with technology; fostering size-, age-, gender-, and culture-inclusive business and design practices; supporting environmentally and socially sustainable business and design models; stimulating political activism and justice in fashion spaces; and creating a fashion community in Chicago of likeminded academic and industry insiders. Our department is a Business of Fashion Notable School, and our students regularly win top prizes in local and national competitions. We host study-away programs in New York, Los Angeles, Bath, Berlin and Milan and run a Fashion Lab for industry-academic partnerships with major fashion brands.

To support our new programs, our department seeks a Practitioner in Residence in Digital Fashion Design with strong expertise in both digital and analog patternmaking and construction as well as other CAD software (Optitex and Adobe Illustrator) and who possesses the ability to move seamlessly and teach fluid movement between digital and analog spaces. The appointment will be for a single semester, January 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020. Successful applicants will have strong skills in digital and analog patternmaking and construction as well as a background in user-centric design thinking and a commitment to critical/creative problem solving through a design practice. The ideal candidate will possess specialization in fashion’s intersection with sustainability/environmental studies; we are also interested in individuals with expertise in one or more of the following areas: wearable technology/smart textiles, disability studies, biophilic design, gender nonconforming style, modesty wear, street wear/urban apparel, size inclusivity, age inclusivity, global fashion.

Duties & Responsibilities • Teach four courses in digital patternmaking and construction in Spring 2020 semester • Participate in new course design and implementation • Work with current faculty and students to promote understanding and buy-in of the give-and- take between digital and analog patternmaking and construction in applied industry contexts • Lead a sophisticated conversation in the classroom about the impact of digital tools on apparel and accessory construction and design • Explore job placement opportunities for digitally-savvy designers

We seek individuals with a demonstrated ability to work with students from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds, and whose creative, scholarly and/or professional work aligns with our commitment to dismantling systems of privilege and oppression. All faculty members are expected to advance the College's DEI mission. For more information on the office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion please visit: colum.edu/diversity.

Qualifications The successful candidate must possess the terminal degree in Fashion Design or a comparable field, and will be an Optitex and CAD super-user.

The ideal candidate will have college-level teaching experience, a well-developed pedagogy, and some industry experience.

Application To apply for this position, submit the following materials online: • A letter outlining the applicant’s background, qualifications, and vision for the position. • A curriculum vitae. • Contact information for three references. References will not be contacted without prior consultation with the applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee and is subject to change based on the needs of the department and/or college.

About the College Columbia College Chicago is a private not-for-profit college for creatives serving nearly 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Columbia College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. Located in downtown Chicago’s South Loop, the College is centered in one of the world's most lively urban cultural areas. Its many competitive advantages include its strong reputation in the creative industries, outstanding faculty and passionate students, impressive technological and physical resources, and a sincere commitment to bringing diverse voices and experiences into proximity with each other to shape new forms of creative practice.

At Columbia, we offer a rewarding work environment for our faculty and staff. We take pride in offering competitive benefits with affordable health, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; commuter benefit program, life and accidental, death & dismemberment coverage; paid and unpaid leave options; work/life benefits; educational assistance programs; and retirement and financial planning benefits.

We invite you to join our talented faculty and staff and become part of our collective aspiration to ensure Columbia prepares students for success in their creative fields through innovation, engagement and real-world experiences.

Additional Information Position subject to a background screening. This is a non-union position. This position is overtime exempt.

Columbia College Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations concerning civil rights. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law.

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