Postdoc /  Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in Art Curation

University Name: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Department: Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry

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.

The job located in:
Country: China   City: Shanghai

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.

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 Art Curation, callforcurators”

Contact:
TEL：+86-21-34205061-8141
E-MAIL: icci-hr@sjtu.edu.cn
Website: http://icci.sjtu.edu.cn