KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning:

• Teach undergraduate BA Communication modules in web design, social media design, digital communication, and related fields. Development of the honours programme is taking place at present, and the incumbent will have to teach modules in the honours programme as well.
• Develop and deliver course materials that reflect current industry trends and technological advancements, particularly a strong background in the ADOBE suite, web design, media and ethics as well as general journalistic layout and design.
• Assist with the development of the BA Communication honours programme in digital communication.
• Foster a positive learning environment that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and effective communication.
• Engage in curriculum development and continuous improvement of existing as well as future honours degree modules.
• Mentor and advise students on academic and career paths in digital communication and design.
• Participate in departmental meetings and university events.
• Contribute to the development of innovative teaching methods and strategies specifically focused on the NWU student cohort.
• Collaborate with colleagues on interdisciplinary projects and research initiatives.
• Study guide development and updates.
• Administration of student marks and assessment as well as marking of all assessments and portfolios in the different modules.
• Provide supervision to postgraduate students in the fields of multimedia and interactive media studies.
• Advise students on a research, academic and work-integrated level.

Research and Innovation:

• Doing scholarly research in the context of visual communication with the aim of research outputs.
• Participation in research projects with colleagues.

Management and Administration:

• Responsible for all administrative tasks with regards to the above.
• Share responsibility for faculty, school, subject-group, and specialisation group assignments as required.

Community Engagement:

• Engage in various community engagement activities, including service learning, engaged research and voluntarism for the benefit of the community.

Minimum requirements

• A Master of Arts (NQF level 9) in Communication with Multimedia or Design as areas of specialisation.
• A minimum of 3 years’ teaching experience at a higher education institution.
• Postgraduate supervision at honours level.
• Publication of academic articles or presentation of work at academic conferences.
• A minimum of 2 years’ professional experience as a web developer/multimedia strategist, as well as graphic design and desktop publishing; as well as creating different types of multimedia campaigns, websites, UX design, app prototyping, and desktop publishing.

RECOMMENDATION / ADDED ADVANTAGE:

• Membership with the South African Communications Association (SACOMM).
• Involvement in community engagement activities.
• Must have experience in using online learning management systems for presentation of lesson content and assessment.