Job Offer: Professor of Digital Art Compositing in Vienna

At the Institute of Film and Television – Film Academy Vienna – of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the permanent position of a university professor of Digital Art Compositing pursuant to Section 98 UG 2002 is expected to be filled from October 1, 2019.

Archive notice: This article was originally published on December 19, 2017. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.
At the Institute of Film and Television – Film Academy Vienna – of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the permanent position of a university professor of Digital Art Compositing pursuant to Section 98 UG 2002 is expected to be filled from October 1, 2019.

The area of responsibility to be assumed comprises representing the subject of Digital
Art – Compositing in the development and exploration of the arts and in teaching,
supervising students (e.g. in the central artistic subject, including the practical courses in the Digital Art – Compositing master’s programme), as well as participating in organisational and administrative tasks and evaluation tasks.

Desired Qualifications

  • Evidence of practical experience in the fields of: digital post-production, 2D and 3D compositing, 3D animation, CGI, visual effects, colour correction, colour grading and technical know-how in all these areas (technical-scientific collaboration on productions)
  • Willingness to cooperate and engage in transdisciplinarity
  • Leadership qualities in the organisational field
  • Pedagogical and didactic aptitude appropriate to the position to be filled, which may be assessed by means of a teaching demonstration, among other things

Extent of employment: full-time
Contract: permanent employment relationship pursuant to the collective agreement
Minimum remuneration: Pursuant to the collective agreement, the monthly gross remuneration is at least €4,891.10 (14 times). Any higher salary, depending on qualifications and previous experience, is the subject of appointment negotiations.

Application deadline: January 19, 2018

Applications must be submitted exclusively via the mdw application portal www.mdw.ac.at/bewerbungsportal. All documents must be uploaded directly to the portal in PDF form.

Details about employment requirements, duties, desired qualifications, etc. can be obtained from the office of the Film Academy Vienna (Tel.: +43 1 71155-2901 or email: weidinger-a@mdw.ac.at as well as in the bulletin of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, available at www.mdw.ac.at/mitteilungsblatt).

As an employer, mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna pays attention
to equal treatment of all qualified applicants regardless of gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, belief, age or disability. The university aims to increase the proportion of women among academic, artistic and general university staff, particularly in leadership positions, and therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply. Applicants are not entitled to reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs incurred as a result of the recruitment procedure.