Description
The Digital Animation
& Visual Effects School at Universal Studios Orlando (The DAVE School) is
looking for a SENIOR MODO/ZBrush
INSTRUCTOR to teach hard surface and organic
modeling and sculpting.
Position Title: Instructor
FLSA Status: Salaried, Exempt
Reports to: William Vaughan, Academic Director
Hours: 25 hours per week
instruction/lab; 15 hours per week for student counseling, assistance and
grading, staff meetings, conventions, continuing education, special projects,
events, etc.
Schedule changes every
three months
Instructors at the DAVE
School are selected based on their specific area of expertise and their
connection to and understanding of the digital animation and visual effects
industry from the inside. Therefore, strong industry experience is
required.
Responsibilities:
The Instructor is
charged with the training and preparation of students to work in the digital
animation and visual effects industry.
As this industry is very competitive and requires a highly skilled work
force, the Instructor must maintain high standards of performance within the
class.
Curriculum
•Assisting with and
participating in curriculum design and revision process as required
•Defining course
objectives and schedules and assuring that these objectives are being met
Classroom
•Classroom lecturing to
students relative to software, theory, history, technique, and aesthetics
•Supervision of
students’ lab work
•Project and deadline
assignment, assistance, critiquing and grading
•Providing necessary
materials and handouts for students
•Testing and grading
•Grade recordkeeping
•Daily attendance
reporting
•Classroom control and
student discipline
•Fostering a classroom
environment that is productive and positive
•Student Support
•Regularly advising
students on their progress
•Monitoring potential
problems as evidenced by poor attendance, lack of progress or failure to
benefit from the program; and reporting them to the School Director
•Monitoring the DAVE
School web forum and offering critiques and opinions as appropriate
Personal Development
•Identifying
opportunities for continuing education; completing a minimum of eight (8) hours
of continuing education units per year and providing supporting documentation
•Staying current with
industry trends and tools
•Attending all guest
speaker lectures
Other
•Miscellaneous duties as
assigned by the Academic Director