Lecturer (Full-time) – Department of Art and Design (Ref: L (AAD) 2024-11-22)

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with five Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, and Translation and Foreign Languages) and over 6,000 full-time students. Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education model, HSUHK aims to nurture young talents with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK features a primary focus on undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, unique residential college system combining living and learning, interactive small class teaching, very close student-teacher relationship, RGC-funded impactful research, and excellent student development/support services. HSUHK is listed the 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, and the 1st in Employability as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university assessment by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. It is also listed among the top 200 worldwide on “Quality Education” and “Decent Work and Economic Growth” in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

The University now invites application for the following position:

Lecturer (Full-time) – Department of Art and Design (Ref: L (AAD) 2024-11-22)

Responsibilities: 

The appointee will be responsible for the planning, development, coordination and delivery of undergraduate modules in the field of art and design/cultural and creative industries, specialising in either (i) history / theory of art and design/art administration, (ii) creative production and technology, (iii) cultural policy and research methodologies, or (iv) professional practices in art and design/cultural and creative industries. The appointee will be expected to teach general education course and engaged in scholarly and administrative activities of the Department / School / University.

Applicants should:

• possess a recognised master’s or above in Humanities and Social Science or disciplines or professional studies related to art and design/cultural and creative industries;
• have a high level of subject knowledge, practical and competence in the academic or professional discipline concerned, including rich knowledge in art and design/culture and creative industries, etc.;
• have a successful track record of academic or professional experience in tertiary teaching or professional services or relevant industry experience; and 
• have a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese.

The appointee is expected to assume duty in January 2025.  Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ and apply on or before 8 December 2024.  The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.  The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer.