FIT NYC Full-Time Faculty Position in Creative Styling for Media Area, School of Art and Design

About Fashion Institute Of Technology The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), an internationally renowned college of art and design, business and technology, of the State University of New York, invites nominations and applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in the Photography and Related Media Department of the School of Art and Design.

The Fashion Institute of Technology, a part of the State University of New York, has been a leader in career education in art, design, business, and technology for nearly 80 years. With a curriculum that provides a singular blend of hands-on, practical experience, classroom study, and a firm grounding in the liberal arts, FIT offers a wide range of outstanding programs that are relevant to today’s rapidly changing industries. Internationally renowned, FIT draws on its New York City location to provide a vibrant, creative community in which to learn. The college offers more than 45 majors and grants AAS, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees, preparing students for professional success and leadership in the global marketplace.

With close ties to industry, FIT draws faculty from the city’s art, business, and design elite, and from the rich academic community of the region. The college continually seeks creative faculty members who are passionate about their field and demonstrate exceptional professional capability in the core competencies of instruction design, learning enrichment, globalism, and use of technology, as well as mastery of established and emerging industry practices.

The mission of FIT’s School of Art and Design is to educate the next generation of creative, socially responsible and globally relevant professionals able to succeed in the broad spectrum of art and design fields. The school challenges students to create new and valuable ideas through innovation, collaboration and experimentation.

The Styling for Creative Media BFA program, housed in the Photography and Related Media department, sits at the intersection of styling, image-making, technology, and contemporary visual culture. Students develop a creative practice that integrates styling and creative direction across photography, moving image, digital content creation, computational workflows, virtual production, and immersive experiences. The program embraces emerging technologies while preparing graduates to shape the future of visual communication across commercial, editorial, cultural, and experiential contexts.

Job Description The Styling for Creative Media BFA program within the Department of Photography and Related Media at FIT seeks a tenure-track full-time faculty member to help shape the future of styling, creative direction, and image-making in an era of rapidly evolving media technologies.

We seek candidates whose practice demonstrates expertise in a wide range of commercial styling applications such as wardrobe, prop and set, events and lifestyle. Candidates’ portfolios and skillsets should have an emphasis on styling for photographic and time-based projects, and an engagement with emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (assistive and generative), computational imaging, virtual production, digital media, immersive experiences, and related creative technologies.

Candidates should be active practitioners and educators. The ideal candidate should also be engaged with contemporary and historical styling trends and should have the ability to teach a wide range of courses in styling, trend forecasting, creative direction, media production and social media practices as well as emerging computational technology classes at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels.

The successful candidate will contribute to the continued development of the Styling for Creative Media curriculum, participate actively in departmental leadership and governance, and be expected to assume increasing leadership responsibilities over time. Since the program is housed within the Photography and Related Media Department, the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the department’s broader educational mission and collaborate with faculty across lens-based media, helping students understand the increasingly integrated relationship between styling, photography, creative direction, and emerging technologies.

The applicant’s portfolio should demonstrate an ability to integrate styling, creative direction, photography, and …