March 28, 2025

Call for Applications: Two Professorships at Merz Akademie

The Merz Akademie in Stuttgart is a state-recognized university for design, art, and media under nonprofit sponsorship, offering approximately 250 study places. The fields of Film and Video, New Media, and Visual Communication are considered distinct yet closely related disciplines.

They are seeking to fill two positions:

Professorship in Emerging Media in Art and Design (f/m/d, W2, 80%)

They are looking for a candidate whose artistic-theoretical practice can relate current and emerging trends in media art to activism in a forward-thinking, ethical, and sustainable way. With this professorship, the Merz Alademie aims to promote experimental and documentary positions in areas such as media activism, human-computer interaction, networked environments, creative coding, AI, and games, while strengthening the critical and artistic engagement with social media.

Application Deadline: April 20, 2025 | Job Advertisement and Application

Professorship in Film and Video (f/m/d, W2, 80%)

They are looking for a candidate with an internationally recognized film practice, who represents fictional forms at the boundaries of documentary and experimental work in both research and teaching. Research and teaching in the field of Film and Video at the Merz Akademie should be in constant correspondence with the contemporary transformation of the film image, the implications of the digital media shift, and the current aesthetic, technical, and political challenges of time-based audiovisual narration. Their ideal candidate should demonstrate aesthetic experimentation, media reflexivity, and a strong affinity for culture- and society-critical theoretical discourse.

Application Deadline: June 22, 2025 | Job Advertisement and Application

February 9, 2024

Wanted: Professor (m/f/d) for Media Design at Hochschule Offenburg

The Media Faculty (M) at Hochschule Offenburg invites applications for a W2 professorship in media design, in particular animation, for the winter semester 2024/25 or later.

They are looking for a personality who will strengthen the design department of the Media Faculty. The artistic-scientific professorship should cover the basic area of animation in the Bachelor’s program, both in analog and digital techniques, in terms of practice and content, and teach the basic principles of animation. The deepening of knowledge in the 2nd stage of studies and the conceptual, practical and technical supervision of student projects in both the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, from the idea to the finished work, are also part of the areas of responsibility.

The focal points that should ideally be covered are illustration, 2D / 3D animation, motion design, stop motion, games, AI-supported tools, knowledge of animation and art history.

Job de scription

The application deadline is March 3, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Vice Dean Prof. Sabine Hirtes at 0781 205-4720 or sabine.hirtes@hs-offenburg.de.

January 3, 2024

Position open for Professorship in IT-based Media Systems at HdM

Project “Zugzwang”, Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart

The Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart has advertised a Professorship for IT-based media systems in the Electronic Media faculty of the Audiovisual Media Bachelor’s degree program. The core topics are network technology, audio-video transmission via IP networks and system planning of networked production systems. The position starts in the winter semester 2024/2025 and the application deadline is January 18, 2024.

A university degree is expected (such as AV media technology, computer science, information technology, communications engineering, electrical engineering or a similar field), several years of professional experience, teaching experience and a relevant doctorate.

The tasks include in particular: Teaching courses in both the compulsory and elective areas at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, supervision of project and final theses, cooperation with professional practice (also in the context of teaching projects).

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Please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Dr. Jan Fröhlich via froehlichj@hdm-stuttgart.de if you have any content-related questions.