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The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts specializing in Video and Interactive Media. This position will advance the School’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emerging Media Arts while contributing to the continued development of its proposed Bachelor of Fine Arts in Entertainment Design and Production. Working within the interdisciplinary environment of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, the successful candidate will collaborate with artists, designers, filmmakers, and technologists across disciplines, strengthening connections between the two programs through creative research, innovative storytelling, and real-world projects.
We seek an active artist and designer with a recognized body of professional work in video, projection, interactive media, or related fields. The position combines creative activity and research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, student mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration across moving-image design, live performance, installations, and immersive media.
The position will be based in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, the primary setting for teaching, creative research, and collaboration with faculty and students across animation, film, experience design, computational media, digital fabrication, and immersive and interactive storytelling. The faculty member will also contribute expertise in video, projection, and mediated design to the developing Entertainment Design and Production curriculum, including applications in theatre, opera, dance, and other live and experiential work. Teaching assignments will reflect the successful candidate’s expertise and the curricular needs of the School.
Duties and Responsibilities
Video and Interactive Media
- Teach the artistic, conceptual, and technical processes of video and interactive media design, including visual storytelling, composition, dramaturgy, spatial media, and audience experience.
- Teach contemporary workflows in projection mapping, media systems, real-time visuals, interactive media, and multimedia performance, as appropriate to the candidate’s expertise.
- Incorporate relevant practices such as augmented and virtual reality, motion capture, virtual production, and responsive environments.
- Mentor students through original projects, installations, performances, laboratories, and realized productions.
- Support production-based learning in video and mediated design, including interdisciplinary projects and, where appropriate, Nebraska Repertory Theatre productions.
Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Collaboration
- Contribute to the continued development, delivery, and assessment of undergraduate and graduate curricula within the School and Center.
- Help develop and deliver coursework in video, projection, media systems, and mediated design.
- Collaborate with faculty and staff in emerging media arts, entertainment design and production, performance, film, music, dance, and related disciplines on teaching, productions, and creative research.
- Connect students with professional practices across live, recorded, immersive, and virtual entertainment.
Teaching, Research, and Professional Responsibilities
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in video and interactive media. Assignments may include moving-image design, interactive storytelling, projection and spatial media, real-time systems, immersive media, and video design for live performance.
- Maintain an active, peer-recognized program of creative activity and research through professional productions, exhibitions, installations, commissions, festivals, screenings, publications, or comparable work.
- Pursue collaborations, commissions, residencies, grants, and professional partnerships that advance creative work and student opportunities.
- Integrate current artistic methods, technologies, and relevant ethical considerations into teaching and creative work.
- Participate in recruitment, advising, portfolio review, curriculum development, faculty governance, and School, College, and University service.
- Maintain a record of teaching, creative activity and research, and service consistent with expectations for promotion and tenure.
Appointment
This is a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment with the following workload distribution:
- 50% Teaching – Undergraduate and graduate instruction, mentorship, project-based learning, and curriculum development.
- 40% Creative Activity and Research – Original artistic work, professional production, dissemination, and related research.
- 10% Service
About the School and Center
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, brings together performers, designers, filmmakers, and storytellers across traditional and emerging creative disciplines.
At the forefront of this interdisciplinary environment is the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts (JCCEMA), a distinctive hub for creative research and experimentation at the intersection of art, technology, and storytelling. As the teaching home to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emerging Media Arts, the Center supports work in cinematic and interactive storytelling, immersive experiences, computational media, and emerging forms of artistic expression. Its innovative facilities and collaborative environment support faculty and students in developing and presenting new work.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is a vibrant university community and state capital with a growing technology sector and a strong arts and cultural ecosystem. The University is adjacent to a dynamic downtown with restaurants, music venues, theatres, bike trails, and residential neighborhoods.
The city is home to the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Sheldon Museum of Art, International Quilt Museum, Nebraska State Museum, and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, along with independent arts and performance organizations.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Terminal degree in media arts, design, film, theatre, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least five years of significant professional creative experience in lieu of a terminal degree.
- An active professional career in video, projection, interactive media, or related design practice, demonstrated by a body of recognized work in productions, exhibitions, festivals, museums, installations, live events, or digital and immersive platforms.
- Demonstrated artistic and technical expertise in video or interactive media design.
- Ability to collaborate across artistic and technical disciplines.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness, professional mentorship, or potential for effective undergraduate and graduate instruction.
- Evidence of sustained or developing creative activity and research with potential for national or international recognition.
Preferred Qualifications
- Significant professional credits, commissions, exhibitions, or other recognized accomplishments in video, projection, interactive media, or multimedia performance.
- University teaching, curriculum development, or comparable professional mentorship experience.
- Experience creating work for theatre, opera, dance, film, installations, museums, galleries, or other experiential settings.
- Experience with projection mapping, spatial media, real-time visual systems, augmented or virtual reality, motion tracking, motion capture, editing, compositing, or motion graphics.
- Fluency with tools such as TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine, Unity, Disguise, Isadora, QLab, or comparable platforms.
- Strong understanding of dramaturgy, visual composition, narrative, and relationships among media, performers, space, and audiences.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary creative collaborations and mentoring students through realized projects.
Posted Salary
How to Apply
Click “Apply for this Job”, complete the faculty information form, and attach the following required documents:
- Letter of interest describing professional experience, creative research, teaching, and interest in this position.
- Curriculum vitae detailing academic appointments, professional experience, creative activity, and teaching accomplishments.
- Teaching philosophy describing instructional approach and student mentorship. Attach as “Other Document.”
- Digital portfolio or links documenting selected video, projection, interactive media, installation, or related creative work.
- Names and contact information for three professional references.
Position Summary
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts specializing in Video and Interactive Media. This position will advance the School’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emerging Media Arts while contributing to the continued development of its proposed Bachelor of Fine Arts in Entertainment Design and Production. Working within the interdisciplinary environment of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, the successful candidate will collaborate with artists, designers, filmmakers, and technologists across disciplines, strengthening connections between the two programs through creative research, innovative storytelling, and real-world projects.
We seek an active artist and designer with a recognized body of professional work in video, projection, interactive media, or related fields. The position combines creative activity and research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, student mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration across moving-image design, live performance, installations, and immersive media.
The position will be based in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, the primary setting for teaching, creative research, and collaboration with faculty and students across animation, film, experience design, computational media, digital fabrication, and immersive and interactive storytelling. The faculty member will also contribute expertise in video, projection, and mediated design to the developing Entertainment Design and Production curriculum, including applications in theatre, opera, dance, and other live and experiential work. Teaching assignments will reflect the successful candidate’s expertise and the curricular needs of the School.
Duties and Responsibilities
Video and Interactive Media
- Teach the artistic, conceptual, and technical processes of video and interactive media design, including visual storytelling, composition, dramaturgy, spatial media, and audience experience.
- Teach contemporary workflows in projection mapping, media systems, real-time visuals, interactive media, and multimedia performance, as appropriate to the candidate’s expertise.
- Incorporate relevant practices such as augmented and virtual reality, motion capture, virtual production, and responsive environments.
- Mentor students through original projects, installations, performances, laboratories, and realized productions.
- Support production-based learning in video and mediated design, including interdisciplinary projects and, where appropriate, Nebraska Repertory Theatre productions.
Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Collaboration
- Contribute to the continued development, delivery, and assessment of undergraduate and graduate curricula within the School and Center.
- Help develop and deliver coursework in video, projection, media systems, and mediated design.
- Collaborate with faculty and staff in emerging media arts, entertainment design and production, performance, film, music, dance, and related disciplines on teaching, productions, and creative research.
- Connect students with professional practices across live, recorded, immersive, and virtual entertainment.
Teaching, Research, and Professional Responsibilities
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in video and interactive media. Assignments may include moving-image design, interactive storytelling, projection and spatial media, real-time systems, immersive media, and video design for live performance.
- Maintain an active, peer-recognized program of creative activity and research through professional productions, exhibitions, installations, commissions, festivals, screenings, publications, or comparable work.
- Pursue collaborations, commissions, residencies, grants, and professional partnerships that advance creative work and student opportunities.
- Integrate current artistic methods, technologies, and relevant ethical considerations into teaching and creative work.
- Participate in recruitment, advising, portfolio review, curriculum development, faculty governance, and School, College, and University service.
- Maintain a record of teaching, creative activity and research, and service consistent with expectations for promotion and tenure.
Appointment
This is a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment with the following workload distribution:
- 50% Teaching – Undergraduate and graduate instruction, mentorship, project-based learning, and curriculum development.
- 40% Creative Activity and Research – Original artistic work, professional production, dissemination, and related research.
- 10% Service
About the School and Center
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, brings together performers, designers, filmmakers, and storytellers across traditional and emerging creative disciplines.
At the forefront of this interdisciplinary environment is the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts (JCCEMA), a distinctive hub for creative research and experimentation at the intersection of art, technology, and storytelling. As the teaching home to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emerging Media Arts, the Center supports work in cinematic and interactive storytelling, immersive experiences, computational media, and emerging forms of artistic expression. Its innovative facilities and collaborative environment support faculty and students in developing and presenting new work.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is a vibrant university community and state capital with a growing technology sector and a strong arts and cultural ecosystem. The University is adjacent to a dynamic downtown with restaurants, music venues, theatres, bike trails, and residential neighborhoods.
The city is home to the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Sheldon Museum of Art, International Quilt Museum, Nebraska State Museum, and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, along with independent arts and performance organizations.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Terminal degree in media arts, design, film, theatre, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least five years of significant professional creative experience in lieu of a terminal degree.
- An active professional career in video, projection, interactive media, or related design practice, demonstrated by a body of recognized work in productions, exhibitions, festivals, museums, installations, live events, or digital and immersive platforms.
- Demonstrated artistic and technical expertise in video or interactive media design.
- Ability to collaborate across artistic and technical disciplines.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness, professional mentorship, or potential for effective undergraduate and graduate instruction.
- Evidence of sustained or developing creative activity and research with potential for national or international recognition.
Preferred Qualifications
- Significant professional credits, commissions, exhibitions, or other recognized accomplishments in video, projection, interactive media, or multimedia performance.
- University teaching, curriculum development, or comparable professional mentorship experience.
- Experience creating work for theatre, opera, dance, film, installations, museums, galleries, or other experiential settings.
- Experience with projection mapping, spatial media, real-time visual systems, augmented or virtual reality, motion tracking, motion capture, editing, compositing, or motion graphics.
- Fluency with tools such as TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine, Unity, Disguise, Isadora, QLab, or comparable platforms.
- Strong understanding of dramaturgy, visual composition, narrative, and relationships among media, performers, space, and audiences.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary creative collaborations and mentoring students through realized projects.
Posted Salary
How to Apply
Click “Apply for this Job”, complete the faculty information form, and attach the following required documents:
- Letter of interest describing professional experience, creative research, teaching, and interest in this position.
- Curriculum vitae detailing academic appointments, professional experience, creative activity, and teaching accomplishments.
- Teaching philosophy describing instructional approach and student mentorship. Attach as “Other Document.”
- Digital portfolio or links documenting selected video, projection, interactive media, installation, or related creative work.
- Names and contact information for three professional references.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Media Assistant
Match your credentials to EB-2 or EB-3
EB-3 covers Media Assistants with a bachelor's degree in communications, media, or a related field, or two years of qualifying experience. If you hold a master's degree in journalism or media studies, document it carefully because EB-2 may be available depending on how the employer defines the role.
Use O*NET to frame your job duties
PERM requires the employer to show the job meets specific occupational requirements. Pull the O*NET profile for Media Assistant to align your resume and job description with recognized duties, which helps the employer's attorney draft a defensible PERM application from the start.
Search Migrate Mate for verified green card sponsors
Many media employers sponsor work visas but rarely file PERM. Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with confirmed green card sponsorship history for media and communications roles, so you're targeting companies already familiar with the EB-2 and EB-3 process.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting offers
PERM requires your employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for the Media Assistant SOC code in your target city before negotiating an offer to confirm the employer's intended salary clears the threshold.
Ask employers directly about PERM experience
Smaller production companies and media startups may be willing sponsors but have never filed PERM before. During interviews, ask whether the company has worked with an immigration attorney on labor certification cases, since an inexperienced employer adds risk to your timeline.
Understand priority dates before you file
Once your employer files the PERM and USCIS approves the I-140, your priority date is set, but nationals of high-demand countries can face significant backlogs before an immigrant visa becomes available. Check the monthly USCIS Visa Bulletin to understand your realistic wait before accepting the sponsorship.
Green Card Media Assistant: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Media Assistant role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Yes. Media Assistant positions typically qualify under EB-3 when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in communications, media studies, or a related field, or when the role demands at least two years of specialized experience. EB-2 is possible if the employer defines the position as requiring an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in a directly related discipline.
How is green card sponsorship through PERM different from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status that requires renewal every few years and ties you to a specific employer. PERM labor certification is the first step toward lawful permanent residency, meaning you eventually get a green card rather than a time-limited status. PERM also involves a formal DOL recruitment test proving no qualified U.S. workers were available, which H-1B does not require. The process is longer but the outcome is permanent.
Where can I find Media Assistant jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history in media and communications, letting you filter for companies that have actually completed PERM filings rather than those that only discuss it. This saves time by focusing your search on employers already familiar with the EB-2 and EB-3 process for roles like Media Assistant.
What happens to my green card sponsorship if I change employers?
If your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more and your new job is in the same or a similar occupation, AC21 portability lets you change employers without losing your place in the queue. Your priority date can also carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition once your original I-140 was approved, but you'll need to restart the PERM labor certification process with the new employer.
Do per-country backlogs affect Media Assistants the same as other green card applicants?
Yes. EB-2 and EB-3 green cards are subject to per-country annual limits, so nationals from high-demand countries like India and China can face multi-year waits after I-140 approval before an immigrant visa number becomes available. Your citizenship, not your occupation, determines how long you wait after USCIS approves your petition. Check the monthly USCIS Visa Bulletin to track your priority date category.