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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Architecture invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position in Interior Design at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2027.
We seek a highly motivated scholar, educator, and designer whose work engages the histories, theories, and contemporary discourse of interior design and the built environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to integrating historical and theoretical inquiry with design teaching and practice while developing a productive research and creative scholarship agenda that contributes to peer-reviewed scholarly outcomes.
The position offers opportunities to connect historical and theoretical inquiry with contemporary questions surrounding interiors, architecture, objects, material culture, adaptive reuse, sustainability, civic and public spaces, housing, cultural narratives, or emerging spatial practices.
The Interior Design faculty at UNL supports an intellectually ambitious undergraduate curriculum and contributes to the College of Architecture’s broader mission to be “united by the transformative power of design.” The primary academic home for this position will be the CIDA-accredited Interior Design Program, with opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching, research, and collaboration across the College’s programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, and allied disciplines across campus.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
The position carries a teaching assignment that combines studio instruction with required history/theory courses serving Interior Design, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture undergraduate students. Additional teaching opportunities may include professional electives and advanced seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aligned with candidate’s expertise and program needs.
Anticipated course assignments include:
- IDES 445: History of Interiors and Designed Objects, supporting required history/theory education for Interior Design major and minor seeking students.
- ARCH 241: Modern Architecture History or DSGN 140: Design History, supporting required history/theory education across the College’s undergraduate degree programs and associated minors (ARCH, IDES, LARC).
- Interior Design Studio within the second-, third-, or fourth-year curriculum.
- Opportunities to develop and offer advanced seminars or professional electives aligned with the candidate’s scholarly interests.
The successful candidate will be expected to connect historical and theoretical inquiry with contemporary design education and studio pedagogy, fostering critical thinking and interdisciplinary exchange.
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY EXPECTATIONS
The successful candidate will establish and sustain a progressive and productive research and/or creative scholarship agenda in design history, theory, criticism, or related areas of inquiry within the built environment.
Candidates should demonstrate an emerging or established trajectory of scholarly activity with the potential for peer-reviewed publications, books and book chapters, funded research, exhibitions, scholarly awards, or other recognized forms of disciplinary contribution. The College values research and creative scholarship that advances knowledge, informs design education and practice, and contributes to national and international disciplinary discourse.
The successful candidate will be expected to pursue scholarly outcomes consistent with the expectation of a tenure-track faculty appointment at a R1 institution.
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- A professional degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture and a graduate degree in a related discipline; OR
- A terminal professional degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture (M.Arch, M.ID, MSID, D.Arch, or equivalent); OR
- A Ph.D. in Interior Design, Architecture, Architectural History, Design Studies, Cultural Studies, or a field related to design and the built environment, with undergraduate or graduate studio-based education in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture.
Candidates must also demonstrate:
- Expertise in design history, theory, criticism, or related areas of scholarly inquiry.
- Evidence of an active or emerging research and/or creative scholarship trajectory with potential for peer-reviewed scholarly dissemination.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Cross-disciplinary academic preparation, including at least one degree in Interior Design or Interior Architecture from a CIDA-accredited professional program.
- Experience teaching interior design or architectural design studios, demonstrated through examples of student work.
- Experience teaching design history/theory coursework in higher education.
- Experience integrating research interests with creative work or design studio teaching.
- NCIDQ certification or eligibility.
- Experience fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in design education, research, or professional practice.
POSTED SALARY
HOW TO APPLY
Click “Apply for this Job” and complete the Faculty/Academic Administrative form. Attach the following documents:
- A full curriculum vitae.
- A single document containing brief statements that outline (combine into a single document and attach as “Other Document”):
+ Teaching goals, including your approach to integrating research interests into design education and an outline of potential electives related to your scholarly expertise.
+ An agenda for research, scholarship, and/or creative activity.
- Contact information for three professional references.
- Portfolio (25 pages max), or a link to your online portfolio, containing:
+ Personal creative activity, scholarship, research, and/or professional work related to your area of focus.
+ Examples of student work and/or studio teaching, where applicable.
Direct interest and questions to:
Associate Professor Nate Bicak, search committee chair
232 Architecture Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0107
tel: 402-472-9212
email: bicak@unl.edu
INTRODUCTION
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Architecture invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position in Interior Design at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2027.
We seek a highly motivated scholar, educator, and designer whose work engages the histories, theories, and contemporary discourse of interior design and the built environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to integrating historical and theoretical inquiry with design teaching and practice while developing a productive research and creative scholarship agenda that contributes to peer-reviewed scholarly outcomes.
The position offers opportunities to connect historical and theoretical inquiry with contemporary questions surrounding interiors, architecture, objects, material culture, adaptive reuse, sustainability, civic and public spaces, housing, cultural narratives, or emerging spatial practices.
The Interior Design faculty at UNL supports an intellectually ambitious undergraduate curriculum and contributes to the College of Architecture’s broader mission to be “united by the transformative power of design.” The primary academic home for this position will be the CIDA-accredited Interior Design Program, with opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching, research, and collaboration across the College’s programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, and allied disciplines across campus.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
The position carries a teaching assignment that combines studio instruction with required history/theory courses serving Interior Design, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture undergraduate students. Additional teaching opportunities may include professional electives and advanced seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aligned with candidate’s expertise and program needs.
Anticipated course assignments include:
- IDES 445: History of Interiors and Designed Objects, supporting required history/theory education for Interior Design major and minor seeking students.
- ARCH 241: Modern Architecture History or DSGN 140: Design History, supporting required history/theory education across the College’s undergraduate degree programs and associated minors (ARCH, IDES, LARC).
- Interior Design Studio within the second-, third-, or fourth-year curriculum.
- Opportunities to develop and offer advanced seminars or professional electives aligned with the candidate’s scholarly interests.
The successful candidate will be expected to connect historical and theoretical inquiry with contemporary design education and studio pedagogy, fostering critical thinking and interdisciplinary exchange.
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY EXPECTATIONS
The successful candidate will establish and sustain a progressive and productive research and/or creative scholarship agenda in design history, theory, criticism, or related areas of inquiry within the built environment.
Candidates should demonstrate an emerging or established trajectory of scholarly activity with the potential for peer-reviewed publications, books and book chapters, funded research, exhibitions, scholarly awards, or other recognized forms of disciplinary contribution. The College values research and creative scholarship that advances knowledge, informs design education and practice, and contributes to national and international disciplinary discourse.
The successful candidate will be expected to pursue scholarly outcomes consistent with the expectation of a tenure-track faculty appointment at a R1 institution.
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- A professional degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture and a graduate degree in a related discipline; OR
- A terminal professional degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture (M.Arch, M.ID, MSID, D.Arch, or equivalent); OR
- A Ph.D. in Interior Design, Architecture, Architectural History, Design Studies, Cultural Studies, or a field related to design and the built environment, with undergraduate or graduate studio-based education in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture.
Candidates must also demonstrate:
- Expertise in design history, theory, criticism, or related areas of scholarly inquiry.
- Evidence of an active or emerging research and/or creative scholarship trajectory with potential for peer-reviewed scholarly dissemination.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Cross-disciplinary academic preparation, including at least one degree in Interior Design or Interior Architecture from a CIDA-accredited professional program.
- Experience teaching interior design or architectural design studios, demonstrated through examples of student work.
- Experience teaching design history/theory coursework in higher education.
- Experience integrating research interests with creative work or design studio teaching.
- NCIDQ certification or eligibility.
- Experience fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in design education, research, or professional practice.
POSTED SALARY
HOW TO APPLY
Click “Apply for this Job” and complete the Faculty/Academic Administrative form. Attach the following documents:
- A full curriculum vitae.
- A single document containing brief statements that outline (combine into a single document and attach as “Other Document”):
+ Teaching goals, including your approach to integrating research interests into design education and an outline of potential electives related to your scholarly expertise.
+ An agenda for research, scholarship, and/or creative activity.
- Contact information for three professional references.
- Portfolio (25 pages max), or a link to your online portfolio, containing:
+ Personal creative activity, scholarship, research, and/or professional work related to your area of focus.
+ Examples of student work and/or studio teaching, where applicable.
Direct interest and questions to:
Associate Professor Nate Bicak, search committee chair
232 Architecture Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0107
tel: 402-472-9212
email: bicak@unl.edu
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Design Assistant
Frame your portfolio around degree-level work
Design Assistant roles don't qualify automatically as specialty occupations. Build a portfolio that demonstrates conceptual, research-driven design tasks requiring your degree, not just production execution. USCIS scrutinizes whether the position genuinely demands a bachelor's in design or a directly related field.
Look up prevailing wages before salary talks
Use the OFLC Wage Search to find the certified wage level for your SOC code and worksite city before your first interview. Your employer's LCA must meet that floor, so knowing the number protects you from offers that couldn't survive DOL certification.
Target studios with dedicated HR and legal teams
Smaller design shops often lack in-house immigration counsel and may decline to sponsor even when willing. Focus your search on advertising agencies, architecture firms, and product companies with established H-1B filing histories, where the sponsorship process is already familiar to HR.
Find verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate for Design Assistant roles at employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history. This eliminates the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that have never sponsored, so your outreach goes to employers already set up to file.
Clarify worksite details before your LCA is filed
If your role involves work at a client site or a studio location not on your original offer letter, alert your employer immediately. Each worksite requires its own certified LCA, and working at an uncertified location puts your status at risk even if your petition was approved.
Secure your offer before the cap registration window
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so check USCIS for current mechanics. What hasn't changed is the annual deadline. If your offer letter and I-129 aren't ready when registration opens, you'll wait a full year. Build your job search timeline backward from that window.
H-1B Visa Design Assistant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Design Assistant role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Not automatically. A Design Assistant position qualifies only when the employer structures it around duties that genuinely require at least a bachelor's degree in graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or a directly related field. Roles that mix degree-level conceptual work with routine production tasks face greater USCIS scrutiny. Employers who sponsor typically write job descriptions that specify the theoretical and analytical design skills the degree provides, distinguishing the position from non-degree production work.
What documents should I prepare before approaching an employer about H-1B sponsorship?
Have your academic transcripts evaluated by a NACES-accredited credential evaluation service if your degree is from outside the U.S. Compile a portfolio that highlights conceptual and research-driven projects, not just finished assets. Gather reference letters from supervisors who can speak to the degree-level nature of your past design work. USCIS may issue a Request for Evidence on specialty occupation, and these materials form the foundation of that response.
How long does H-1B status last for a Design Assistant?
H-1B status is initially granted for up to three years and can be extended for a maximum of six years. Beyond six years, extensions are only available if you have an approved I-140 immigrant petition or a PERM labor certification that has been pending for at least 365 days. Planning your green card timeline early is essential if you want to stay beyond that six-year ceiling.
How do I find Design Assistant jobs where the employer already sponsors H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history, so you can browse Design Assistant openings at companies that have already gone through the sponsorship process. This is more reliable than filtering general job boards, where sponsorship willingness is often unstated or inconsistent. Focusing on employers with a sponsorship track record significantly shortens your path from application to petition filing.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Design Assistant job ends?
You have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new sponsored position, transfer your H-1B to a new employer, or take steps to change your status. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before you begin working. If you remain in the U.S. past the grace period without a valid status or pending petition, you accrue unlawful presence, which can affect future visa applications.