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Skeve
07-10-2010, 02:26 PM
Hi,

If you are interested in applying for a lectureship position in game design at Wits University, please see the advert below.

The closing date for applications is 6th November 2010.

Steve

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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

THE WITS SCHOOL OF ARTS

DIGITAL ARTS (ONE FULL-TIME LECTURESHIP)

Digital Arts is a strongly interdisciplinary division in The Wits School of Arts which offers postgraduate programmes in Digital Animation and Interactive Media and also undergraduate courses in Stop Motion Animation and Net.Art. Digital Arts is currently developing an undergraduate Game Design programme in collaboration with The Wits School of Electrical and Information Engineering. The successful candidate for this new post will be expected to bring a passionate engagement with game design/game play into research and teaching in this new collaborative programme.

LECTURESHIP IN GAME DESIGN

The successful applicant will be a person able to develop and teach undergraduate game design courses and digital media courses. You should have a proven interest and professional experience in at least one of the following areas: Game Design; Narrative or Interactive Theory; Level Design; Experimental Games; or Game Theory.

Qualifications: A Masters degree or appropriate equivalent academic qualification. (Candidates with an appropriate Bachelor?s degree with at least three years of professional experience in Game Design may be considered; but will be expected to register for a Masters degree during their probation period.)

A passion for game play and for developing the possibilities of games in an arts/experimental/activist context is essential but you will also need to engage with the emerging video games industry in South Africa.

Duties: Teach both production techniques and theory to undergraduate classes. Supervise postgraduate research projects and/or initiate and manage collaborative projects; and assist with course administration.

For further information contact Professor Christo Doherty, Head of Digital Arts, christo.doherty@wits.ac.za or visit www.wits.ac.za

Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications and experience

To apply: Submit a letter of motivation and detailed curriculum vitae with names and e-mail addresses of three academic referees as well as certified copies of degrees/diplomas, supporting documentation and identity document to: Ms Margaret Deyi (Margaret.Deyi@wits.ac.za), Humanities Human Resources Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.

Closing date: 6 November 2010

Etiko
07-10-2010, 02:42 PM
Wow, where's all this drive (and money) for local gamedev coming from?

I'm liking it!

dislekcia
07-10-2010, 03:05 PM
Whoa, neat. Looks like they're expanding on what Pippa started when she was lecturing. (Yes, that Pippa) I'll forward this around.

edg3
07-10-2010, 05:48 PM
:< Only saw this now, great... will find out if anyone I know is taking part to get feedback about it though.

SC(+)PE
09-10-2010, 12:01 PM
If this means Wits is getting a game design course then I am very excited. I'm already headed off in other directions, but perhaps one day hiring enough qualified devs to start up a local studio will be possible thanks to this.

*Edit*
Ok it's probably already possible, seeing the quality of stuff coming out of the local scene, but more trained/qualified people can only help :D