The Department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
Position(s): Assistant Professor of Film & TV Editing and Postproduction (Tenure-track)
Starting Date: July 1, 2026
Salary: Salary range for an Assistant Professor is $80,800 to $104,700 dependent on education and experience.
Qualifications:
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.
Required Qualifications:
* A terminal graduate degree (MFA or Ph.D) or equivalent professional experience.
* Five years of professional experience as a film and/or television and/or streaming editor.
* Three years of teaching experience at the college or university level.
* Credits as editor in produced films and/or television and/or streaming.
* Demonstrated service to academic institutions and to the profession.
* Commitment to student success in a collaborative and safe classroom environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience in sound design and general post-production sound
* Experience using AI tools in film and TV post production.
* Ability to bring industry professionals as guest speakers for panels and workshops.
* Experience supporting students transition to professional pathways.
* Ability to adapt teaching methods to a diverse student population.
* Experience in VFX, color grading, and production sound.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Teach four courses a year in editing and post-production to undergraduate students.
* Create and update courses, including syllabi, assignments, and project guidelines that reflect industry standards in post-production.
* Foster a collaborative and safe classroom environment that encourages critical thinking, creative risk-taking, and professional discipline.
* Assess and evaluate student work with transparency and consistency using established rubrics.
* Maintain a significant ongoing professional creative practice.
* Collaborate with fellow faculty in departmental and university service.
The Department of Theater, Film and Digital Production is committed to reflecting our student diversity in the ways in which we construct our syllabi in content and course design, including expansive and wide-ranging perspectives in the films, television, streaming, texts, and artists we teach.
Application Procedure:
Applications materials must be submitted using UCR's on-line application system located at https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02203
Applicants are required to submit:
* Cover letter
* Curriculum Vitae
* Statement of Teaching
* Statement of Creative Activities
* Digital portfolio with links to professional work as editor.
* Evidence of teaching (course evaluations)
* 1-3 sample syllabi of previously taught courses.
* Three confidential letters of recommendation. Letters are solicited only via AP Recruit System. Only completed applications that include the letters of reference may be reviewed by the committee.
For full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by February 16, 2026.
Applicants who use Interfolio may utilize a feature provided by the Interfolio Service to allow Interfolio to upload their letters directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an
Interfolio-generated email address in place of their letter writer's email address. Interfolio refers to this as Online Application Deliveries. The following link on the Interfolio website shows how to set this up (https://www.interfolio.com/help-center/).
Department Contact person:
Amy Gu, Financial Administrative Office, amy.gu@ucr.edu
Robin Russin, Professor and Chair, robin.russin@ucr.edu
