Senior Lecturer - Digital Media

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Undertake teaching and teaching-related duties such as design, preparation, and development of teaching materials; conduct classes/lectures, tutorials, and practicals; consultation with students, invigilation, marking, and assessment.
• Participate and contribute to high-quality programme and curriculum development.
• Plan and implement teaching strategies to optimise student learning as well as to motivate them.
• Support in research project work and scholarship of postgraduate students.
• Establish and maintain high standards of teaching and effective learning to meet the University's teaching and learning expectations.

• Participate in scholarly activities, including undertaking research, conference presentation, journal publications, and relevant community work.
• Support efforts to secure grants for research activities and scholarship as co-researcher.
• Possess either supervision or co-supervision experience.
• Achieve the specified set of research outcome targets for Senior Lecturer level of appointment.

• Undertake and contribute to administrative responsibilities such as attending departmental meetings, participating in committees, and working groups within the Department, School, and Faculty.
• Participate in continuous relevant professional activities.
• Assist in establishing linkages with external organisations/professional bodies in academic-related matters.

REQUIREMENTS

• Possess a PhD from a recognized university in Digital Media, Broadcasting, Multimedia, or Mass Communication with at least three (3) years of relevant teaching/industry experience.
• Application of technical skills acquired for Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, and preferably Black Magic's Davinci Resolve.
• Ability to manage videos and audio equipment/components for film studies.
• Assist in teaching and strategizing video pre-production, as well as post-production related modules.
• Leadership experience preferred but not compulsory.
• Minimum h-index of 1.
• Graduated at least 1 Master's Degree student.
• Published 3-5 papers in C.I. journal (ISI, SCOPUS) in the last 5 years.
• Secured research grant(s) as a Principal Investigator worth RM20,000 - RM30,000.
• Experience working in a higher education environment and a track record of teaching experience and professional knowledge of curriculum development or good record of professional experience with evidence of coaching and mentoring and a high quality of presentation skills.
• Experience in developing teaching methodologies and materials, including the effective use of IT technologies in the facilitation of teaching and learning.
• Experience working on research projects and activities or experience of professional practice/consultancy work, including evidence of appropriate outputs.
• Demonstrated links to relevant external organisations and/or the profession.