School of Design
Part-time Instructor
(Ref. 250328011)
[tenable for 2025/2026 academic year]
Duties
The appointee will be required to:
(a) teach the tutorial part of the “Technical Artist” subjects: “Introduction to Rigging and Technical Animation”, “Procedural Content Generation and AI in Games”, “Introduction to Real-time Rendering” and “Fundamentals of Game and Film Lighting” of the Master of Science in Innovative Multimedia Entertainment (MScIME);
(b) engage and provide a high-quality learning experience to students by designing, coordinating and teaching the subject(s) for the MScIME programme offered by the School;
(c) design innovative and effective curriculum which reflects developing best practice;
(d) be able to demonstrate solid practical skills in professional level;
(e) closely work with subject coordinator to ensure smooth delivery of education content;
(f) respond to student’s inquiry in a timely manner;
(g) contribute to knowledge transfer at a local and/or internationally significant level; and
(h) perform any other duties as assigned by the Dean of School or his delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) have a master’s degree in a related discipline plus at least one year of relevant post-qualification tertiary teaching experience and/or professional practice experience;
(b) possess the skills and experience in:
- 3D package, especially Maya or Blender;
- real-time engine, especially Unreal Engine;
- procedural workflow in Unreal Engine and using Blueprints;
- virtual character design, modelling, rigging and motion capture;
- Adobe Creative Cloud packages;
- procedural platforms like Houdini (preferred);
- Python programming language (preferred).
(c) demonstrate capacity to conduct tutorials, workshops, laboratories, assessments and examination independently and effectively, and evidence of teaching quality including student evaluations and peer review;
(d) demonstrate capability of curriculum development and/or conversion of materials to different delivery methods; and
(e) have a high level oral and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration rate is HK$530 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 4 April 2025 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 28 March 2025