SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts) (Ref. 260601004)
The School of Design, a leading and transdisciplinary design school, is at the forefront of nurturing capable, open-minded, creative talents and active learners; contributing to innovation in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland while maintaining a global perspective. As one of the top design schools in the world, its highly diverse design expertise widely covers Product Design, Interaction Design, Information Design, Advertising Design, Media Design, Interior Design, Environmental Design, Social Design, Service Design, Transitional Environments Design, Innovative Business Design, Intelligent Systems Design, Smart Service Design and Innovative Multimedia Entertainment. It is consistently ranked among the top 25 on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject – Art and Design. The School is based in a Zaha Hadid designed building well-equipped for innovative research and creative learning on the university campus. Please visit the website at https://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/ for more information about the School.
The School is looking for candidates who will work in a transdisciplinary design environment that builds on the School’s global position within the regional and Chinese context (e.g. the Greater Bay Area).
More specifically, candidates are sought, preferably with industry experience together with a strong track record of teaching and research in any one of the following areas:
· Communication Design (e.g. strategy, branding, creative advertising, market research, content creation, information design, infographics, wayfinding, animation content creation, filmmaking, storytelling)
· Content Design (e.g. digital content creation, digital communication design, brand development, publication design)
· Design for Entrepreneurship (e.g. design strategy, user-centered design, design management, circular design, product service systems)
· Digital Entertainment and Game Development (e.g. applied anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, socio-technical systems)
· Interactive System Design (e.g. UX design, smart product, design for AI, internet of things, digital fabrication, data driven design)
· Service Design and Social Innovation (e.g. strategic innovation, user experience design, organisational/community design)
· Interaction Design (e.g., design-oriented HCI, user experience and interface design, research through design, design methodologies, interactive computing).
Please submit an application through PolyU’s career website (https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/academic). Consideration of applications will commence on 31 July 2026 until the positions are filled.
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