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. 

Application

Please submit an application through PolyU’s career website (https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/academic). Consideration of applications will commence on 4 April 2025 until the position is filled.  The University’s Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/careers/pics_for_recruitment/. 

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