Adjunct Faculty Pool – Entrepreneurship, Business Enterprise Area Contract

Company Description:

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), an internationally renowned college of art and
design, business and technology, of the State University of New York, invites applications for a part-time adjunct faculty position in the
Business Enterprise Area of the Entrepreneurship Department, within the School of Business and Technology.

The Fashion Institute of
Technology, a part of the State University of New York, has been a leader in career education in art, design, business, and technology for
over 70 years. With a curriculum that provides a singular blend of hands-on, practical experience, classroom study, and a firm grounding in
the liberal arts, FIT offers a wide range of outstanding programs relevant to today’s rapidly changing industries. Internationally renowned,
FIT draws on its New York City location to provide a vibrant, creative community in which to learn. The college offers more than 45 majors
and grants AAS, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees, preparing students for professional success and leadership in the global marketplace.

The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology educates students for management and leadership roles within the fashion and
related creative industries. Our curricular integrates a deep appreciation of how markets, business environments, advanced business
technology and competition can be managed in a global context. The Baker School provides a professional faculty and business climate that
enables students to be immediately valuable contributors to their industries.

The Baker School of Business and Technology
collaborates with both the School of Art and Design, and the School of Liberal Arts, whose courses help students to better understand
themselves, others, and their place in an increasingly complex world. The Baker School co-operates to design curricular and educational
experiences that help hone general skills and behaviors that employers increasingly demand: critical thinking and problem solving skills, a
strong sense of professional and ethical responsibility, social skills, the ability to work productively in teams, and good oral and written
communications skills.

The vision of the Baker School is to be the most academically recognized school of excellence where students
come to learn about the business of the core industries that we serve-the creative, fashion and design industries-and where industry,
government and associations see creative alliances for the development of ideas, solution innovation, future thinking, and problem
solving.

The FIT Entrepreneurship for the Fashion and Design Industries Department provides young entrepreneurs with a unique, new
optimistic mindset through which to understand the worlds of fashion and design and navigate novel pathways to success. We prepare our
students to lead our industry by creating sustainable economic and social value. Students acquire a “can-do” orientation that enables them
to create disruptive solutions to the big challenges facing the fashion and design industry. Students are encouraged to think “big” and
construct their individual definitions of “value” and “success.” Centered on creativity and innovation, the Entrepreneurship Program will be
a bridge to the fast growing Fashion Tech start-up community and to mature and well-established fashion and design companies who are
searching for entrepreneurial-minded leaders.

With close ties to industry, FIT draws faculty from the city’s art, business, and
design elite, and from the rich academic community of the region. The College continually seeks creative faculty members who are passionate
about their field and demonstrate exceptional professional capability in the core competencies of instruction design, learning enrichment,
globalism, and use of technology, as well as mastery of established and emerging industry practices.

Job
Description:

The Entrepreneurship department is recruiting a pool of applicants for possible adjunct teaching positions in the
Business Enterprise Area of the Entrepreneurship Department. The Business Enterprise area is focused on teaching specific business classes
to students in creative majors. Adjunct instructors are expected to teach the required 15-week class schedule, pursue involvement in
professional organizations and maintain industry relationships. Candidates must have excellent communication skills; a commitment to quality
education and student-centeredness; be part of a collaborative team; be informed of the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion which
aligns with the FIT mission and standard practices. The ideal candidate will be a creative and business professional with entrepreneurial
and business experience in at least one of the following areas: fashion, design, illustration, fine arts, spatial or visual design or
production development or other creative fields.

Candidates must demonstrate leadership skills.

Adjunct instructors deliver
relevant course material, assess student performance, provide guidance and assistance to students both in and out of the classroom, and
submit grades on time. Course descriptions are available in the online
catalog.

Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

In addition to the appropriate degree(s) and experience,
FIT seeks candidates who have professional capabilities in at least some of the following five college-wide core competency areas:

Globalism

• Demonstrates an awareness of global issues and their impact on business and the creative
  industries.
• Demonstrates an awareness of global issues and understanding of international connections to the impact on business in
  the creative industries.

Instructional Design

• Balances both theory and practical application of
  knowledge, to include building skills that are necessary to be successful.
• Designs and delivers coursework that links learning
  objectives across disciplines and reflects how business work is performed in the creative industries.
• Balances both theory and
  practical application of knowledge, to include building skills that are necessary to be successful in the creative industries.
• Uses
  instructional variety in order to accommodate students of different learning styles, abilities, demographics or diversity.

Learning Enrichment

• Embraces new forms of pedagogy (online teaching, blended classes, experiential
  learning).
• Demonstrates the ability to inspire interest, curiosity, creativity, and love of learning in students.
• The use of
  a variety of instructional delivery methods that foster critical thinking and creative problem solving.
• Demonstrates responsiveness
  to industry changes and practices including with the ability to incorporate those changes into a progressive
  curriculum.
• Demonstrates the ability to support different student learning styles and abilities.

Professionalism

• Highly active participant in the creative and business communities.
• Demonstrates
  willingness to share industry contacts and opportunities to help achieve department and college initiatives.
• Maintains positive,
  helpful, supportive, respectful, collegial, and teamwork-oriented relationships with other faculty and professionals throughout the
  college.

Technology

• Demonstrates effective use of technology and electronic information to deliver
  course material and learning experiences to students.
• Demonstrates and utilizes basic Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word,
  and PowerPoint technologies.
• Commitment to updating technological skills and knowledge.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate
  through technology and utilize college course management and learning management systems and the FIT portal

The preceding
description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position; other duties may be assigned
consistent with the classification of the position.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field or a closely related field.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of professional
  experience in the field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree in the field or a
  closely related field.
• Teaching experience at the college level

Additional Information:

This is
a part-time position, adjunct teaching position beginning in Spring 2025. Review of applications will commence immediately and continue
until the position is filled. The department will keep this posting open to create a pool of candidates for potential future adjunct
assignments. The department will contact applicants whose qualifications fit our programmatic needs.

Compensation

The UCE-FIT Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) governs the compensation, benefits, and conditions of employment.

$84.60 per hour based on minimum qualifications. The final rate, step and appointment rank are determined by a candidate’s ability to
demonstrate that they meet the respective school’s additional criteria for hiring “above the first step,” in accordance with the CBA Adjunct Salary Schedules (pp
82-83).

Benefits

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) provides comprehensive employee benefit
programs designed to help keep our faculty and staff and their families healthy, safe, happy, and productive. Our programs also include a
variety of components to help our employees improve the quality and balance of their work and family lives and to help them prepare for
their futures. For a full list of benefits, visit FIT Benefits.

Pay Equity by State Employers

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State
entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her
current compensation, or any prior compensation history until the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.
If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518)
474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Visa Sponsorship

This
position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Statement

FIT is firmly committed to creating an environment that will attract and retain people of diverse racial and
cultural backgrounds. By providing a learning and working environment that encourages, utilizes, respects, and appreciates the full
expression of every individual’s ability, the FIT community fosters its mission and grows because of its rich, pluralistic experience. FIT
is committed to prohibiting discrimination, whether based on race, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, religion, ethnic
background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military service status, genetic information, pregnancy, familial status,
citizenship status (except as required to comply with law), or any other criterion prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
FIT is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment, including the opportunity for upward mobility for all qualified individuals.
Applications from minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Inquiries regarding FIT’s non-discrimination
policies may be directed to the Chief Diversity Officer/Title IX Coordinator, 212 217.3360, titleix@fitnyc.edu.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

The
working conditions for this position will be any combination of the classroom, lab, and/or office space. Certain roles may be required to
handle machinery and chemicals. The physical requirement for this position will require occasional sitting, constant standing, occasional
bending, frequent walking, and occasionally lifting 10 lbs. or less.

Application Instructions:

In order to
be considered for the position, please submit the following documents online:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Unofficial
  transcript*
• A list of three references with telephone numbers and email addresses

*Official transcripts are required
within the first 30 days of hire. Applicants with foreign degrees must submit a completed credential evaluation comparing their foreign
academic accomplishments to standards in the U.S.

Returning
Applicants – Login to your FITNYC Careers Account to check your submitted application materials.

Please note that due to the
volume of applications, we will not be able to contact each applicant individually.

Additional information about the Fashion
Institute of Technology can be found at: http://www.fitnyc.edu.