Chair, Rta School of Media - Toronto, Canada - Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto Metropolitan University

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TheCreativeSchool-RTA Media:

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April 18, 2024

Deadline to Apply:
Thursday, May 9, 2024The RTA School of Media has a long and continuing history in broadcast television and radio. In addition to these foundational programs we embrace emerging fields such as AI, game design and audience analytics. Our faculty are producers, scholars and artists that are critically and creatively engaged in defining and understanding media in a wide range of forms. In addition to the above, virtual production, AR, VR, podcasting and eSports are all encompassed by faculty research programs.

RTA faculty and instructors take pride in their collective excellence of media making and research and high quality teaching reflected in an excellent student experience and a high rate of after-graduation success.

The Chair will work with, lead and inspire thirty full-time faculty who are a diverse mix of highly regarded creative practitioners, innovators, and researchers across areas like storytelling and content creation, sport and media production, experiential media, transmedia, entrepreneurship and critical media theory, alongside about 60 industry-based or part-time academic colleagues and a team of 20 highly experienced and professional administrative and technical support staff.

A demonstrated understanding of a diversity of scholarly, research and creative activities;
A track record of experience with evidencebased management practices and administration (academic or otherwise);
Strong communication skills and adaptability for working in a complex organization;
Experience in media content production and/or sport media production, including experience working with industry and related key stakeholders;
Experience working with and managing multifunctional teams, ideally in a unionized environment;
A demonstrable commitment to students inside and outside of the classroom;
A strong ability to represent the School demonstrated by a record of internal and external relationship building.

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU):

Serving a highly diverse student population of over 45,000, with 100+ undergraduate and graduate programs built on the integration of theoretical and practical learning and distinguished by a professionally focused curriculum with a strong emphasis on excellence in teaching, research and creative activities, TMU is a vibrant, urban university known for its culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, community engagement and city-building through its award-winning architecture.

RTA School of Media at the Creative School:

For over 60 years, the RTA School of Media has been an international leader in the practice and theory of media.

Ranked by Hollywood Reporter as one of the world's top 15 media schools, RTA offers highly popular and in-demand undergraduate programs in Media Production, New Media, and Sport Media and contributes the core of the Professional Music Program complemented by graduate programs in Media Production and Scriptwriting & Story Design, and collaborates on the Media and Design Innovation PhD.

Annually, RTA attracts over 1300 students from across Canada and the world and prepares them to become the media makers, executives, artists, storytellers and thinkers of tomorrow, providing them countless experiential and conceptual opportunities to be hands-on at all stages of their education.

There is truly no other single School in Canada that offers the reach, alumni network and real-world opportunities of the RTA School of Media.

As part of the evolution and growth of the RTA School of Media, The Creative School is currently considering a proposal that New Media will become a distinct, New Media department, meaning that the RTA School of Media would consist of Media Production and Sport Media disciplines.

While pedagogical, curricular and research synergies between New Media, Media Production and Sport Media will be ongoing, this proposal would see a restructuring of academic leadership and operational resources in order to maximize, enhance and support the diverse needs of these programs.

About The Creative School:

The University's Creative School is a Faculty that is a national leader in educational programs in media, applied communication, design, and the fine and performing arts.

Nearly 6,000 students are enrolled in The Creative School, across nine professional schools (Journalism, Image Arts, RTA School of Media, Performance, Fashion, Interior Design, Professional Communication, Graphic Communications Management, and Creative Industries).

The Faculty is actively involved in graduate studies, including a PhD in Media & Design Innovation, Master's programs in Film and Photography Preservation & Collections Management, Documentary Media, Fashion, Journalism, Media Production, and Professional Communication, as well as the joint York/TMU program in Communication and Culture.

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