Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Arts

The Department of Film and Digital Arts at the University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in Film and Digital Arts. Position begins in August 2027. Teaching responsibilities will include foundational and advanced studio courses in a wide range of production approaches and aesthetics.

We are especially interested in candidates with expertise and teaching experience related to traditional narrative film and television production, 3D animation, or gaming. Starting salary is $66,400. UNM offers parental leave, tuition for partners and dependent children, and internal grant competitions on a campus where academic freedom is valued.

Film and Digital Arts offers degrees and concentrations in Film Production, Animation, Gaming, Screenwriting, and Film History and Criticism. Our emphasis on storytelling, cinematography, producing, and directing prepares students to lead and influence the creative process. We also provide a firm foundation in essential crew skills, ensuring that our 700+ majors are ready to work in any team-based creative environment.

The department was recently listed by MovieMaker magazine as one of the top thirty film schools in the U.S. and Canada. Our alumni enjoy success at renowned institutions such as Lucasfilm, Industrial Light and Magic, Google, Netflix, Meow Wolf, and Warner Bros. Many are instrumental in the growth of New Mexico’s thriving film industry, home of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and many others.

Cultivating art and artists whose presence is often underrepresented, our faculty supports students from the rich and varied cultures of New Mexico and beyond in a collegial department where intellectual inquiry meets experimentation. Famous for the unique light and landscape that attract artists and scholars from around the globe, New Mexico is ranked as a “film hotspot” by the Hollywood Reporter. For the past seven years, Moviemaker magazine named Albuquerque as one of the best places for filmmakers to live and work in the United States.

Netflix adopted the city as a major U.S. production hub, and NBC Universal has a base downtown. Albuquerque sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia. Many peoples enrich the geographically stunning landscape with their histories, arts and sciences, languages, and cultural values.

UNM is a large “majority minority” state school with a faculty of over 3,000 serving approximately 22,000 students. All applicants must apply online at the University of New Mexico website: