Full Professor for Time-based Media

Founded in 1906, The University of Applied Sciences (HTWG) in Constance Germany is: more than 30 academic departments, roughly 4,500 enthusiastic students, distinguished faculty and over 80 in­ternational partner universities. With its campus of six schools directly overlooking the Lake Rhine, the HTWG offers (in a city where others come on holiday) optimal circumstances for forward-thinking teaching and research across disciplines and borders.

Are you eager to provide students with practical academic training and support? The Faculty of Archi­tecture and Design is hiring (starting March 1st, 2027) a:

Full Professor for Time-based Media (M/W/D)

Salary bracket W2 (Reference No. 1-1119)

Your Domain

• Independent teaching and research of foundation, techniques and strategies of digital time-based media, including the complete production process, the conceptual development and dramaturgy, aesthetic competence, basics of visual culture, as well as the history and theory of time-based media.
• Teaching methodological, theoretical, historical and practical aspects of time-based media projects in an artistic and/or design context.
• Bachelor and master-level teaching primarily in the Visual Communication Design department,
  and in some cases in the School of Architecture and Design, and throughout the HTWG.
• The advising of students during their Bachelor’s thesis and Master’s thesis work, and during their internships/work placements.
• Managing and further developing the time-based media laboratory/studio
• Active involvement in the ongoing evolution of the department and in international relations.

Other responsibilities include:

• Artistic and/or applied research (funding, publications) and transfer,
• Cooperations with other departments (e. g. Computer Science, Architecture, Humanities) and institutions, as well as contributing to continuing education,
• Writing grant proposals and the acquisition of external (third-party) funding,
• Fulfilling your leadership role in a cooperative responsible manner and
• Teaching in accordance with the HTWG “Teaching Mission Statement” („Leitbild Lehre“).

The position holder shall fulfill the official duties of university teachers pursuant to § 46 of Baden-Württemberg’s State University Act (LHG).

Your Profile

The profile is based on the hiring qualifications according to LHG § 47. Specifically, you have:

• A degree in Arts and Design (Master’s Degree / German ‘Diplom’ or equivalent)
• Exceptional artistic aptitude in the field(s) of applied contemporary moving image media, me­dia art, interactive media (installations) or time-based generative media, combined with pro­duction and implementation skills.
• Well-founded design, artistic, critical, and scientific skills and achievements in the growing field of contemporary digital time-based media, their socio-ethical responsibility and contemporary visual culture.
• The search committee expects in your digitally submitted portfolio a collection of time-based media work, along with a short written statement on your work methodology, as well as prizes and awards from competitions. The candidate’s contributions should be specified with team projects.
• Ideally a minimum of five years professional experience in the areas of time-based media and digital moving image generation, with ideally at least three years of non-academic experience.
• Teaching experience in the field of time-based media, within or outside the context of higher education.
• Motivation and aptitude for continuous development in these areas.
• A very good command of English and German (for non-German candidates within a defined time period, if necessary) and the desire and willingness to teach in both English and German language.

Ideally, you have experience in the following areas:

• Superior skills in the areas of: concept development, creative design, dramaturgy and story­telling
• Superior skills in artistic research and its linguistic reflection and/or in practices of creative coding and programming in artistic and design-related applications.
• Sound design skills.
• Experience in cross-media design and integrated concept development. Experience in an international context.

We are looking for someone who critically examines the socio-ethical responsibility of design and digital moving image production, as well as the role and impact of moving images, as well as an openness for equality and diversity, and who brings intercultural abilities to the mix.

Our Offer

• The HTWG offers a large (inter)national network in science, economics, and politics.
• A dynamic, inspiring, respectful work environment with current topics awaits you. We embrace sustainability, transformation, technology and creativity!
• Expect varied, fulfilling tasks, room for creative development as well as enthusiastic apprecia­tive colleagues in a smaller collaborative school.
• The compatibility of work and family is important to us as a member of the alliance of family-friendly universities. We support you in all matters connected with the compatibility of family life and professional life.
• You will work where others enjoy their holidays. We also promote the quality of life of our pro­fessors through attractive sports and leisure activities.

General Information

For more information on the employment requirements according to § 47 of Baden-Württemberg’s State University Act (LHG), please refer to the university’s general information for professorships, which can be found on our Homepage.

Professors are initially hired as probationary civil servants. Tenured (lifelong) civil service positions are offered after three years without a further application process, provided that the probationary professor continues to fulfil the requirements of civil service law.

The university seeks to increase the number of its female faculty members and therefore strongly en­courages women to apply for the position. Candidates with disabilities and special needs displaying equivalent qualifications will be accorded preferential consideration.

Applications from people with severe disabilities or those equivalent to them will be given preferential consideration if they are equally qualified.

Questions related to a dual career should be sent to Michaela David (mdavid@htwg-konstanz.de).

Your Application

Please submit your applications with the following documents - curriculum vitae, certified copies of rel­evant certificates, list of publications (as appropriate), proof of professional activities, prizes and com­petition awards, digital Portfolio – including the following reference number – 1-1119 – at the latest by June 10, 2026; preferably online by clicking the 'Apply' button or by mail to the President of the University of Applied Sciences Konstanz, Prof. Dr. Sabine Rein, Al­fred- Wachtel-Strasse 8, 78462 Konstanz, Germany.

Questions about the position should be directed to the head of the search committee,

Prof. Brian Switzer, either by phone +49 175 1648421 or e-mail switzer@htwg-konstanz.de.