The Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University (Houston, TX) is hiring a specialist in visual communication. The description and link to apply are below. All inquiries should be directed to Kyung-Hee Bae, the director of the CAPC, at kbae@rice.edu. *Assistant Director in Visual Communication *of the Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University (Application deadline: July 27, 2020) The Center for Academic and Professional Communication (CAPC) at Rice University invites applications for the position of the Assistant Director in Visual Communication of the CAPC. The Center for Academic and Professional Communication (CAPC) is a multimodal communication center that provides resources and support tailored for students and faculty across the campus. Link to read the full job description and to apply online: *http://jobs.rice.edu/postings/23924* Position summary: The responsibilities of the assistant director of visual communication in the CAPC include developing workshops and other resources for faculty and students, consulting with faculty and students (especially those in STEM fields) on visual projects, organizing a biennial symposium on visual and multimodal communication, helping the CAPC and the Program in Writing and Communication with in-house visual projects, and helping to assess the CAPC’s visual communication efforts. The assistant director also may teach one credit-bearing course on visual and multimodal communication per year. The application deadline is *July 27, 2020*. Education required: Master’s degree Education preferred: PhD degree Experience preferred: Related experience in the following areas: * Employment or attendance at a Tier 1 research university * Experience working with STEM researchers * Experience developing programs in visual and multimodal communication * Experience creating training/teaching materials for different academic audiences * Experience visualizing research and designing figures * Experience with event planning Skills required: * Proficiency in the use of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) * Excellent written and communications skills and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences * Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with program staff, faculty and course teams and external contractors * Ability to work on multiple projects * Ideally, the candidate will have a working knowledge of Python or R. -- Jennifer Shade Wilson, Ph.D. Director, Program in Writing and Communication Senior Lecturer Rice University 200D Fondren Library 713-348-4924