Faculty – Storytelling

Job Description: Faculty Storytelling

(Content Creation, Layout, Design & Editing)

Position: Assistant / Associate Professor

School: School of Emerging Media & Creator Economy (SEMCE)

Location: K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram

Role overview

This role focuses on storytelling and visual communication for the creator economy content creation, layout, design, branding, and packaging across print, social and interactive media. The faculty member will bridge classical design principles with contemporary tools and platformfirst content formats, working in a studio-led, project-based & experiential learning environment.

Core responsibilities

• Teach studio-based courses in Layout & Design, Typography, Digital Illustration, Brand Identity and Visual Storytelling for social and interactive media.
• Conduct intensive labs in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and prototyping/collab tools like Figma, Canva or similar.
• Guide students in designing newsletters, press kits, pitch decks, social media content packs and cross-platform brand systems for SEMCE projects and client briefs.
• Co-create production pipelines with students.
• Collaborate with SEMCEs other faculty to visually package student research, campaigns and creator brands.
• Contribute to curriculum design for design-oriented courses, aligning them with industry-standard roles (graphic designer, brand designer, content designer, UI-leaning visual designer, etc.).
• Participate in university duties: mentoring, committees, accreditation documentation, and outreach events.

Skills faculty must have

• Strong command of visual communication: grid systems, hierarchy, typography, colour, image treatment, and composition for both screen and print.
• Comfort working with short-form, mobile-first and social media content formats (reels covers, carousels, thumbnails, display ads, email newsletters).
• Ability to review and critique student work constructively using clear rubrics and industry language.
• Collaboration mindset to work with colleagues in integrated projects.

Tools / platforms (expected proficiency)

• Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop (advanced, portfolio-level).
• Canva and/or Figma for rapid layout, templates and collaborative design.
• Basic familiarity with motion/ video tools (Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut) to interface with video faculty and design for motion use-cases.
• Exposure to AI-assisted design tools (e.g., generative fill, layout suggestions, image generation) is a plus.

Can create and teach courses around

• Layout & Design, Typography for Media, Digital Illustration.
• Storytelling for Social Media; Brand Identity & Design Systems.
• Content Production and Design for Newsletters, Press Kits, Magazine Layouts and Digital Publications.
• Design Labs linked to capstone projects, student-run media brands and live client briefs.

Ideal background

• Masters/Ph.D. in Design, Visual Communication, Mass Communication, Journalism, Digital Media or related field.
• OR strong industry portfolio as a designer / art director / content designer with 38 years of professional experience.
• Demonstrable portfolio of multi-platform design work (print + digital + social).
• Prior teaching, training, or mentoring experience preferred but outstanding practitioners willing to work in an academic setting will also be considered.