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Director and Associate/Full Professor, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, College of DAAP Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors > http://bit.ly/UCEMPL Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation's best urban public research universities. Home to 53,235 students, more than 11,000 faculty and staff and 350,000+ living alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls "the most ambitious campus design program in the country." With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, three straight years of record enrollment, worldwide leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC's momentum has never been stronger. UC's annual budget stands at $1.85 billion, and its endowment totals nearly $1.8 billion. About the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati invites applications for the position of Director of the Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor. The position is intended to commence on August 15, 2025. The University of Cincinnati is a culturally diverse urban campus and has the distinction of being 1 of 3 recognized Research 1 institutions (top tier research intensive) in Ohio and one of 115 in the nation. It is in the top 6% of public universities according to the NSF HERD rankings. The University has embarked on a new strategic direction, "NEXT Lives Here", with the goal of leading urban public universities like UC into a new era of innovation and impact: https://www.uc.edu/strategicdirection.html. The College of DAAP has as its primary mission the creation of a better visual and design environment. The School of Design's role in advancing that mission is to prepare 1,000+ undergraduate and graduate students to be responsible design professionals and citizens in a complex and evolving world. The School of Design achieves this through a distinctive, rigorous, carefully sequenced curriculum that includes a substantial cooperative education program (co-op) program dating back more than a century. Our students are prepared for careers in fashion, communication design, and industrial design by a passionate faculty and rigorous academic endeavors. This curricular model, conveyed in classrooms, research labs, and professional offices in the country and abroad, integrates practice and theory. It inspires interdisciplinary projects, builds solid corporate partnerships, and contributes to our strength as a leading design institution. The School contributes to the international dialogue on the core issues affecting the evolution of the fields and is at the forefront of campus-wide programs such as the Urban Futures initiative. The School of Design continually strives to innovate in teaching and transforming the design disciplines by infusing learning with the newest design thinking methods and technologies. The School is one of the most highly regarded and rated design schools in the world. Job Overview The School Director is the administrative and academic leader of the school charged with the supervision of all its interests and activities and reports to the Dean of the College. Within a university model of shared governance, where various administrative and faculty bodies govern interdependently, the School Director has a personal voice in shaping the way the following responsibilities are implemented. Essential Functions As academic leader, the School Director: Leads academic development in all the School's disciplines, graduate and undergraduate, and in their collaborative interactions with other disciplines across the College, the Univers