Jim Jeffers, M.F.A., Ed.D.

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Professor of Graphic Design and Digital Media @ Indian River State College
Port St. Lucie, FL, US
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Organizing Principles:I am a highly adaptive leader, creative artist, designer, problem solver, team builder, group-dynamic specialist, teacher, learner, ally, event planner, mechanical adept, intuitive, computer ace, liberal arts and social science scholar, popular culture polymath, persuasive salesperson, and self-starter."I am the Swiss Army knife of professionals: a team leader, problem solver, community builder, ally, experienced with finances, always punctual, and an incredibly hard worker."Concise Résumé:• Department Chair of Design Technology: Overseeing Digital Media, Graphic Design Technology, Interior Design Technology, and programs in Drafting and Design, and Building Technology. Teaching Graphic Design and Digital Media courses• Art, Design, and Digital Media faculty member with over 20 years of teaching at the two and four-year college and university level• Former Head of the Web Art & Design Area: hiring adjuncts, scheduling, budgeting, curriculum development and lab oversight• Board of Directors member of two non-profit Arts organizations (119 Gallery '06-'13, PCNJ '01-'05)• Founding Member of the New Media Caucus (CAA)• Associate Editor of Media-N: The Journal of the New Media Caucus• Founding Member of The Arts Research Collaborative @ Printer on Prescott, Lowell MA 2009• Six one-person exhibitions since 2005 focusing on non-profit & community spaces• Over 80 group exhibitions since earning my MFA in 2000• Numerous Solo Live Public Interposed Performances since 1999 • Artist Residencies in Spain, Germany, and USA• Co-Principal Investigator on Performamatics a National Science Foundation Grant in Computer Science for $421,000, creating the initial idea and coining "Performamatics" ('07-'10)• Academic Advisor facilitating student graduation and career direction• Senior Studio Coordinator ('07-'09, Spring '11)• Award for Outstanding Teaching for the 2006-2007 academic year• Advisor, Student Art Union (Student Art Club) since 2006, leading six overnight trips to New York City, and masterminding over $5000 in fund raising events• Served on three full-time faculty search committees, one as Chair• Senator on the Faculty Senate for two years ('05-'07)• Served on a Provost search committee (national / international)

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Jim Jeffers, M.F.A., Ed.D. Work Experience Details
  • Indian River State College
    Professor Of Graphic Design And Digital Media
    Indian River State College
    Port St. Lucie, Fl, Us
  • Indian River State College
    Professor Of Graphic Design And Digital Media
    Indian River State College Aug 2023 - Present
    Fort Pierce, Florida, United States
    I teach in the Graphic Design & Digital Media Technology area, teaching all levels of Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration, Audio / Video Production, and Drawing. Additionally, I am the faculty advisor to the Graphic Design/Digital Media Club, organizing community events. Serving as the coordinator for the Photography & Web Media entries into the Annual Digital Media Student Exhibition since 2013, I organize the submissions and jurors, and announce the winners.Courses:DIG 1000 Introduction to Digital MediaGRA 1129 Visualization BasicsGRA 1151 Illustrator FundamentalsDIG 1115 Digital Imaging Fundamentals with PhotoshopGRA 1206 TypographyDIG 2030 Digital Video FundamentalsGRA 2160 Digital Animation IGRA 2170 Advertising DesignDIG 2500 Interactive Web DesignGRA 3154 Illustration MethodsDIG 3253 Digital Audio ProductionDIG 3735 Multimedia Video Production​GRA 3758 Scripting for WebsitesGRA 4954 Digital Media Capstone - Graphic DesignGRA 4930 Special Topics in Graphic Design
  • Indian River State College
    Associate Professor Of Graphic Design & Digital Media
    Indian River State College Aug 2020 - Aug 2023
    Fort Pierce, Florida, United States
    I teach in the Graphic Design & Digital Media Technology area, teaching all levels of Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration, Audio / Video Production, and Drawing. Additionally, I am the faculty advisor to the Graphic Design/Digital Media Club, organizing community events. Serving as the coordinator for the Photography & Web Media entries into the Annual Digital Media Student Exhibition since 2013, I organize the submissions and jurors, and announce the winners.Courses:DIG 1000 Introduction to Digital MediaGRA 1129 Visualization BasicsGRA 1151 Illustrator FundamentalsDIG 1115 Digital Imaging Fundamentals with PhotoshopGRA 1206 TypographyDIG 2030 Digital Video FundamentalsGRA 2160 Digital Animation IGRA 2170 Advertising DesignDIG 2500 Interactive Web DesignGRA 3154 Illustration MethodsDIG 3253 Digital Audio ProductionDIG 3735 Multimedia Video Production​GRA 3758 Scripting for WebsitesGRA 4954 Digital Media Capstone - Graphic DesignGRA 4930 Special Topics in Graphic Design
  • Indian River State College
    Chair Of The Graphic Design & Digital Media Technology Department
    Indian River State College Aug 2018 - Aug 2022
    Fort Pierce, Florida
    Chair of the Graphic Design Technology, Digital Media Technology, Drafting Technology and Interior Design Technology areas at Indian River State College. I am responsible for course scheduling, running department faculty meeting, area strategic planning, interfacing with administration, and meeting with students to facilitate timely graduation and academic satisfaction.
  • Indian River State College
    Assistant Professor Of Graphic Design & Digital Media
    Indian River State College Aug 2013 - Aug 2020
    Fort Pierce, Florida Area
    Teaching all levels of Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration, Audio / Video Production, and Drawing; additionally, serving as faculty advisor to the Graphic Design/Digital Media Club, organizing community events; serving as the coordinator for the Photography & Web Media entries into the Annual Digital Media Student Exhibition since 2013, organizing the submissions and jurors, and announcing the winnersCourses:DIG 1000 Introduction to Digital MediaGRA 1129 Visualization BasicsGRA 1151 Illustrator FundamentalsGRA 1206 TypographyDIG 2030 Digital Video FundamentalsGRA 2160 Digital Animation IGRA 2170 Advertising DesignDIG 2500 Fundamentals of Interactive DesignGRA 3154 Illustration MethodsDIG 3253 Digital Audio ProductionDIG 3735 Multimedia Video Production
  • New Media Caucus
    Founding Member
    New Media Caucus Feb 2001 - Present
    Internation
    Along with Dr. Conrad Gleber, Prof. Heather Freeman, and others, I collected the signatures to create the New Media Caucus as an affiliate organization of the College Art Association. Then in 2010 with the help of Prof. Mat Rappaport and Prof. Rachel Clarke, I instigated and completed the NMC's transition to a fully fledged non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization.
  • New Media Caucus
    Treasurer, Executive Committee Member
    New Media Caucus Feb 2010 - Feb 2021
    International
    "The New Media Caucus (NMC) is an international non-profit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new media art. The constituents we represent and serve are artists, designers, practitioners, historians, theoreticians, educators, students, scholars, and researchers, as well as like-minded organizations with interests including, but not limited to, digital media, electronic media, mobile media, virtual media, and/or emergent media which we will hereafter refer to as “new media.” We recognize that new media art is inherently interdisciplinary, multimodal, and evolving, as is reflected in the endeavors of our members whose engagement with new media art permeates and advances numerous fields. Our purpose is to support and advance a diverse range of inquiry in order to catalyze further evolution of the field of new media art."I am the first Treasurer of the New Media Caucus, elected in 2010. As part of the first executive committee of the NMC, I helped to write the constitution and bylaws of the organization. As the first Treasurer I organized the banking, PayPal, and Lulu (print on demand) accounts for the organization.
  • New Media Caucus
    Board Member
    New Media Caucus Feb 2001 - Feb 2021
    International
    "The New Media Caucus (NMC) is an international non-profit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new media art. The constituents we represent and serve are artists, designers, practitioners, historians, theoreticians, educators, students, scholars, and researchers, as well as like-minded organizations with interests including, but not limited to, digital media, electronic media, mobile media, virtual media, and/or emergent media which we will hereafter refer to as “new media.” We recognize that new media art is inherently interdisciplinary, multimodal, and evolving, as is reflected in the endeavors of our members whose engagement with new media art permeates and advances numerous fields. Our purpose is to support and advance a diverse range of inquiry in order to catalyze further evolution of the field of new media art."
  • 119 Gallery
    Board Chair
    119 Gallery 2010 - Aug 2013
    Lowell Ma
    Chairperson of the Board of Directors 2011-2013fund raising, outreach, facilitation of meetings and staff support.Board Memberdevelopment committee, grants research.Intermedia Artista one-person exhibition (March 2012) after winning the annual juried exhibition, performances, and numerous group exhibitions.Skills, Expertise, Highlights:• Served on the Board of Directors or two non-profit arts organizations• Masterminding two community-based funding events raising almost $4000• Founded Printer On Prescott Arts Research Collaborative & Artist Studios• Founding member of the New Media Caucus of the College Art Association, currently Treasurer• Associate Editor of Media-N: The Journal of the New Media Caucus (’05-’12)• Over 80 group exhibitions since earning M.F.A. in 2000• 6 one-person exhibitions since 2005 focusing on non-profit & community spacesI am committed to enriching any community in which I am involved.
  • College Of The Holy Cross
    Visiting Lecturer Of Digital Art
    College Of The Holy Cross Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
    Worcester, Ma
    Courses taught: Digital Art Studio 1, Digital Art Studio 2. I participated in Senior Studio Midterm Critiques and Junior Art Major / Senior Art Minor reviews at the end of the semester. I gave a visiting artist talk and performance with several of my students.
  • Umass Lowell
    Assistant Professor Of Art & Design
    Umass Lowell Sep 2005 - Jun 2012
    Lowell, Ma
    Head of Web Art & Design Area, full-time faculty member in a four-year state research university. Courses taught: Web Art & Design I, Web Art & Design II, Web Art & Design III, Streaming Media for the Web, Senior Studio (Fine Art and Design concentrations), and Independent Study courses in Printmaking, Video Art, Performance Art, Graphic Design and Semiotics.Assistant Professor of Art & Designteaching all levels of Web Art & Design, Streaming Media, and Senior Studio.Head of Web Art & Design Areahiring adjunct faculty, computer lab consultant, and curriculum design.Faculty Advisor to Fine Art and Design Studentsmentoring and advising Fine Art and Design Students.Senior Studio Coordinator 2007-2009 and 2011teaching students across media, organizing full-faculty critiques, studio and exhibition space allocation.Advisor to the Student Art Union (student club) 2006-2012organizing community and fund raising events, coordinating 6 overnight trips to New York City.Skills, Expertise, Highlights:• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills• Leadership and group dynamic expertise: conductedclassroom environments with maximum inclusion and participation• Highly organized, rational, and good natured• Over 13 years of teaching at the college level• Hiring personnel: served on 4 academic search committees, one for a Provost, all successfully hiring• Faculty Senate (’05-’07)• Co-Principle Investigator on an NSF Computer Science grant for $421,000, coining the term “Performamatics” (’07-’10)• Award for Outstanding Teaching (2007): Web Design & Senior Studio• Expert in determining hardware needs and computer lab design• Expert knowledge of contemporary design practices: graphic, package and web• Expert knowledge of contemporary art: drawing,painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, photography, performance, video and intermedia art• Able to thrive in highly fluid working environments I am a team leader and problem solver.
  • Drew University
    Slide Curator
    Drew University Sep 2001 - Jul 2005
    I ran the Drew University Slide Library for the Art and Art History Areas. Duties included: shooting slides; supervising up to six staff; ordering supplies; and maintaining equipment. During my tenure we upgraded and streamlined slide labeling, re-filing and staff training. When I left this position we were in the process of scanning our collection and finding digital image sourcing.
  • Drew University
    Lecturer
    Drew University Sep 2001 - May 2005
    Madison, Nj
    Taught:Digital MultimediaWeb ArtAlternative PhotographyComputer ArtSkills, Expertise, Highlights:• Expert in Apple: FinalCut Pro, Garage Band• Web authoring: HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript (editing), WordPress• Website protocols: ftp, PHP, MySQL (setup)• General audio & video editing (analog & digital, i.e., Audacity, Avid, etc.)• Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint• Mechanical: skilled with tools (hand & power)• Highly skilled in fine art & design media: printmaking(intaglio, relief, lithography, serigraphy, etc.), photography (wet & digital), painting (+ support prep), drawing, sculpture (wood, basic metal & ceramic), intermedia, web design, typography, package & print design• Expert in Adobe CS: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro
  • Rutgers University
    Lecturer
    Rutgers University Sep 2000 - May 2005
    Worked at Rutgers-Mason Gross School of the ArtsTeaching Graphic Design II (2000-2001)Worked at Rutgers-NewarkTeaching Computer Art (2000-2005)
  • Rutgers University
    Teaching Assistant - Lecturer
    Rutgers University Sep 1999 - Aug 2000
    Taught:Introduction to Computer ArtandArt Making: PerformanceandIntroduction to Computer Animation (Summer)
  • New York University
    Lecturer
    New York University Sep 2000 - May 2004
    Taught:Introduction to Computer Art
  • New York University
    Graduate Assistant To Krishna Reddy
    New York University Sep 1995 - Jun 1996
    Position: assistant teaching; academic advising of graduate & undergraduate students; studio management: budgeting and ordering of art materials, handling of acids, mordants and other hazardous materials, maintenance and repair of studio equipment, conflict arbitration between students, staff and faculty, organizing/supervising of student Teaching Assistants, designing departmental promotional literature, and insuring the safe and proper use of the studio facilities.
  • Uc Santa Cruz
    Assistant To The Printmaking Studio Technician
    Uc Santa Cruz Nov 1993 - Jun 1994
    Santa Cruz, Ca
    Position: studio maintenance, technical assistance to students and staff, enforcing health and safety guidelines.

Jim Jeffers, M.F.A., Ed.D. Skills

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