Job No. 159911
- Job Title:
- Jewelry/Metals Instructor, Director of the Byrne Family Jewelry Studio
- Employer:
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Dartmouth College
- Location:
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Hanover , NH
- Posting Date:
- 19-Oct-2026
- Description:
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Position Purpose
The Jewelry/Metals Instructor, Director of the Byrne Family Jewelry Studio (BFJS) is one of the Student Workshops at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. The Student Workshops are a mentored makerspace arts and crafts program that is open to all Dartmouth students. The Jewelry Studio Director is responsible for: safety, planning and programming, teaching design and fabrication processes and techniques, assisting/advising students in their design and fabrication efforts, supervising student teaching assistants and other shop staff, maintaining equipment, ordering, receiving, and selling materials and all other aspects or managing the program. Develops the Jewelry Studio facilities and programs to increase the effectiveness of the studio as a college-wide resource.
Description
Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp Bachelors plus 3-5 years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Metalsmithing or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Four years of professional jewelry-making and metalsmithing teaching experience
Four years of professional jewelry-making and metalsmithing experience
Effective communicator with students, faculty, and staff
Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency with CAD, 3/D printing for jewelry casting
Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Creative Cloud applications
Proficiency with jewelry photography and photo editing
Master of Fine Arts in Jewelry Metalsmithing
Ten years of professional jewelry-making and metalsmithing experience
Ten years of professional jewelry-making and metalsmithing teaching experience