Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) College of Business Administration (CBA) in Los Angeles invites applicants for one tenure-track faculty position in Marketing at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall 2024.

Applicants should have completed their PhD or DBA in Marketing or a related field prior to joining LMU. The selected candidate will be expected to demonstrate excellence with respect to scholarly research and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidate will also be expected to develop and nurture industry connections and engage in service activities. Candidates with a demonstrated interest and ability in all fields of marketing are encouraged to apply. In addition, we encourage candidates with industry experience and/ or the ability and desire to integrate current industry trends into the classroom and research.

LMU seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. The mission of the College of Business Administration is to advance knowledge and develop business leaders with moral courage and creative confidence to be a force for good in the global community. Our college is a signatory to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education. We seek applicants who share our commitment to our mission, principles, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Evidence of research potential and teaching effectiveness are critical. The ideal candidate will demonstrate interest and potential to engage in collaborative and inter-disciplinary research and teaching. The appointment involves teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The teaching load will be two courses per semester for the first two years with typical class sizes between twenty and thirty students. Funding exists for summer research, additional teaching, and travel to professional conferences.

Candidate screening will begin in September 2023. Application priority date is September 10, 2023. Applications received after the priority date will be considered if the position is not filled. Applicants must apply online.

Complete applications must include: (1) Letter of application summarizing applicant’s teaching and research qualifications, (2) Curriculum Vitae, (3) Research sample, and (4) Evidence of teaching excellence (e.g., statement of teaching philosophy and evaluations). Finalists will be asked to provide three confidential letters of reference and evidence of degree/certificates. In their application materials, candidates are encouraged to discuss how their teaching, research and service aligns with and will contribute to the LMU mission. Additionally, applicants are encouraged to highlight how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Justice plays a role in their teaching, research, and service.

We will conduct preliminary interviews remotely via videoconference beginning the week of October 2, 2023. The candidates chosen during this phase will be invited to interview in October on campus at LMU. Please contact the Marketing Department Chair, Dr. Mitchell Hamilton, at mitchell.hamilton@lmu.edu or Marketing Search Chair, Andrew Rohm at andrew.rohm@lmu.edu, if you have additional questions pertaining to this position.

LMU’s Marketing Department is known for its close proximity and connections to the thriving Playa Vista creative and tech community in Los Angeles, as well as faculty that are collegial, active in research and service to the discipline, and highly innovative in course and curriculum development. To remain at the forefront of curriculum development, the Marketing Department has recently created four Marketing Curriculum ‘Pathways,’ in order to more closely align course content with student and industry needs. The four Marketing Curriculum Pathways are: 1) Marketing Analytics (MA); 2) Applied Learning in Societal Transformation (A-LIST); 3) Advertising, Branding and New Media (M-School), and 4) Congruity Of INterests (COIN). Please visit the following for more information:  https://cba.lmu.edu/academics/undergrad/marketing

At LMU, we strive to provide a supportive environment for faculty to conduct interesting and relevant scholarly research that makes significant contributions to the marketing field, its community and society as well as facilitating curricular innovation and excellence in the classroom. Consistent with our mission, LMU has a strong commitment to educational excellence. In recognition of this commitment, classes at LMU are rarely larger than 30 students in size and are usually smaller. Salaries are market competitive, and financial support is available for research and conference travel.

 Faculty RegularReasonable expected salary: $140,000.00Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)