What are you going to do?
As one of two prototyping tutors, you would share in the specific tasks/roles of:
- Development and execution of the prototyping curriculum
- Production support for Public Moments both inside and outside of the school
- Participation with Assessments
- Bring Specific Skills/Practice to students in the form of classes/workshops
- Contribution to Special Issue curriculum planning
- Participation in Staff Meetings and strategic thinking about course positioning
- Assistance at Open Days
The Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (WdKA/RUAS), offers a variety of bachelor and master programs in the field of visual culture, art, design, education in arts, and leisure management. The curriculum of the Willem de Kooning Academy is founded in an interdisciplinary ethos in which research through making, theoretical reflection and participatory practices form the three pillars of the Institute. The Piet Zwart Institute is part of the WdKA, hosting four full time and two part-time international masters in art, design and art education. The programs work experimentally across different media and contexts, offering a rich combination of in-depth specialization and interdisciplinary exchange. We educate professionals who have a critically reflective, questioning and imaginative approach to their work.
The Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Experimental Publishing (aka XPUB) focuses on the acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks. XPUB is a two-year, full-time program for practitioners either looking to extend their toolbox and ways of working, looking for new forms of collaboration, and/or looking for a space to step back and contextualize their practice in a larger historical theoretical understanding. Prototyping in XPUB is a core course component that encourages students during their two years to explore and develop new technical skills and ways of (collective) working, to develop ideas through making culminating in a research project and thesis in the second year. Prototyping explores:
- All forms of making: testing ideas through putting into practice, creating situations where prototypes can be tested/experienced by others.
- Media-archeaology: embracing the historicity and social entanglement of technology – opposing the “purely technical” that isolates technology from other social systems.
- the Real World of Technology: exploring and valuing the slower moving underlying infrastructures of networks, operations systems, programming paradigms, algorithms, as the core “material” of computational media.
- Free software and free culture: practices that embody generous and inherently collective models of making and sharing sources.
Are you the one we're looking for?
Specific skills we seek in a Prototyping tutor:
(this list is a representation of the broad and diverse range of skills that are useful to the role, candidates are not required to meet all of them)
- Ability to develop a dynamic / flexible curricula to match – in the first year – the needs and desires of the incoming cohort in the context of the specific Special Issues – in the second, the development of students’ graduation projects;
- Strong pedagogical skills to “meet students where they are” – balancing introducing new skills while valuing the diversity of what students bring to the course;
- Ability to assist students in translating work into tangible forms and experiences, that can meet publics in diverse networks/means of distribution (e.g. as software, websites, workshops, performance, print);
- Facilitation skills with students to develop peer-to-peer learning situations / classes / workshops;
- Coding and debugging skills (in particular Python & Javascript);
- Ability to work with media and electronics (including microcontrollers and electronics, but also printers, plotters, and other historical media objects);
- Engagement with local communities/networks/projects that may be of interest to students.
Qualification requirements
- An experienced designer/programmer/tinkerer with a relevant and strong and active practice;
- Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines and connect technical knowledge to diverse art and design practices;
- Pedagogical experience in an art and design context, at a Bachelor's level or higher. Having a Basic Qualification Examination (BKE) is a plus;
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and critical discourse in art and design education;
- A master level in a relevant field;
- Excellent English language proficiency and mastering the Dutch language at at least C1 level.
What do we offer?
The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Rotterdam) offers a temporary contract starting January 1st 2026 till August 1st 2026 for 0,2 FTE. Possibly in consultation the hours may be extended during the contract. The salary range is HBO-CAO grade 11 (€ 4.173,75 minimum and € 6.359,47 maximum gross per month for fulltime employment), exclusive of 8% holiday pay and 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Our fringe benefits include an attractive pension scheme and good secondary employment conditions.
Our organisation
With over 39,000 students and 4,200 dedicated staff members, we are a vibrant knowledge institution offering practical, real-world solutions to today’s societal challenges. Our mission? To equip students with the skills and mindset needed for the careers of today and tomorrow. We guide (young) professionals in their development, always placing student success at the center of everything we do.
Would you like to apply?
Enquiries about the position and the selection procedure can be directed to Michael Murtaugh course director Master Experimental Publishing via email: m.murtaugh@hr.nl.
If you want to apply please send a letter of motivation and CV with a link to your portfolio. The selection procedure will take place in two phases. A short list of applicants will be drawn based on CV, letter of motivation and portfolio, followed by interviews.
We aim at diversity and recruiting colleagues from groups currently underrepresented in our education. We give preference to a candidate who strengthens the diversity within our team in case of equal suitability. Being able to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is a condition of employment as well as a valid EU work permit if you are from outside the EU.
Closing date: November 30, 2025