Experience Design and Management FT Faculty, may be filled with visitor

Job Title: Experience Design and Management FT Faculty, may be filled with visitor, CFS-Professional, Continuing Faculty Status (BYU equivalent of "Tenure Track")

Posting End Date: October 2, 2025

*NOTE: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 11:59 p.m. MST

Position Start Date: April 15, 2026

Required Degree: PhD preferred, masters degree required.

At least one degree should appropriately align with the department's focus on the design, staging, and management of experiences.

The required degree must be completed by the start date.

Experience: PhD preferred, masters degree required. At least one degree should appropriately align with the department's focus on the design, staging, and management of experiences.

Duties/Expectations:

The Department of Experience Design and Management (EXDM) is seeking a faculty member with industry expertise who has a passion for ExDM related topics and a desire to help the department continue to develop and broaden this interdisciplinary area. Successful candidates will possess outstanding teaching ability with core competencies in ExDM and will teach up to four courses (12 credit hours), or its equivalent, during fall and winter semesters, and possibly Spring or Summer terms. Teaching responsibilities may include but are not limited to applied qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods, project management, human-centered design, experience mapping, application of relevant theoretical frameworks, experiential marketing, digital application of experience design (UX/UI), and experience-based strategy, management, or operations. Additional responsibilities may include assisting in the management and operation of a student-run experience design laboratory and student internships. Successful applicants will also demonstrate comfort within the academic environment where research is emphasized and promoted, although there is not a research expectation associated with this position. Applicants will need to clearly articulate how their industry expertise, and subsequent teaching areas, align with and bring value added to the ExDM Department.

• The ExDM Department in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (BYU Provo Campus) invites applications for a continuing status (tenure track) position to teach in the Experience Design and Management undergraduate major beginning Spring (April) or Fall Semester (September) of 2026. If necessary, this opening may be filled as a one-year visiting faculty position.
  
• ExDM is an interdisciplinary field drawing from the social sciences, human-centered design, and management. It is focused on the design, staging and management of experiences for individuals and organizations. As part of the Marriott School of Business we seek both to build ExDM and make significant contributions to the business school. Our versatile graduates employ interdisciplinary competencies to identify individual and organizational needs and then design and deliver innovative, experience-based solutions within a wide variety of contexts. For more information about the ExDM department please visit: https://marriott.byu.edu/exdm/
  
• Courses are taught in-person (or blended) and during the day.
  
• Applicants will understand and adopt the Experience Design and Management mission, vision, and values statements . Furthermore, successful applicants will wholeheartedly support and incorporate BYU Marriott�s mission, vision, and values into their teaching, interaction with students, and collaborations with faculty and professional partners. This primarily entails being a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, having a current temple recommend and striving to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
  

Documents Required at the Time of Application: Please attach your updated curriculum vitae, cover letter and Mission Alignment Statement to the faculty application.

Note: Failure to attach the required documents may result in your application not being considered.

Mission Alignment Statement

BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrine and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel†(Spencer W. Kimball).

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education .

Employment Requirements

All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.

All faculty are required to abide by the university’s Honor Code and Dress & Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successful candidates are expected to support and contribute to the academic and religious missions of the university within the context of the principles and doctrine of the affiliated church.

Equal Opportunity

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.