A Master's degree in Marketing or MBA is required. Additionally, the candidate will have 10-15 years of relevant industry experience.

The department is especially interested in candidates with professional experience and teaching interest in one or more of the following areas - Digital Marketing, General Marketing and/or Professional Selling.

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About the Marketing & Supply Chain Management Department and Walker College of Business

We are a vibrant community of teachers, scholars, and professional practitioners that are passionate about developing the next generation of business leaders. Our faculty have studied at the best universities in the world, have led global enterprises, and are successful entrepreneurs. Marketing & Supply Chain Management is currently the largest department (in terms of undergraduate degree seeking students) of six departments within the John A. Walker College of Business. Business students may choose from three marketing concentrations - General Marketing, Digital Marketing or Professional Selling. The department also offers minors in professional selling (for business majors), sales (for non-business majors) and general marketing (for non-business majors).

Additionally, business students can also earn a Supply Chain Management major or minor. Graduate level courses are offered in the MBA / MS in Analytics program.

The Marketing & Supply Chain Management Department consists of 17 tenured/ tenure track, 6 special faculty and 8 adjunct faculty members. The Walker College of Business is one of the largest public business schools for undergraduate students in the University of North Carolina system.

The Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department at Appalachian State University invites applications for two non-tenure track, nine-month Practitioner in Residence faculty position beginning Spring of 2024. This position will primarily serve Appalachian State's new campus in Hickory, NC.

The Practitioner in Residence will teach four (4) marketing classes per semester and develop programming to engage the business community. Primary teaching duties will be in-person courses and holding office hours on the Hickory campus. Teaching duties may also include online and/or hybrid courses, or in-person courses in Boone, NC.

Typical physical demands of a professional position at the university.

Appalachian State University, in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

ABD with reduction in rank and salary: ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate's salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department. However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year.

No ABD consideration: Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered.

For a complete application, please apply and submit all below - required documents electronically through Appalachian State University's Job Site:

* Cover Letter/Letter of Interest

* Resume/CV

* Evidence of Teaching (Optional - Provide if available)

* Teaching Evaluation/Peer Review (Optional - Provide if available)
* List of at least three references with contact information

Official transcripts of all graduate level work, although not required with the application, will be required prior to appointment.

The continued employment of a special faculty member during the term appointment may be made expressly contingent on items such as the continued availability of funding from any source, on enrollment levels, or any other contingency established by the institution.