Lecturer in the Department of Digital Media, the Institute of Information and Media Studies

No 31.2026.ZMC.INIM.WKSM.MR of April 9, 2026

Institute/Department: Department of Digital Media, Institute of Information and Media Studies, Faculty of Social Communication and Media
Position: lecturer
Type of position: teaching

• in the discipline: Social Communication and Media Studies
• in the field: social sciences

Vacancies/positions: 1
Type of contract: full time
Deadline for submission of documents: May 31, 2026
Expected term of decision:  June 30, 2026
Expected commencement of the employment: October 1^st, 2026
Period of employment:  fixed-term contract until September 30, 2028

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

Requirements
The candidate is required to have:

1. Hold an MA degree.
2. Have teaching experience at academic level in the area of social communication and media studies, especially in the field of digital media, digitisation and editorial design (good knowledge of Photoshop and Adobe InDesign is desirable).
3. Speak sufficient Polish and English, which would enable them to teach students at academic level.
4. Desirable (optional) experience in conference presentations and publication of scholarly papers.

Responsibilities:

1. In the research area: conducting individual and team research in the field of social communication and media studies is desirable (optional).
2. In the teaching area: conducting classes in a selected area: editing, digital and web publishing, digital media, digitisation and archiving of digital resources. Experience with electronic information systems and knowledge of Photoshop and Adobe InDesign from the Adobe suite are required.
3. In the organizational area: participating in the organization of academic conferences, editing academic publications, popularising science, participating in organizational work.

Required documents

1. Personal questionnaire of the person applying for employment (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. A photocopy of the diploma certifying the award of a master’s degree or higher.
4. Statement of whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary workplace in the event of winning the competition (download Workplace statement).
5. An overview of professional accomplishments including a degree of internationalisation and a description of the candidate’s research and their experience in teaching, organizing academic work and popularizing science.
6. Application for employment addressed to His Magnificence the Rector.
7. Declaration in connection with Article 113 of the Higher Education and Science Act (download Declaration – Article 113).

If you provide us with data voluntarily in your application other than what is necessary for you to participate in the recruitment procedure, we ask for your consent to their processing, which may read:
– in the case of ordinary data: ‘I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in…. (e.g. CV, cover letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wrocław in the recruitment process for the position …’
– for special category data: ‘I consent to the processing of the special categories of my data referred to in Article 9(1) of the GDPR contained in …. (e.g. CV, motivation letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wrocław in the recruitment process for the position …’

All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: “lecturer.31.ZMC.INIM.WKSM.MR“.

Additional information:

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process