Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing

University of Puget Sound

Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing
Job ID: 8601
Location: Business & Leadership
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Tempoary:

Faculty Posting Details

Appointment:
School of Business and Leadership, full-time one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position; begins Fall Term 2026

Responsibilities:

• Fall 2026: Teach one upper-division marketing course (preferably with international focus) and two Principles of Marketing courses
• Spring 2027: Teach three upper division marketing and/or international marketing courses.
• All teaching includes projects stimulating independent critical thinking, promoting effective written and oral communication skills, facilitating experiential learning, and developing problem solving.
• The standard teaching assignment is three courses per semester.
• Other duties include departmental service.

The University of Puget Sound is an undergraduate liberal arts college with small classes providing individual attention.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or D.B.A. (ABD considered) in marketing, preferably with an international business focus, or other related fields.
• Will consider Ph.D. in appropriate liberal arts disciplines related to marketing/international business.
• Commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education

Application Deadline:
To ensure full consideration, interested candidates are encouraged to submit application materials no later than February 27, 2025.

Compensation and Benefits:
Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Faculty salaries at the University of Puget Sound are based on a common salary scale based on experience. Assistant Professor salaries for 2025-2026 begin at $83,576 annualized for an Assistant Professor without a terminal degree in their field in their first year of full-time postdoctoral teaching through $94,086 annualized based on experience.

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: Summary of 2026 Benefits for Faculty Members.pdf - Google Drive

Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy, https://www.pugetsound.edu/policies/faculty-policies/shared-faculty-appointments

About Puget Sound:
The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.

About the School of Business and Leadership
The School of Business and Leadership provides students with an innovative business education that prepares them for success as leaders in a complex and dynamic global environment.

The School fulfills its mission by:

• teaching business fundamentals in a program strongly embedded in the Liberal Arts.
• offering a core curriculum that focuses on management, marketing, finance, accounting, law, and ethics.
• emphasizing critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, insightful problem solving, thorough case analysis, and sound research methods.
• offering majors in business administration, international business, and the Business Leadership Program.
• promoting off-campus experiences including internships, mentoring, international work and study abroad, field research and experiential learning.
• striving for faculty excellence in teaching, advising, professional development, and University and community service.

By executing its mission, the School strengthens its ties to other academic units on campus, and helps to fulfill the overall mission of the university.

University Diversity Statement:

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by the investigation of and the reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/

Required Documents:
Applicants submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Teaching statement, including a list of marketing courses, international business courses, and special topics courses you would be eager to teach, and your relevant background.
• Teaching evaluations from the most recent four semesters of teaching, if applicable
• Diversity Statement (see prompt below)
• Unofficial transcripts (an official transcript will be required by the successful candidate)
• Contact Information for 3 References. You will be prompted to enter the contact information for three (3) reference providers. The system will automatically email these reference providers to request a letter.

Note: In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.

Applicant's Diversity Statement:
As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In their diversity statement, applicants should reflect on how they will advance the values articulated in the University Diversity Statement in all aspects of their future work as faculty and members of the university community.

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.

Given the current Executive Order and the $100,000 petition fee for new H-1b visas, at the moment sponsoring a new H-1b is cost-prohibitive to us. Therefore, unless the executive order is rescinded or blocked by the courts, we are unable to commit to new H visa sponsorship at this time. Applicants with questions about visa sponsorship are encouraged to reach out to Human Resources.


How to Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment

About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.

As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA



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