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UCLA Music Industry 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer in Finance University of California Los Angeles Requisition Number: JPF10655 The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Music Industry for the Winter and Spring quarter of the 2025-26 academic year. The position will staff a two-quarter sequence of courses in Finance and Accounting for the Music Industry, designed as an introduction to the financial structures and principles that underpin the business of music, including touring, royalties, artist management, recording, publishing, and merchandising for first- and second-year Music Industry major students. Salary will be commensurate with applicant’s qualifications and experience. Applicants should understand finance and accounting in the entertainment industries, including management of funds, budgeting, financial analysis, fee scales, servicing agreements, royalties, licensing, etc. They should have the ability to communicate financial principles and techniques to music students not specializing in finance and be ready to work with students possessing differing levels of quantitative skill. Responsibilities will include individual student teaching supervision and assigned undergraduate courses in the School of Music. Applicants with a graduate degree in Music Business, Finance, Accounting or related fields; or with a relevant professional certification; or with relevant professional experience, experience in the music industry will be preferred. Applications must include: 1) a cover letter stating interest in the position and summarizing relevant experience, 2) a comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of teaching philosophy, 4) a response to the University’s Mission Statement, 5) a reference check authorization release and 6) names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required. Applications will be reviewed by the search committee as they are submitted with a deadline of November 30, 2025, for Winter quarter employment, and February 28, 2026, for Spring quarter employment. The anticipated appointment dates are January 1, 2026, for Winter quarter, and April 1, 2026, for Spring quarter. This position is represented by the University Council – American Federation of Teachers: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/bargaining-units/non-senate-instructional/contract/ . Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants. To apply, please visit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10655 The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction jeid-07c83319ca8ec3419217676d0c915be3