Specialist Technician (Learning and Teaching) Hair and Makeup

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £38,359 - £47,109 pro rata per annum
Contract: Term time only
Hours: Term time only

Job description

The opportunity

We are excited to announce an opportunity for a new Specialist Technician Hair and Make-up role to join our hair and makeup department at the London College of Fashion. This role will expand the delivery of non-Eurocentric teaching in the hair and make-up department within the School of Media and Communication. You will bring your expertise in hair—with an emphasis on textured hair—and make-up to lead exciting and informative technical workshops and to provide guidance, advice and support to students working in hair and make-up practices.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Jamie Sergeant at j.sergeant@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk

About you

A degree or qualification relevant to the role or previous relevant experience.

Experience in delivering technical workshops.

Extensive knowledge of hair and make-up techniques, with an emphasis on textured hair. 

Providing 1-2-1 support for hair and make-up.

Experience in hair colouring and hair cutting would be desirable but not essential.

Experience in barbering would be desirable but not essential.

Experience in hair and make-up for performance and film would be desirable but not essential. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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