Prototyping Specialist Technician
Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: CCI - Greencoat, London UK
Salary: £38,359.00 - £47,109.00 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time
Job description
The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing technical team of technicians supporting students at the UAL Creative Computing Institute. You will provide professional technical expertise, guidance, and advice in the use of woodworking, product development and prototyping, and will support project concepts that are tailored for people of all ability levels from beginners to professors working on innovative research. Drawing upon your knowledge and experience, you will support students and staff with designing and preparing projects for mixed creative applications, as well as advising them on the best way to achieve their desired outcomes. You will be responsible for maintaining a safe workspace and providing inductions and training in the safe use of a range of Machines, tools, as well as developing new inductions and training for all new workshop and equipment.
About you
You will have confident and relevant experience in supporting people in creative computing related uses of woodwork, creative making, product design and development & 2D and 3D design. It would be desirable to have an applicant with experience of an educational environment and someone confident in supervising others in the use of tools and workshop use. You will work alongside other technicians and academics within the institute to ensure students are trained in the safe, innovative, and professional use of technical resources. You will be a be a creative and motivated individual who is able to work effectively as part of a team and contribute towards developing an inclusive technical environment in-line with CCI’s Social Mission.
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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