Associate Lecturer – Communications and Media Programme

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK
Salary: £60.07 per hour
Contract: Part time
Hours: Part time

Job description

The opportunity

We are looking to recruit several new Associate Lecturers into the Communications and Media Programme to teach on our undergraduate and/or postgraduate degrees. The Communications and Media programme sits within the Media School and offers courses in Advertising, Contemporary Media Cultures, Media Communications, Media Communication and Critical Practice, and Public Relations.

Your main responsibilities as Associate Lecturer are teaching preparation, teaching (lectures and/or seminars and/or workshops), administration/email correspondence and assessment of related curriculum. You may also be delivering individual and/or group student tutorials. Successful applicants will be responsible for pedagogic and curriculum development that promotes diversity and inclusivity.

You will work closely with other academic staff, including the Programme Director and Course Leaders. 

This is an hourly paid lecturer role, and you would be offered work from Sept 2024.

Further information should be viewed on the course pages before application (Scroll down to Communications and Media) https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/about-lcc/media-school

About you

Candidates will have Post Graduate qualifications in relevant academic fields or equivalent professional experience and must be able to evidence previous experience of teaching in Higher Education. A PG Cert teaching qualification is desirable. You will take a dynamic and innovative approach to supporting excellent teaching, pedagogy, diversity and inclusivity. 

We are seeking to recruit Associate Lecturers who can teach into one or more of the following areas:

• A strong understanding of copywriting skills 
• A strong understanding of art direction skills
• Industry experience in an advertising agency or as an in-house brand specialist or a strong research background in creative advertising
• Experience with digital advertising and online promotion
• Social Media Influencers
• Social Media Analytics

If you have any specific queries about these opportunities, please contact Communications and Media Programme Director, Dr Jonathan Wright (j.c.wright@lcc.arts.ac.uk)

For general queries contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser – lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk

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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