Lecturer in Creative Direction and Innovation

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £42,477 - £50,961 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

Join our vibrant team at London College of Fashion’s East Bank Stratford campus as Lecturer in Creative Direction and Innovation. We are looking for an established, industry-informed academic/practitioner to inspire the next generation of fashion communicators.

As a Lecturer, your responsibilities will include teaching, course development, and contributing to ongoing scholarship. You’ll collaborate with the course team to shape innovative pedagogy and curriculum that challenges and reflects the evolving landscape of fashion communication. The post holder will also undertake the role of Year Tutor, taking responsibility for the coordination of a year group. You’ll provide pastoral support to students and ensure their progress, fostering an environment of diversity and inclusivity.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the Course Leader Shanu Walpita s.walpita@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

We’re looking for a candidate with an undergraduate degree in creative direction, visual communication or a related field. They should demonstrate strong collaborative skills, effectively working within teams and across diverse professional groups.

Experience in teaching and assessment within a higher education environment is required. You should demonstrate an inquiring, innovative, and reflexive approach to teaching alongside a commitment to considering equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

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 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth 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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