Senior Lecturer BA Graphic Design Communication

The opportunity

University of the Arts London is seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Lecturer to play a key role in leading and developing the BA Graphic Design Communication course at Chelsea College of Arts.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a vibrant and innovative course that equips students with the skills and expertise they need to create narratives and design experiences within the wider context of culture and society. The course centres on people’s experiences as a driver for communication design, exploring branding, digital products and platforms, user experience (UX) and user interface (UI), moving image, editorial design and art direction.

 

Based within the Design School, you will be responsible for teaching, curriculum development and ongoing scholarship across the course. Working collaboratively with the course team, you will contribute specialist expertise in communication design, art direction, visual storytelling, spatial experience and audience engagement. You will support students in developing critical, experimental and socially engaged design practices that connect research, making, reflection and professional awareness.

 

You will help foster an inclusive and ambitious studio culture, supporting students’ academic progress, engagement and pastoral care, while contributing to the ongoing development of the curriculum in response to contemporary design practices, emerging technologies and the evolving needs of the creative industries.

 

The role also involves contributing to the organisation and delivery of assessment processes across Stages 1, 2 and 3, ensuring formative and summative assessment is rigorous, fair and aligned with University and College policies.

Your profile

We are looking for a practitioner with experience of teaching, curriculum development and assessment within higher education or equivalent professional practice. A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline at Master’s or PhD level is desirable, as is a recognised teaching qualification such as a PGCert or Senior Fellowship of Advance HE.

 

You will also demonstrate evidence of research, teaching, knowledge exchange and/or professional practice that contributes to the advancement of relevant activity and is relevant to the goals of the Programme, College and University.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Dimitris Bizioglis / d.bizioglis@chelsea.arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

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