Lecturer in Immersive Media and 3D Computer Animation

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The opportunity

The Moving Image and Digital Arts (MIDA) Programme seeks an outstanding practitioner, teacher and/or researcher to join the Programme as a Lecturer in Immersive Media and 3D Computer Animation. MIDA is part of the Screen School at UAL’s London College of Communication. Our Programme includes 3D animation, games design, immersive media & mixed reality, and visual effects.  

Supporting the course leaders to BA Immersive Media and Mixed Reality and MA 3D Computer Animation, you will deploy specialist expertise to assist with curriculum planning and teaching activities, such as course delivery, grading, and tutorials. You will actively pursue the latest technical developments in immersive media and 3D animation software and hardware and will help customise this knowledge for students with different study backgrounds and technical skills. You will work collaboratively across courses in the MIDA Programme, deploying specialist expertise to support pedagogy and the curriculum in innovative and critical directions. The role will be focused on teaching specialist skills for immersive media such as virtual reality, augmented reality, 360-degree film making and 3D Computer Animation.   

The post will contribute to the Screen School’s commitment to innovation in immersive media design and 3D Animation in the belief that extended reality has the ability to make a substantial and positive contribution to the arts. 

About you

Experience of higher education (or comparable context), interest to participate in curriculum development and ability to participate in assessment, record of professional practice/research in immersive media development, design and 3D Computer Animation.

Candidates should demonstrate technical knowledge to design and develop content for virtual reality/augmented reality/mixed reality/360-degree film/ 3D computer animation; level and character design principles and pipelines, preferably but not only limited to Unity and scripting. Familiarity with motion capture is desirable.   

Candidates should be familiar with the theories and practices in immersive media and 3D development and design, as well as apply conceptual problem solving, principles of design research and thinking, and user experience.  

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser, lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7514 7985

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.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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