Creative Director: School of Media and Communication

The opportunity

The School of Media and Communication at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London is looking for a one-year fixed term Creative Director to implement the School of Media and Communication showcasing strategy. The post involves initiating and project managing external events and exhibitions and extending the school’s place making and social engagement agendas, developing priority partnerships and maximising engagement and impact from showcasing activities. 

The post holder will work closely with the LCF Cultural Programme team to embed the work of the school into LCF’s public programme. Working across LCFs showcasing spaces, LCF’s world-class gallery, and across digital platforms to showcase student, staff and alumni work, research, knowledge exchange and graduate degree shows. Showcasing will take place throughout our state of the art single-site building, and the Creative Directors of each school are critical to realising our showcasing strategy and programming in our new site on the East Bank. 

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Jessica Bugg on jessica.bugg@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

You will be recognised as an authority in your field or specialism, be an excellent and proactive communicator, demonstrating ability to collaborate and work with staff, students, alumni and partners. You will have extensive knowledge of the changing face of the fashion media and communication industry.  A strong fashion and/ or creative vision as relevant to the School of Media and Communication is essential, as well as the ability to conceptualise, plan and produce complex creative showcasing outcomes.  

You will have experience in project management and production planning and managing budgets, workflow for digital platforms as well as other modes of showcasing and dissemination. It is desirable for you to have experience and knowledge of working within the higher education sector, however we are open to applicants from other backgrounds including curatorial, editorial and creative direction, creative strategy, education roles, development and programming departments in galleries and museums, commercial and creative brand thought leadership and futurology.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is home to a diverse body of over 6,000 academic, professional and technical staff who support more than 21,000 students from 130 countries.

The University is made up of 6 renowned Colleges: 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 is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2022 QS World University Rankings.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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