Specialist Technician – Digital Media

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The opportunity

Central Saint Martins is seeking a Specialist Technician with expertise in digital creativity to join our innovative Digital Labs team. This part-time role involves providing technical support to students in our cutting-edge Digital Media facility.

 

Our facility features a variety of digital learning spaces including a Mixed Reality Lab, a state-of-the-art technology space for exploring the integration of virtual and physical environments; a CAD (Computer-Aided Design) computer suite, equipped with high-performance computers, and the Digital Media Lab, a technology-focused workspace where individuals can design, create, and build digital and physical prototypes using cutting-edge tools and technologies.

 

The Specialist Technician will play a vital role in delivering technical support and specialist knowledge in Adobe Creative Cloud software, digital surface design, print design, pattern making, illustration and fabrication, video editing, post-production, and 3D workflows. Your contributions will include supporting the supervision of learning activities within the technical environment,

ensuring safe use and compliance with Health and Safety regulations and providing critical input on student concepts and creative intentions, offering feedback, and participating in student formative assessments.

 

About you

You will have an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject or considerable experience in a technical role demonstrating graduate-equivalent skills. You should have experience in teaching and/or demonstrating techniques and workflows related to creative digital production.

 

Additionally, you must possess advanced practical knowledge and hands-on experience with all Adobe Creative Cloud software, including preparing digital files for textile and print making, 3D workflows (such as capture and drawing for fabrication like CNC and Laser cutting), film making, and post-production.

 

If you have a passion for digital creativity and are excited by the prospect of preparing our students for successful careers in the creative industries of the future, we would love to hear from you.

 

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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