Specialist Technician (L&T) Printmaking & Workshops

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The opportunity

Are you a printmaking specialist with proven technical skills and experience? Do you want to help students to develop their ideas, independence and proficiency? University of the Arts London (UAL) has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Technician to join our technical team.

Based in the School of Pre-Degree Studies, you will provide technical expertise, guidance and advice that contributes to the delivery of learning activities within our Printmaking workshop.

You will supervise learning activities in the workshops and will support students with various printmaking processes, equipment and making techniques, including screen-print, mono-print, relief print, dry point etching, letterpress, bookbinding, cyanotype, and heat-press.  

You will play a key role in enabling students to identify and learn these techniques and processes, helping them to meet their learning outcomes and to develop their skills and expertise in the subject.

About you

We are looking for a personable and positive individual, with effective communication, organisational and teamwork skills. You will possess a degree level qualification in Art, Design or Communications, or will have relevant experience/certification that demonstrates the relevant technical knowledge required for the role.

You will possess an understanding of current and emerging digital printing and related technologies within contemporary practices, along with extensive technical knowledge of the equipment, materials, processes and techniques used within our Printmaking. From time to time, you may be asked to also assist across our other foundation workshops.    

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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