Specialist Technician (Learning and Teaching) Styling

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to use your expertise in fashion design and trends to play a key role providing professional guidance and advice to students at London College of Fashion on our various Styling related degrees and courses. Join us and support our mission to shape the fashion leaders of tomorrow and transform the industry from within.

You will work with students to develop their proficiency with highly specialist techniques and production methods, including still life styling, editorial and commercial styling, window display, and art direction for fashion photoshoots, and provide critical input to projects and offer feedback.

You will need to take responsibility for the daily running of specific areas within the College, including the use and booking of specialist facilities and usage of equipment, such as the styling inventory, which includes clothing, props, and accessories.

The role also involves contributing to curriculum development, research and commercial activities, working in collaboration with academic colleagues.

Your profile

To be considered for this role, you will need a bachelor's degree in fashion design, visual merchandising, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience, as well as expertise in sourcing clothes and props, and knowledge and experience in sourcing models and working with model agencies.

Strong knowledge of current fashion trends, color schemes, and styling and design principles and proficiency in using styling tools, equipment, and software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, are essential.

You will also need experience in planning and organising fashion photoshoots, including commercial styling (such as lookbooks and advertising), concept development (such as fashion editorials), window display, styling for brands, and art direction for fashion photoshoots.

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.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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