Lecturer in MA Graphic Communication Design

The opportunity

Bring your creative and critical expertise to one of the UK’s leading postgraduate design courses at Central Saint Martins. We’re seeking an experienced Lecturer to join the MA Graphic Communication Design team and contribute to a course that challenges what design is, who it’s for, and what it can do.

In this role, you’ll co-develop and deliver an inclusive, experimental and research-informed curriculum for a diverse international student body. Working closely with the Course Leader and wider team, you’ll shape progressive approaches to teaching, critical design practice, and student support—ensuring our course remains at the forefront of cultural and pedagogic innovation.

You’ll contribute to teaching, assessment and curriculum development across the course, while supporting students’ academic and personal progression. Your work will reflect UAL’s commitment to social purpose, climate justice and decolonising education, and you’ll play a key role in cultivating critical engagement with the media, methods and contexts of contemporary graphic communication design.

Your profile

You are a creative and collaborative design educator or practitioner with a background in graphic communication design or a closely related discipline. You hold an undergraduate and postgraduate qualification in the field, and ideally bring experience of teaching and assessment in a higher education setting.

You communicate clearly and inclusively across diverse audiences, and are confident working within interdisciplinary teams. You bring a reflexive, research-informed approach to teaching, and are committed to equity, diversity and sustainability in education and design.

Whether you’re engaged in professional practice, research or knowledge exchange, you apply your expertise to inspire the next generation of designers—fostering curiosity, experimentation and critical thinking.

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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