Portfolio Development Lead

The opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of UAL’s global online learning offer? Join us at UAL Online and help drive the development of our course portfolio, creating high-quality, student-centred programmes that expand worldwide access to creative education.

UAL Online was created to be a transformative force in creative arts education. Our ambition is to enable access to the university’s world leading creative arts education to audiences around the globe, using digital innovation to make our courses accessible to all. As the Portfolio Development Lead, you will guide the development of our growing online course portfolio and ensure that UAL Online meets its strategic goals.

Working closely with academic teams across the Colleges and with colleagues in UAL Online, you will lead the development of compelling course propositions. You will draw on market research and competitor insight to identify opportunities and create new learning routes for students to engage with us. While the initial focus of your role will be on expanding our fully online postgraduate offer, you will also explore new product types and partnership opportunities within the Access and Lifelong Learning pillar as we continue to innovate.

Interviews for this role will be held on 16 and 17 December.

Your profile

We are looking for someone who can combine strategic thinking with creativity, balancing academic quality with commercial insight to ensure every new course is engaging, ambitious and financially sustainable.

A strong understanding of the Higher Education sector, its market dynamics and the process of translating market research insights into meaningful action will be essential, as is experience working alongside academics to shape curriculum or course design.

In addition to this, you will possess excellent communication, teamwork and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate teams and manage long-term objectives.

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.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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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