Visiting Practitioner, BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design

The opportunity

Central Saint Martins is seeking Visiting Practitioners to teach a range of graphic design approaches within the Graphic Communication Design programme during the 2026–2027 academic year.

You will join a collaborative and supportive course team who see the course as a space for us — a community of students, tutors, and practitioners — to explore and interrogate the vast and ever-expanding field of Graphic Communication Design together.

We are seeking visiting practitioners who have subject expertise that can support our curriculum, which spans a wide range of specialist Graphic Communication Design practices and disciplinary areas. You will play a vital role in supporting students' educational experience in relation to contemporary design practice, and your expertise and passion for your subject area will help deliver exceptional learning journeys for our students.

As a Visiting Practitioner, you will support teaching and learning across UG levels 4, 5 and 6 and, if you have an MA, PG level 7. Your main responsibility will be supporting teaching delivery by working with the GCD course teams on:

• Workshops, seminars and taught sessions
• Students' engagement with graphic design as a practical and critical discipline
• Formative assessment
• Peer learning and collaboration

This is an hourly paid role and you will be offered hours according to the needs of the courses. If appointed, you will be offered a specific set of hours.

 

Your profile

You should have some – even if small – experience contributing to the delivery of art and design education at university level though we do welcome applications from recent graduates and those at an entry-level stage of their career. You should be engaged with contemporary graphic design approaches and skills, with an interest in ethical and responsible design practice.

Interviews are planned for the 18 and the 21 September 2026. If you apply, please hold this date in your diary.

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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