Associate Lecturers (AL) and Visiting Practitioners (VP) Graphic Communication Design

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The opportunity

The Graphic Communication Design programme at Central Saint Martins is interested in receiving applications for Associate Lecturers (AL) and Visiting Practitioners (VP) with the potential to teach into various areas across the programme’s three courses: BA Graphic Communication Design, MA Graphic Communication Design, and MA Communicating Complexity. 

We are interested in hearing from a range of applicants with a demonstrated commitment to all aspects of graphic communication design practice and/or higher education in graphic communication design at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and, if identified as appointable, added to a pool of Associate Lecturers and Visiting Practitioners who can be matched to staffing needs that arise over a 12-month period. This could include tutoring, delivering seminar and workshop activities, or developing course materials.

While most needs that arise in-year are temporary, staff who take on hourly-paid roles often find them to be a productive way to become immersed in our environment, develop their practice as academics, and gain experience that may help them in later applications to more substantive or permanent roles within our programme.

Please note that we expect to receive a high volume of applications from appointable candidates, and while we hope to engage as many of them as possible, being added to the pool of Associate Lecturers and Visiting Practitioners does not guarantee an offer of work.

Successful candidates will be expected to:

• Take a student-centred approach to providing learning and teaching in graphic communication design
• Work as part of a team to deliver academic units that include staff-led as well as student-initiated project briefs
• Provide considered feedback on student work and conduct assessment (both formative and summative) which is rigorous, fair, clear and complies with the policies established by the University and the College
• Work in-person or digitally as required
• Participate in narrowing student achievement gaps and reflect on your own practice through the lenses of ethics, anti-racism, climate emergency and social justice more broadly

About you

This role is open to candidates who have a BA or MA in Graphic Communication Design, or the equivalent, and some prior experience and awareness of teaching at undergraduate or postgraduate level. This could include delivery of workshops or guest lectures and/or experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, for example. 

How to apply:
Interested candidates should provide a CV and a cover letter (both in PDF format) as well as a portfolio (PDF or links) by clicking ‘Apply’ below.

Your CV should list your recent educational and professional experience (including dates, roles and institutions/ organisations).

In your cover letter, please provide a paragraph or two explaining why you are interested in the role and how it relates to your skills, experience, and interests. Before writing the cover letter, we recommend that you spend a few minutes finding out more about our courses and student community:

BA Graphic Communication Design
MA Graphic Communication Design
MA Communicating Complexity

Please also provide an additional PDF or links to examples of your work that might help us match you to specific parts of the course (a general portfolio is fine).

An online Q&A session will take place on Monday 12 June at 16:00 – 17:00. Please click on this following link if you are interested in joining the session Click here to join the meeting

The application period for this role will close at 23:59 on Monday 19 June 2023.

Interviews will be held online and are provisionally scheduled to take place between July 3–7, 2023.

If you have any queries about this role please contact CSM’s Resourcing Team via email jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk

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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