Associate Lecturer – Games Design and Development

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The opportunity

We are seeking multiple lecturers in Game Design and Development, to work with the BA Games Design course across all 3 years.

Your main responsibilities will be to work to support students to design and develop games.

This will include preparation, teaching, assessment, as well as student support and administration. The role will include the following areas:

– A fundamental understanding of game design in terms of gameplay and communication between the game and the player. This should be supported with appropriate academic / theoretical inputs and working examples created by yourself and examples illustrated in existing commercial games.

– A good working knowledge of Unity to develop 2D and 3D games using C#.

– A solid understanding of Object Orientation Programming principles and concepts.

– A range of programming skills for making games including the use of arrays to manipulate multiple game objects. Additional programming skills such as search algorithms and shaders would be beneficial as well as good understanding of programming design patterns.

Further information should be viewed on the course pages before application https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/animation-interactive-film-and-sound/undergraduate/ba-hons-games-design-lcc

Hours to be agreed.

The job description is available to download below – there is no person spec with AL posts. The specific requirements are contained within this advert.

About you

The ideal candidate will have experience teaching Game Design and Development ideally in Higher Education or extensive professional experience.

You will have critical, theoretical and practical knowledge of Games Design and Development as well as an understanding of games and play in the wider context of visual communications such as AR, VR, interactivity, animation and VFX.

You will have a knowledge and expertise in developing digital and non-digital prototypes through to fully playable games.

You will take a dynamic and innovative approach to supporting excellent teaching, pedagogy and inclusivity.

PG Cert teaching qualification desirable or equivalent experience.

If you have any specific queries about this role please contact the course leader – r.caseley@lcc.arts.ac.uk

For general queries contact Lesley Wilkins – lcc.jobs@lcc.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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