Specialist Technician (L&T) – Performance Design Technologies

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The opportunity

The School of Performance at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, provides a single campus experience where Acting and Performance and Performance Design and Technologies are delivered together. With live performance as its primary focus, the school provides a collaborative and technically rich environment where ‘performance’ can be fully explored. Following a multi million-pound investment programme, Wimbledon is now progressing with its ambition to become a world leading centre for performance. 

To fully activate our new studio spaces, we are expanding our staff team. We are investing a department of specialist technicians, capable of growing our performance and design portfolio and contributing towards raising our global profile as a ‘centre for performance’. 

The technical team within the Performance Design and technologies Programme support the technical design & making aspects of the course delivery. Working closely with the studio managers and course leaders, the technical processes are planned in line with the curriculum and then delivered to the student groups. Aspects of making will vary from small scale models to 1:1 set design/building, using a range traditional and digital technologies. Technicians are encouraged to explore new techniques and emerging technologies that can be applied within theatre and performance design.

About you

The successful candidate will be qualified to BA level in Art, Design or Performance and/or possess industry equivalent qualifications, experience of certification that demonstrates the level of technical knowledge required for the role.

This technical knowledge will cover a wide range of design and object making (both analogue and digital), fabrication and prototyping relevant within theatre and performance. Knowledge of emerging 3D/ Digital technologies, 3D fabrication and prototyping processes / techniques would be desirable.

An Open Day for potential applicants is taking place on Thursday 23 March 2023 between 10.00 – 14.00 at Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA.  If you are interested in attending, please book a place via the link below:

Wimbledon College of Arts Technical Recruitment Day Tickets, Thu 23 Mar 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Interviews are scheduled to take place 17 – 19 April 2023.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor at jobs.ccw@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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