Lecturer Art & Design – Digital Design & Graphics (Fixed-Term Cover until August 1st 2018)

Can you inspire a future generation of digital designers and graphic artists? This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking, well-resourced and highly productive Art & Design Creative Industries department. We need a full-time course leader for our Graphics Art & Design course for a fixed term period, working with the successful and collaborative Art & Design dept. The School of Creative Industries provides highly creative young people with creative vocational courses across subjects including Art & Design Fashion, Drawing, Games Art, Music, Performance and Film. We are proud of our continued success and growth in this area. Our ambitious approach to highly practical vocational learning at level 2 through to Level 6 degree, results in our students progressing to the best media institutions like LCF, LCC, Bournemouth, Ravensbourne, UCA, UAL, DeMontfort and Westminster to name a few.

You will have an excellent proven track record of teaching, learning and assessment and development of practical and vocational programmes from a mixture of awarding bodies as well as a current and strong understanding of curriculum opportunities and developments in creative media production (and FE education).  As a key member of a diverse and highly skilled team delivering UALAB, Access and HE, you will have a strong ability to develop productive relationships with your colleagues and students. Your ideas of how employable skills can be creatively included in the curriculum and assessing learner progress will be innovative and motivating as well as thorough. 

Closign date for the return of an online application form is Sunday 11th February 2018.

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

To apply for this post, please go to http://www.south-thames.ac.uk./jobs.html, search for the vacancy and then follow the steps to complete and submit an online application. 

For any queries please e-mail recruitment@south-thames.ac.uk or telephone 020 8918 7777 quoting the job reference.

Please note CVs are not accepted.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave, pension scheme, subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.  

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.