Lecturer In Graphic Design

Description:

We seek a dynamic and engaged designer/academic to teach and develop the new subject area of graphic design in our well-established School, working alongside cognate areas of architecture, spatial & interior design, and planning, and in particular with the Programme Director appointed last summer. The School is a key part of the University of Kent’s Division of Arts and Humanities, and is located in the heart of the Canterbury campus. We are embarking on an ambitious programme of providing new and refurbished studios and teaching spaces this summer, with much enhanced workshop facilities due next year.

As Lecturer, you will:

• manage own teaching, scholarly, research and administrative activities
• Contribute to the development of the curriculum in the area of graphic design, and convene and teach appropriate modules
• Challenge thinking, foster debate and develop the ability of students to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking about visual communication
• Develop, present lectures, organise seminars and supervise and tutor student projects
• Make additional contributions, as required, to undergraduate and, in due course, postgraduate teaching and supervision

To succeed in this role you will have:

• a PhD or Masters in Design (or a closely associated field) or equivalent professional/creative experience
• experience of teaching undergraduate modules in HE
• Graphic design experience, presentation skills and knowledge of current and emerging software relevant to design and visual communication
• the ability to organise and enthuse a design studio

Kent School of Architecture and Planning is in a buoyant mood, with steady student numbers in its long-established BA and MArch programmes (RIBA Parts 1 and 2), and a developing portfolio of specialist Masters programmes. It is developing its own design Foundation programme, as well as Higher Degree Apprenticeships in architecture and planning. We are very active in the region, the University having just established the Institute of Creative and Cultural Industries, and we are fully engaged in the Creative Estuary project, working with Essex and Kent County Councils.