Joint Stage One Leader - BA Fashion Communication: Image and Promotion

We are seeking an ambitious academic practitioner/researcher for a unique role in leading Stage One (first year) of the BA Fashion Communication: Image and Promotion pathway, as well as playing a significant role within the BA Fashion Communication team. This position involves building on the international reputation of Fashion Communication at Central Saint Martins and spearheading the development of undergraduate studies in the discipline.

As the Joint Stage One Leader, you will maintain and develop professional, academic, and research partnerships to ensure that the course anticipates the changing needs of the global Fashion Communication industry, commerce, and society. 

You will be expected to collaborate with the other Joint Stage One Leader in organising activities within the Fashion Communication: Image and Promotion pathway and contribute to the structuring of the course. Development of digital provision is a priority, so you will work closely with the Digital Lead and Pathway Leader in shaping this aspect of the curriculum.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience of teaching and leadership within higher education, in the specialist field of Fashion Communication. The successful applicant will have an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in a relevant subject area, with a PGCert in teaching at higher education level being desirable.

You will demonstrate evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/ or professional practice that contributes to innovation in the field of Fashion Communication and will show evidence of using contacts within your subject peer group to develop partnerships or collaboration.

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.

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Closing date: 11 April 2024 at 23:55.

If you have questions about the role, please contact the Course Leader, Philip Clarke at p.clarke@csm.arts.ac.uk

If you need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please email the CSM Resourcing Team at jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk 

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.