Lecturer in Product Design

The opportunity
In 2020, the University was named The Sunday Times ‘Welsh University of the Year 2021’; in 2021 it became the Times Higher Education ‘UK and Ireland University of the Year 2022’; and in 2022 it was ranked the top university in the UK in the People and Planet Green League.
If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.
A British Art & Design School with a 150-year history, Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD) is housed in a state-of-the-art building on the Llandaff Campus and is home to students united by ambition and a true passion for creative enquiry. They are artists, designers, makers and thinkers in the fields of architecture, design, fashion, fine art, and a range of craft disciplines. The school is also home to FabLab, the Perceptual Experience Laboratory, Spin-out companies Fovotech and HUG™, and a number of major research and innovation initiatives that cohere around visual perception and user-centred design, linking disciplines from fine art to computer science.
Principal duties and responsibilities
Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD) is looking to appoint an excellent, all-round Product Design lecturer with the ability to make exciting contributions to the School’s teaching, research and innovation portfolio. The post holder will teach on the BA and BSc Product Design and MSc Product Design programmes, as well as contributing to a suite of cross-school modules at all levels as part of CSAD’s unique curriculum. CSAD offers an interdisciplinary curriculum experience, and it is important that the post holder values this approach.
The post holder will contribute to collaborative interdisciplinary projects in research, innovation and teaching. They will also contribute to a vibrant teaching and world-leading research culture by embedding their expertise in the curriculum, engaging with colleagues, and developing research outputs or impact relevant to their area of expertise.
You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.
What we are looking for
• A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
• A sound understanding of pedagogy.
• A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
• A sound knowledge of:
• Industrial and Product Design
• Design process with a focus on: Ideation, Concept generation, Prototyping (low and mid-fidelity), User/Human-Centred Design process, Drawings fundamentals for design, Design for Manufacture, Computer-Aided Design, Service Design.
• Art and Design student entrepreneurship
• Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
• Ability to design teaching and learning material.
• Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem- solving skills to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
• Experience of teaching or equivalent.
• Experience of research or equivalent, for example staying up to date with developments in your field.
• Experience of working in the design and/or manufacturing industry.
• Experience of working with others in a supervisory/guiding/supporting/mentoring capacity.
• A good honours degree.
• An earned doctoral level qualification or a track record of nationally or internationally significant research outputs (for example, articles, conference papers, artefacts, patents, reports, etc, developed using the rigorous application of recognised design methodologies) published in the last 5 years that could formulate a PhD by publication.
You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile and very good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.
To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.
If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Dr Clara Watkins, Head of Department, at cwatkins@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.
The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.
Further information
Please read our Candidate Pack or visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.

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