Specialist Technician(Learning and Teaching): Illustration, Art and Design

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a illustration, art and design specialist practitioner to join a leading college in fashion education and play a key role providing assistance to students and staff and contributing to the day-to-day operation of our excellent teaching and learning facilities.

You will be based at the Lime Grove campus, which specialises in Fashion Media, photography, moving image, styling and production, journalism, PR and Comms, and Creative direction for fashion. You will join the specialist technical team responsible for delivering technical workshops.

To provide professional expertise, guidance and advice to students and staff working with anatomical / figure drawing, painting, illustration, creative technologies and graphic design using both analogue and digital media. To contribute to the delivery of academic activities within the College. This includes visual media creation and the use of platforms such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Design, Procreate, Mental Canvas.

You will also provide support for student learning through informal and formal training and instruction. A key part of the role will be to contribute critical input to student concept and expressive/creative intention, including giving feedback to students and contributing to student formative assessments.

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts.

London College of Fashion is extremely proud to be a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy. Much of its success is down to its dedicated employees, and you will play an important role in shaping future creative professionals, and impact on the future of so many creative industries.

London College of Fashion, UAL is undertaking an unprecedented programme of change. In 2023 we will be consolidating our existing six sites into a new purpose built campus as part of a new education and cultural district on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ahead of this move, we welcome applications from candidates who live in and around East London, as well as from those keen to join us on this exciting and unique opportunity in our College’s history.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Maria Ali on m.ali@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk phone: 020 7514 7409 / 07730 900321

We are looking to hire a talented artist with digital and analogue expertise, and a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in fine arts / illustration or equivalent experience.

Must be able to provide 1-2-1 support for analogue and digital drawing and familiar with traditional drawing techniques.

Experience with 3D applications, Image making, Mental Canvas, Typography is desired.