Adjunct Graphic Design Lecturer

Curtin Dubai; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,880 - 357,120; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Health insurance

Annual air ticket

Annual leave

Gratuity and end of service benefits

Transport reimbursement

Staff discounts

Job summary

Curtin Dubai seeks a Design Lecturer to deliver high-quality teaching in design disciplines, cultivate creativity, and develop curricula aligned with industry trends. The role involves assessing student work, providing feedback, and contributing to curriculum development and scholarly activity.

The position requires a doctoral in Design or a near-completion with extensive teaching experience, and expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or Figma.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Design or nearing completion, or a masters with extensive practice in design.
• Minimum of 5 years teaching experience at undergraduate level with demonstrated excellence.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and design tools such as Sketch, Figma or similar.

Responsibilities

• Deliver lectures, tutorials, workshops and labs; assess examinations and assignments; provide feedback and mentoring.
• Support student success, employability, and engagement through internships, capstone projects and industry collaborations.
• Develop partnerships with industry and external organizations; promote programs and participate in outreach activities.
• Collaborate with Head of Schools Business and Humanities at Curtin Dubai and unit coordinators at Curtin Perth.

Skills

Teaching

Curriculum development

Student mentoring

Industry engagement

Adaptability

Education

Doctoral degree in Design

Master's degree in Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

Figma

InDesign

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Design Lecturer is responsible for delivering high-quality teaching and learning experiences in design-related disciplines, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and technical proficiency among students. The role involves developing and delivering engaging curricula, assessing student work, and providing constructive feedback while staying current with industry trends and emerging design practices. The Design Lecturer contributes to academic scholarship, curriculum development, and collaborative projects, supporting the institution's mission to prepare graduates for professional practice and lifelong learning in the creative industries.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teaching and Learning: deliver lectures, tutorials, practical sessions, workshops, seminars, demonstrations, and laboratory classes in the relevant subject area; administer and assess examinations, quizzes, assignments, projects, laboratory work, and other assessment tasks in line with approved academic requirements; provide constructive and timely feedback; maintain regular consultation hours and provide academic guidance, mentoring, and support to students; contribute to improvements in teaching quality, learning experience, assessment practice, and academic support within the School; oversee and support faculty in implementing high-quality teaching practices and managing unit-level administrative requirements.
• Student Support, Success and Employability: provide academic advising, mentoring and guidance across the student lifecycle; address student concerns appropriately; support academic success and engagement; refer wellbeing matters where needed; develop and support initiatives to improve student engagement, retention, progression, and overall experience; coordinate and promote internships, industry placements, capstone projects, applied learning opportunities, guest lectures, seminars, workshops, competitions, and other experiential learning activities; support strategies that strengthen student employability, career readiness and graduate outcomes; encourage a strong School identity and student community through academic, professional and co-curricular engagement.
• Community Engagement: develop and maintain partnerships with industry, community organizations and other academic institutions; promote the program through outreach and engagement activities.
• Relationships: work closely with the Head of Schools Business and Humanities at Curtin Dubai, coordinate with Unit Coordinators at Curtin Perth, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including regulators, industry, employers, schools, students, parents, alumni and prospective students.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position is a full-time on-campus role with flexibility for remote work based on operational requirements and approved workloads. The role includes offsite and cross-campus university engagement opportunities such as conferences, meetings and industry partnerships.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation package aligned with the industry.
• Freezone company sponsored visa.
• Health insurance with a quality provider under the company’s group medical policy.
• Annual air ticket after the completion of one year.
• Annual leave as per the UAE Labour Law.
• Gratuity and end of service benefits as per the UAE Labour Law.
• Transport services or reimbursement if travelling is required offsite.
• Staff discounts on university programs and university short courses.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Preference for a doctoral degree or nearing doctoral completion in Design or a closely related field from an accredited institution. Alternatively, a master’s-qualified senior industry practitioner with extensive experience from globally recognized firms.
• Successful teaching experience with a minimum of 5 years of experience and demonstrated teaching excellence and effectiveness at the undergraduate level.
• Expertise in industry-standard tools, including but not limited to Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), as well as platforms such as Sketch, Figma, or similar.
• Experience in teaching Graphic Design units.
• Demonstrated high quality experience in teaching and/or industry and evidence of continuing personal and professional development.
• Demonstrated ability to develop rapport with students in a variety of learning contexts.
• Experience working with a diverse range of students.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and as part of a team.