Creative Fashion Illustration Tutor & Mentor

Istituto Marangoni; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Istituto Marangoni Dubai is seeking a creatively driven educator in fashion illustration to inspire the next generation of designers. The role combines traditional and digital drawing, Procreate expertise, and rigorous academic standards in a dynamic studio and classroom setting.

The successful candidate will lead engaging courses, mentor students, and contribute to program development with a strong portfolio and industry insight.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in fashion illustration or related discipline.
• Professional industry experience in fashion illustration or related field.
• Outstanding manual drawing and fashion illustration skills.
• Advanced Procreate proficiency and knowledge of digital illustration workflows.
• Strong understanding of fashion proportions, anatomy, garment rendering, color theory and visual storytelling.
• Teaching or mentoring experience in higher education is desirable.
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating excellence in traditional and digital fashion illustration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging practical and theoretical classes in Creative Fashion Illustration.
• Teach both traditional and digital fashion illustration developing students ability to communicate design concepts through expressive and professional visual language.
• Guide students in figure drawing garment rendering silhouette development fabric and texture illustration colour application composition and storytelling.
• Support students in developing strong manual drawing techniques using a variety of traditional media including pencil, ink, markers, watercolour, gouache and mixed media.
• Teach digital illustration using Procreate and other industry-relevant digital drawing software.
• Encourage experimentation with different illustration styles while developing each students individual creative identity.
• Provide constructive feedback, mentorship and assessment in line with programme learning outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Fashion Design Department Programme leader to maintain high academic standards and deliver an exceptional student learning experience.

Skills

Manual drawing

Fashion illustration

Procreate proficiency

Digital illustration workflows

Fashion proportions & anatomy

Garment rendering

Color theory

Visual storytelling

Teaching in higher education

Portfolio development

Education

Masters degree in Fashion Illustration or related discipline

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Istituto Marangoni Dubai is seeking a creatively driven educator in fashion illustration to inspire the next generation of designers. The role combines traditional and digital drawing, Procreate expertise, and rigorous academic standards in a dynamic studio and classroom setting.

The successful candidate will lead engaging courses, mentor students, and contribute to program development with a strong portfolio and industry insight.