Creative Technology Specialist: Human‑AI Interaction

Manchester Metropolitan University; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Metropolitan University is expanding its Digital Arts team within Technical Services to support the School of Digital Arts and the Faculty with specialist technical assistance. The successful candidate will work across studio spaces, helping students and academics prototype and showcase interactive, AI-enhanced projects.

Expertise in interaction design, creative coding and human-AI interaction, plus experience with CGI/XR projects, will be advantageous.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will offer positive and proactive support and have demonstrable expertise in interaction design, creative coding and human-AI interaction.
• Experience with prototyping, demonstrators and public-facing showcases is required.
• Ability to guide staff and students in user-centred design and accessibility considerations.

Responsibilities

• Support students and academics in developing industry-standard interaction and human-AI design skills from early prototyping to public-facing showcases.
• Provide guidance and training across studio spaces and ICT facilities.
• Contribute to a high standard of customer service and collaborative teamwork.

Skills

Interaction design

Human-AI interaction

Creative coding

Prototyping

Usability testing

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

JavaScript

Max/MSP

Pure Data

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

sensors

ComfyUI

Stable Diffusion

Gradio

Streamlit

Job description

Manchester Metropolitan University is expanding its Digital Arts team within Technical Services to support the School of Digital Arts and the Faculty with specialist technical assistance. The successful candidate will work across studio spaces, helping students and academics prototype and showcase interactive, AI-enhanced projects.

Expertise in interaction design, creative coding and human-AI interaction, plus experience with CGI/XR projects, will be advantageous.