Senior Lecturer BA Advertising and Brand 0.6 FTE

Burwell Help Group; London; On-site; GBP 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking a Senior Lecturer for their BA (Hons) Advertising and Brand Design course in London. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in design and branding, deliver engaging teaching sessions, and offer industry insights to students. This fractional role focuses on nurturing students' skills and creativity within a collaborative learning environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Lecturer with design experience.
• Strong understanding of current industry practice.
• Broad industry connections.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver engaging teaching sessions.
• Assess modules on creative principles and strategic thinking.
• Support students to develop and showcase their work.

Skills

Design

Strategic Thinking

Visual Communication

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Degree in Design, Communications or Advertising

Job description

Our University

Ravensbourne University London is a dynamic institution at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology. Based in London’s Design District in the heart of North Greenwich, we are home to a diverse, global community in one of the world’s most vibrant business and creative hubs.

Are you a Design, Branding or creative communications expert with teaching experience? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lecturer on our BA (Hons) Advertising and Brand Design course.

Our award-winning multidisciplinary course examines areas of strategic branding, design and advertising communications. We need a team player to help develop our learners’ skills, nurture their creativity and boost their long-term career prospects.

It’s a great time to join Ravensbourne, our course is taught in a dynamic studio in our brand-new building located in the Greenwich Peninsula. You will lead Level 4 and have input into the overall course content, project and curriculum design, planning, and assessing modules.

The Role

The role is offered on a fractional (0.6) basis or 3 days (12 hours teaching) per week during the academic year. You will be responsible for designing, planning, delivering and assessing modules on creative principles, conceptual and strategic thinking, process and core skills, historical and contemporary contexts, as well as professionalism within the Advertising and Brand Design industry.

Our students actively ‘learn with industry’ engaging with professional practice to explore real-world problems, commercial briefs and successfully enter industry on graduation.

You’ll combine the theoretical and practical to deliver engaging sessions, drawing from your own professional experience to strategically build brands and communication campaigns. Our students want to be inspired by their teaching staff and are eager to develop their skills in the strategic, practical and technical sides of this dynamic industry.

Our course has excellent links with key players, studios and agencies within the industry. The candidate will be an important member of the team and help us to continue to build on these relationships, and forge new ones. You’ll help us market the course to prospective students as well as support current students to develop and showcase their work as they begin their careers.

The Candidate

You will combine professional experience, academic rigour, pastoral support and a strong understanding of current industry practice to create an excellent, inclusive learning environment for our students.

You are…

• An experienced Lecturer with design experience.
• A strategic thinker with expertise in design.
• A brand builder with experience of visual communication.
• Broad industry connections.
• Experienced in using Adobe Creative suite.
• Degree qualification in a design, communications or advertising related subject.

Further details:Senior Lecturer BA Advertising and Brand JD

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently under-represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.

Please note: We are currently reviewing our pay and grading structure and changing our job evaluation process. The outcomes of this review may impact the salary and pay bands for roles currently being advertised. All adjustments will be communicated accordingly.

£52,950 per annum pro rata