Technical Specialist - Ai & Creative Technology

Manchester Metropolitan University; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Metropolitan University’s Digital Arts team seeks a Technical Services lead for AI & Creative Technology (CreaTech). You will develop, adopt and embed the AI specialism across education, research and knowledge exchange, collaborating with senior academics to shape its future direction.

You will lead with demonstrable expertise spanning AI software development and creative technology, guiding staff and students in industry-standard AI workflows and tools, and coordinating

Qualifications

• Demonstrable leadership ability across AI and creative technology initiatives.
• Experience leading AI or CreaTech projects and setting strategic direction.
• Ability to instruct and upskill staff and students to industry-standard AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of the AI & Creative Technology specialism.
• Plan and manage work across both AI and creative technology disciplines.
• Support staff and students in developing industry-standard AI and creative technology skills.
• Coordinate matrix management of team members and projects.

Skills

Leadership

AI software development

Project planning

Matrix management

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

CUDA

ComfyUI

Stable Diffusion

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

About the role

and you:

This role sits in the Digital Arts team, who provide specialist technical support to the School of Digital Arts (SODA) and the wider Arts & Humanities Faculty. As Technical Services lead for AI & Creative Technology (CreaTech), the post-holder will hold responsibility for the development, adoption and embedding of the specialism across education, research and knowledge exchange, working in collaboration with senior academic colleagues to shape its future direction.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable leadership ability and expertise spanning AI and software development at one end, and creative technology, human-AI interaction and design at the other.

They will be experienced in:

• Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow and Hugging Face
• GPU/AI compute systems (NVIDIA GPUs, CUDA)
• AI-enabled creative production workflows (ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion)
• interaction and AI design/prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe XD)
• planning and managing work across a specialism, including matrix management of others

They will lead the strategic direction of the specialism, plan and manage work across both disciplines, and support students and academics in developing industry-standard AI and creative technology skills. Experience of leading AI or CreaTech projects and setting strategic direction would be advantageous, as well as the ability to demonstrate and instruct to a high standard.

The role will involve supporting staff and students on a diverse number of customer-facing specialist counters and support areas. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of accomplishment in a similar environment. Additionally, they will have a positive and flexible approach to work, be reliable and punctual as well as motivated and willing to undertake all required training and allocated tasks. They will have the ability to work alongside others and be capable of working in a team, whilst striving to deliver excellent customer service. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are key as well as being able to demonstrate ownership of personal workload.

At Manchester Metropolitan University, we are committed to supporting our technical staff in enabling them to undertake development activities in line with the needs of their specialism and work area, so a willingness to learn and develop is essential.

If you are enthusiastic about this area, flexible, and committed to providing a high level of customer service, we would love to hear from you.