Communications Manager

The opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional external communications expert to be part of the Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI) team.

University of the Arts London’s (UAL) emergent FTTI, builds on the delivery of a £5.9m AHRC Creative Research & Development Partnership funding award (2018-24), the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology, as part of the successful UKRI Creative Industry Cluster Programme.

Working with colleagues across the Institute and with the central university communications team, you will lead on the development and delivery of a joined-up, proactive and comprehensive communications strategy to maximise the impact and reach of our innovation work at FTTI with target external audiences.

FTTI is hosted at the new UAL estate for London College of Fashion at East Bank – a new powerhouse for creativity and learning in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, providing unprecedented opportunity to UAL to develop state-of-the-art provision for research and innovation.

FTTI has established strong relationships with East Bank neighbours including University College London; University of Loughborough; Queen Mary University London; the V&A; and the British Council, each in support of cross-disciplinary working, and collaborative R&D aligned to specialist research provision from across UAL and industry partnerships.

About you

The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, along with the ability to adapt messages for diverse audiences in an accessible manner. You will be able to use your initiative and think creatively, whilst also planning, prioritising and organising your work to achieve objectives on time. You will have experience of developing content for and communicating across a range of different mediums to support a varied audience.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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Closing date: 23:55 on 23 April 2024.

We advise you to apply early as the application closing date may be brought forward.

If you have any general questions, please get in touch via RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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