Associate Lecturer in Illustration

Location: 

City Campus

Post Type: 

Hourly Paid

Contract Type:

Fixed Term - 36 Months

Interview Date: 

To be confirmed

The University of Worcester BA (Hons) Illustration course is seeking to expand their current pool of Associate Lecturers to contribute to teaching.

We particularly welcome candidates with an ability to work across analogue and/or digital formats and a sound knowledge of professional illustration practice.

Areas of practice we wish to appoint to include:

• Picture Book Studies
• Drawing
• Narrative
• Comics
• Printmaking
• Editorial
• Illustration Business Practice
• Books arts
• Authorial
• Contextual studies
• Digital Arts (Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator; Indesign)
• 2D & 3D Animation
• Stop Motion Animation
• Concept Arts
• 3D Illustration.
• Some experience of teaching at FE/HE is necessary.

You must have strong communication skills, be able to motivate students and be confident in a workshop environment, giving lectures and seminars. You will have a good undergraduate degree within Illustration or related area.

Applicants with an ongoing professional practice and detailed knowledge of contemporary developments within Illustration are encouraged to apply.

1. If you are successful at interview, you will be invited to join a pool of sessional lecturers and we will contact you if suitable work becomes available. We are not able to guarantee employment as it will be subject to student numbers. The number of hours available might only be a few hours per week. If you have any queries regarding this please contact us on 01905 855170 or discuss it with us at interview. 

Applicants should have experience in teaching illustration and design at college/degree level and an ability to teach students, from the perspective of their individual, emerging practices and to support their progress through, for example, web-online teaching environment, seminars, group crit’s, feedback, assessment and group projects. It is an expectation that applicants will also be engaged in the role of theory and criticality in the development of practice.

Background

For further information about the school please visit:

https://www.worcester.ac.uk/courses/illustration-ba-hons#overview

Informal queries are welcome and should be directed to Ree Han at r.han@worc.ac.uk

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