Assistant Professor in Design with AI (Teaching and Research)

• Department: School of Textiles and Design, Dubai Campus 
• Grade: 7
  • Salary – Monthly AED 21,800 - AED 26,000 (G7) including housing allowance, based on experience.
• Duration: Open Ended
• Location: Dubai Campus 

The School of Textiles and Design on the Dubai campus is seeking to recruit enthusiastic academics with experience in teaching and scholarship, or research.  Successful candidates will be expected to build research overtime and showcase innovative teaching pedagogies. Successful candidates will also be expected to develop strong links to colleagues at the Scottish campuses to deliver high-quality learning and teaching, to contribute to the continued development of the programmes offered to students, and to develop external engagement endeavours in association (and as appropriate) with the Academic Schools in Edinburgh, Dubai, Galashiels, and Malaysia.  

The successful candidate will possess a broad practical and theoretical knowledge of a range of topics within the spheres of 21^st Century Design, but we are particularly interested in receiving applications from those candidates with practical expertise in the full Adobe software suite, Artificial Intelligence, Design Ethics - its place in today’s business world, and current uses of design with AI within, for example, the areas of Branding, Marketing and Promotion, Design Management and Innovation, and Interior Architecture. Postholders will play a key role in connecting with our internal and external stakeholders to embed Design with AI practices and principles into the curriculum. They will lead or oversee (as necessary) the development of programmes and the creation of new courses to support industry facing practices and student employability. Preference will be given to candidates who also have research interests in these areas and the potential to publish in high quality scholarly journals.  

Teaching and research should be grounded in 21^st-century design studies with appropriate input from historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives. Given the broad, fast-moving, and collaborative nature of today’s industries and associated technologies, we expect the successful individual to work proactively, within and across the traditional discipline boundaries. We also expect the successful applicant to cooperatively contribute to teaching existing courses as well as collaboratively create new ones across the campuses where and as it benefits the student experience.

The role will be based at the University's campus in Dubai. Courses and programmes will be delivered in English and so fluency in English is essential. An induction programme will be delivered to all new academic staff on Heriot-Watt's standards and values, and to give practical experience on preparation, delivery, and assessment of teaching. 

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