Lecturer in Immersive & Digital Media

The role

The School of Arts is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Immersive and Digital Media. The successful applicant will contribute to curriculum design and teaching on the MA Immersive Arts programme, as well as to the development of new co-taught PGT programmes across the School of Arts, including in Film & Television. MA Immersive Arts is an innovative programme co-taught with computer science colleagues and MSc Immersive Technologies students. You will join the Immersive Arts team at an exciting moment, as the course moves to the University’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, a state of the art interdisciplinary teaching and research facility, and we prepare to launch the MA at University of Bristol’s new Mumbai Enterprise Campus. Successful candidates will make a significant contribution to advancing the University’s research focus on creative and cultural industries and to the Faculty’s Centre for Creative Technologies.

What will you be doing?

• Research

Leading and contributing to excellence in research with or on immersive and digital media, achieving grant capture and publishing world-leading and internationally excellent research or practice-as-research outputs. You will provide research leadership and mentorship to staff and postgraduates and lead the development of new themes in emerging media/technologies research.

• Teaching & Curriculum Development

Curriculum development and content design, including for new ‘Methods for Immersive Research’ and Innovation and ‘Immersive Industries’ units, and future programmes or educational offers. You will deliver existing and new units, contribute teaching to postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, and build our capacity to supervise doctoral students in this growing field of practice and research. You will promote innovative teaching methods that improve student experience, transferable skills creation and employability prospects.

• Academic Leadership and Administration

You will direct units/programmes in Immersive Arts and digital media, take a leadership role in the development of education programmes and research initiatives in the School of Arts and Faculty, with a focus on creative technologies and cultural industries. You will contribute to research leadership and development in the School and take on administrative, managerial and leadership roles.

You should apply if

• You hold a PhD in immersive arts/digital media (VR/AR/XR, interactive or spatial storytelling, virtual production) or a closely related field.
• You have significant academic experience, including substantial post-PhD teaching and research achievements.
• You demonstrate proven academic leadership in teaching and research, with a consistent record of internationally excellent outputs (including practice-as-research).
• You bring practical experience of teaching immersive arts/technologies and digital media, e.g. experience design, immersive production, XR performance/installation, interactive narrative, virtual environment design, 3D animation, virtual or post-production.
• You are familiar with using emerging technologies, software and hardware for immersive and digital media.

Additional information

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 11th January 2026.

For informal queries, please contact Prof Paul Clarke, p.clarke@bristol.ac.uk

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