Senior Lecturer and Course Leader - MA Graphic Design Online

The opportunity
We are looking for a specialist and experienced academic to lead the new, fully online MA Graphic Design course. The role involves leading the final stages of course development, delivering teaching, and supporting the growth of the course and academic team as this exciting new course scales and becomes established.

This course is developed and delivered in partnership between London College of Communication, the Graphic Design Communication Programme and UAL Online and is being created in a new flexible model of creative education. Learning is designed to support a global audience of fully online, part-time, postgraduate graphic design students. Launched in September 2025, the course is growing quickly and is one of a suite of new UAL courses designed in this fully online model.

Your role will be varied, including teaching and assessment, supporting students and leading the academic team. You will work collaboratively with UAL Online colleagues supporting course design, recruitment and evaluation in this innovative model of creative education.

To find out more about the course see: https://ualonline.arts.ac.uk/courses/ma-graphic-design#course-overview.

About you
We are looking for someone with specialist academic and leadership experience in graphic design with a commitment to widening access and inclusive education. As an educator you will be ready to support a globally dispersed cohort to develop their graphic design practices, and to bring ethical, diverse and contemporary perspectives into the course.

You’ll have the teamworking and communication skills to support the staff team and embrace our collaborative hybrid working methods. As Course Leader you will be ready to address emergent and complex challenges that are inherent in this type of new, and innovative HE initiative. You will enjoy collaborative problem solving, and partnership working to support this strategic work.

You don’t need extensive experience of online teaching and learning, but you do need to be open to the advantages of flexible fully online delivery to widen access to Higher Education.

Should you have any questions about the role please contact either:

Henrietta Ross, Programme Director, Graphic Design Communication at h.ross@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

Georgia Steele, UAL Online, Head of Education Design and Development at g.steele@csm.arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

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Closing date: 23:55, 14^th April 2026.

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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