Unit Leader - MA Creative Leadership

Fixed Term – 8.5 months

Part time - 14.8 hours per week

Hybrid – CSM King’s Cross/Home

The Creative Leadership MA at UAL is a fully online course that examines leadership as both an inventive practice and a relational act.

It is designed for both emergent and established leaders who have the desire to creatively reframe what it means to lead in the 21st century. We are looking for an experienced educator with specialist knowledge of creative leadership to contribute to developing this new fully online postgraduate programme at Central Saint Martins. 

Unit Leaders working in this model of design and development are the primary subject matter experts responsible for defining the curriculum, developing projects and assessment briefs, and for the authoring of course resources. 

This is a fixed term opportunity; you’ll work 2 days per week for 8.5 months starting in early June 2026.

About you 

We are looking for an experienced educator within the emergent discipline of creative leadership. You will draw on your academic knowledge of foundational leadership principles, theories and firsthand experience of creative methods and approaches. You may have taught management, business, entrepreneurship and/or creative practice and theory in a higher education context, or through coaching or professional development. The learning that you develop will guide students to develop confidence and clarity in their self-understanding as creative leaders. The learning materials you will write need to teach students to innovate, problem solve and develop their own ethically informed, critical and reflexive creative leadership identities and to develop the academic skills for postgraduate study. 

As a Unit Leader working in this model of design and development you will be the primary subject matter expert responsible for defining theory and practice within the curriculum and planning assessment. You will work closely with a Learning Designer to plan the learning experience and materials and ensure that the unit meets the requirements of our flexible model. You’ll be ready to design engaging learning activities for globally dispersed students and to bring in guest speakers, diverse references and case studies to the course materials. You will be willing to present / appear in videos and podcasts and other media content.

You’ll have good team working skills and be ready to work in fast paced and highly collaborative production environment. 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. 

Other key requirements

• Availability to be in London occasionally for filming and occasional meetings
• Use of a personal computer

Please indicate your availability in your application.

To apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 23:55, 28^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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