Vacancy ID
12489
College/Exec Group
Central Saint Martins
Location
CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Salary
£44,375 - £52,977 per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Hours
22.2
Apply by
23 June 2026, 11:55 pm
The opportunity
University of the Arts London (UAL) is seeking an experienced Lecturer to join the MA Graphic Communication Design team at Central Saint Martins (CSM).
As a Lecturer in MA Graphic Communication Design, you will be responsible for teaching, curriculum design, assessment and on-going scholarship on the course. This course forms part of the Graphic Communication Design Programme within S School at CSM and helps students engage critically with graphic design as both a creative practice and a subject of study. Through iterative and open-ended experimentation with visual media and tools of communication, students develop work that investigates existing knowledge, activates positions and projects new forms of knowledge.
You will help students to develop independent, open-ended and rigorous research-led graphic design practices, with particular attention to form and production. You will support students in contextualising their practice within graphic design and in relation to broader discourses. You will achieve this by broadening the range of perspectives represented within the course through the development of reading lists, course events and other curricular initiatives.
Working closely with the Course Leader, you will help manage resources, materials and working relationships that support course projects and activities. You will also take on the role of tutorial group leader, assuming primary responsibility for a small cohort of students.
phic design is a situated and relational discipline that both reflects and reconfigures its cultural, social, and environmental conditions. From this position, our community of practitioners critically interrogates the academic and professional contexts for practice as well as the very nature of the discipline itself, continually co-defining and re-defining the expanding field of graphic design.
MA Graphic Communication Design is part of the Graphic Communication Design Programme, which also includes BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design and MA Communicating Complexity. Our approach to subject spans an expanding assemblage of media and agendas. We encourage a wide range of practices and concerns, which are united by a shared appreciation for the ways that thinking and making advance one another. Our programme facilitates a broad and dynamic community of students and staff to thrive through graphic and communication design in diverse and meaningful ways. Our goal as a programme is to ask and answer questions through and about graphic communication design.
Your profile
The successful candidate will hold an undergraduate degree and a higher degree, such as an MA, in Graphic Communication Design or a closely related discipline. Previous experience of teaching and assessment within a Higher Education environment (or equivalent experience) is essential.
While a PhD is not required, the University welcomes applications from candidates who can demonstrate rigorous and critical engagement within the field, along with other relevant academic and professional experience.
We are interested in hearing from a range of applicants with a demonstrable commitment to all aspects of graphic communication design practice and education. Shortlisted candidates who are not offered this Lecturer role but are considered suitably qualified will be invited to be added to a pool of Associate Lecturers within the Graphic Communication Design Programme. Candidates added to this pool can then be matched to hourly-paid staffing needs that arise over a 12-month period across all courses in the programme (including undergraduate and postgraduate).
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.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.
Application process
We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.
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