Fashion-Tech Research & Development Project Lead (BFTT Partnership)

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Academic Development and Services
Research
LCF - John Prince's St, London UK
Grade 5
£38,694.00 - £46,423.00 pa (pro-rata)

Fixed Term - 18 months

Part time - 17.5 hours per week

16 February 2020 23:55

The opportunity

This post is an exciting opportunity for a Post-Doctoral Researcher (or equivalent demonstrable industry / research experience) to work as the Research & Development (R&D) Project Lead, leading on the operational delivery of a novel collaborative fashion-tech project, between the Digital Anthropology Lab at London College of Fashion (UAL) and AWAYTOMARS. The role will suit a well-qualified candidate with relevant industry experience, seeking a move into academia, or a Postgraduate level researcher, seeking to get hands-on experience with a very exciting start-up project.

 

The successful candidate will work with the management, commercial and technical teams at AWAYTOMARS, an innovative company looking to disrupt and enrich the creative and design process through their co-creation platform, and research experts in digital design and technology at the Digital Anthropology Lab at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.

 

The principal aim of the project is to deliver a better user experience and functionality through the AWAYTOMARS co-creation platform. This will include front and back end software development, including managing UX across areas of co-creation, visual search, and AI.

 

The role requires an experienced computer scientist/developer with appropriate research and industry experience. The role also requires excellent organisational and project management skills.

About you

  • PG or Doctoral qualification in the area of computer science or equivalent and relevant research and/or industry experience –ideally in areas such as co-creation, AI, UX, emerging business models.  (essential)
  • Relevant experience of product development within the technology sector. (essential)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of crowd-participation and AI for image search with graphic skills gained through research and/or relevant R&D industry work. (desirable)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of UX design, back and/or front end development. (desirable
  • Experience of working with co-creation and crowd-participation tools/methods.(desirable)
  • Relevant experience in the fash-tech sector. (desirable)
  • Experience of undertaking research and/or R&D with external collaborators. (desirable)
  • Excellent organisational and project management skills. (essential)

If you have any queries contact ADS Recruitment Team via email ADSstaffRecruitment@arts.ac.uk or telephone: 02075142965 / 9627

This opportunity is closed to applications.