Specialist Technician (L&T) Digital Design and Fabrication

The opportunity

Working directly with the Material and Spatial Practices courses in the Design School at Camberwell and Chelsea Colleges of Arts, you will be able to demonstrate experience of traditional workshop making techniques alongside an understanding of digital design and fabrication techniques. You will work alongside academic colleagues, inputting into the design brief and delivering technical teaching to support student learning and project work. Together as a course team you will help develop the long term course ambitions and excellent professional practice.  

About you

We are looking for a pro-active, collaborative individual who can demonstrate an enthusiastic aptitude for design, making and digital technologies.

You will be self-directed, have an analytic approach to project briefs and be able to design and deliver technical teaching and support in line with the project and course outcomes. You will provide structured technical support to groups both online and in person, create informative recorded tutorials and support students with one to one sessions.

You will have a balanced knowledge of physical and digital making as well as knowledge of the potentials of virtual learning environments for online/remote learning. You will be flexible, curious of new ways of working, with the ambition of continual self -development and the aim to inspire those students you support.

If you have any queries about this role that are not covered in the documentation available, please contact Christine Crouch, Staffing Administrator at jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk

What we offer

We are UAL

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts.

Every position within the University plays an important part in shaping future creative professionals, and impacts on the future of so many creative industries. You’ll get to be a part of this future by transferring your specialist knowledge on to other keen creatives whilst developing your own skills.

We offer generous leave, an attractive pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity.  Relocation assistance is available.

Our culture