Course Leader BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design

7074

Central Saint Martins
Art, Communication, Culture and Performance
CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Grade 6
£47,120 to £56,771 per annum

Permanent

Full time - 37 hours per week

17 September 2021 23:55

The opportunity

BA (Honours) Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins is a large and diverse undergraduate course that facilitates students to pursue a range of specialist, generalist, and hybrid approaches that extend and challenge the traditions of graphic design. In the first part of the course, students are guided to position themselves in relation to five platforms of study: Narrative & Voice; Strategy & Identity; Time & Movement; Information & Systems; and Experience & Environment. Later in the course, this process leads to the formation of communities of practice developed around emerging themes and issues. Work produced by our 2021 graduates is highlighted on the UAL Graduate Showcase: https://graduateshowcase.arts.ac.uk/c/central-saint-martins-ba-hons-graphic-communication-design.

The Course Leader will be responsible for all aspects of BA (Honours) Graphic Communication Design including planning and delivery of academic units and assessments, overseeing high-quality curriculum, teaching and feedback, coordinating the provision of pastoral and academic support, managing staff, participating in quality and enhancement processes, recruiting students and developing the course’s external profile. During 2022, the incoming Course Leader will finalise and implement the course’s 5-yearly re-approval. Priorities include decolonisation, the climate emergency, rationalising approaches to staffing and timetabling, and developing a low-residency mode of study. The successful candidate will be expected to work in accordance with current university academic policy and frameworks as well as contribute to the vision and strategic positioning of the programme.

About you

We are looking for a motivated academic with a track record as a strong manager of large staff teams and complex workloads. You will take a dynamic approach to design and pedagogy and also be actively engaged in practice or research directly relevant to the BA (Honours) Graphic Communication Design curriculum at CSM. You will have a postgraduate qualification and a track record of contributions to the advancement of the field.

In return, University of the Arts London offers 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.

If you have any queries about this role please contact CSM's Staffing Team via email jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk.

What we offer

 

We are UAL

Central Saint Martins is a world-leading centre for arts and design education. Its reputation stems from the creative energy of its staff and students and the stellar achievements of its graduates nationally and internationally. The nine programmes at CSM explore the boundaries of their discipline. Students and staff are continually alert to new ideas, and are curious and restless in developing beyond the expected norms of their subject, so emerging work is at the forefront of its area. CSM sits at the heart of London’s creative scene, and of one of Europe’s most dynamic new culture and innovation quarters at King’s Cross, making the college increasingly important to London’s cultural life, and indicative of our general desire to open up CSM to as broad an audience as possible. 

The Graphic Communication Design programme at Central Saint Martins facilitates a large heterogenous community of students and staff to thrive through graphic design and communication practice in diverse and meaningful ways. We ask and answer questions through and about graphic communication design. The staff are a forward-thinking and outward-facing team who value pedagogic innovation, critical practice and explorative approaches to the possibilities of the discipline.

Our culture

 

This opportunity is closed to applications.