Letterpress Specialist Technician

The opportunity

This role is designed to support letterpress techniques including, but not limited to, working with wood and metal type, photopolymer plate making and printing, and alternative letterpress processes, within one of the most established technical departments at the college. Working in the Printmaking, Book Arts & Letterpress team, the role will support courses within the Design School including Foundation, BA Graphic Design, BA Illustration and MA Graphics.

As a teaching and learning technician the successful applicant will be expected to lead student inductions and workshops across letterpress processes, and assist students with highly specialist techniques, including one to one project support.

About you

The successful applicant will work alongside technicians and academics within the college to ensure students are trained in the safe, innovative and professional use of the College’s technical resources. Applicants are required to have teaching experience working within a Letterpress workshop and have proficiency in setting and printing lead and wood type, and in the use of a range of specialist machinery such as cylinder proofing presses.  Some experience in digital file preparation and photopolymer platemaking is desirable.

Above all we are looking for a motivated, creative individual who can add to a growing and increasingly important team at the college. We would expect high levels of technical competence and a dedication to personal development.

If you have any general queries, you may contact Lesley Wilkins, Staffing Administrator, lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7514 7985

What we offer

We are UAL

London College of Communication is a pioneering world leader in creative communications education. With the communications sector constantly evolving at a rapid speed, we work at the cutting edge of new thinking and developments to prepare our students for successful careers in the creative industries of the future. Our course provision reflects the breadth of expertise housed within the most diverse creative agency including: journalism, advertising, PR and publishing; photography; film, television and sound; communications and media; graphic communication; spatial communication; design cultures; and interactive and visual communication. 

Our culture