CSM-Colart KTP Associate

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Operations and External Affairs
Academic Enterprise
CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Grade 3
Up to £30.5k depending on experience (plus personal training & development package)

Fixed Term - 2 years

Full time - 35 hours per week

28 October 2018 23:55

2018-11-09T00:00:00

The opportunity

This role is an exciting and unique opportunity for a recent MA Fine Arts graduate (or equivalent demonstrable experience) to work as the CSM-Colart KTP Associate, a full-time role facilitating a two-year long collaborative project between the world-leading Fine Arts Programme at Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design (UAL) and Colart, a leading supplier of art materials.

This project is funded by Innovate UK and Colart through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a UK Government scheme which aims to promote sustained and mutually beneficial relationships between universities and industry. The aim of this KTP collaboration is to identify new demands for material innovation in the context of contemporary experimental fine art practices, notably the growing prevalence of cross-medium approaches that are in part informed by digital cultures and technologies.

Supported by a dedicated mentor from both CSM and Colart, you will work directly with CSM Fine Art students at the King’s Cross campus and with technicians in the Colart Laboratory, to discover novel uses for existing Colart products, generate new products through the identification of currently unmet artist needs, and develop new content for digital marketing and public promotion of the collaboration. This will be done in part through a series of teaching events that have been programmed into the curriculum.


 

About you

You have a MA Fine Arts degree (or equivalent demonstrable experience) and have proficiency in a range of digital mediums and technologies, photo editing (Photoshop), website development and multi-media including video making and editing (Premier) as well as good understanding of different digital communication and social media platforms. Ideally, you have already successfully developed your own practice evidencing strong technical and conceptual knowledge of materials and techniques. You have excellent organisational and project management skills and take ownership of your work by driving the project forward during the course of the KTP. As you will be working with team members from different industries scattered across different locations, the ability to be self-motivated and work collaboratively is important as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required. 

This opportunity is closed to applications.