Associate Lecturer – BA Hons Animation

The opportunity

We are seeking multiple practice-based lecturers in Animation, teaching into the BA Hons Animation course potentially across all 3 years. The role involves working as part of the team preparing and delivering structured learning experiences including classes, tutorials, workshops and studio critiques. You will also be assessing work, providing student support and completing administration tasks for practice-based units appropriate to your role. In year 1 you will typically be teaching animation skills and supporting students in developing an understanding of the principles of animation and applying those skills to the specialist fields of 2D, 3D digital, stop motion animation, game arts and/ or VFX. Years 2 & 3 focus on preparation for professional working and developing a specialist skill-set through practical creative project work.

You will work closely with other academic staff, including year leaders and course leader contributing to course development and quality processes through engagement in course planning meetings and will maintain effective communication with your line manager, other colleagues and students.

Further information should be viewed on the course pages before application

About you

You will be highly creative and skilled in the subject area of animation and you will be a specialist in your professional field. You will take a dynamic and innovative approach to supporting excellent teaching, pedagogy and inclusivity. You will be an excellent communicator, be highly motivated and organised and you will have experience teaching animation, ideally in Higher Education. You will have a creative, critical, historical and theoretical knowledge of animation and moving image practice and ideally you will have an understanding of animation in the wider context of visual communications such as AR, VR, interactivity, game arts and VFX.

It is essential that you have skills either in 2D Animation or Stop Motion and that you have a thorough knowledge of at least one of these softwares: Toon Boom; TV Paint; Adobe After Effects; Adobe Animate; Cinema 4D.

PG Cert teaching qualification or equivalent experience is desirable.

If you have any specific queries about this role please contact the course leader – s.r.wilkinson@lcc.arts.ac.uk

For general queries contact Lesley Wilkins - lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk

What we offer

We are UAL

London College of Communication is a pioneering world leader in design and media 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.

We offer excellent hourly rates for lecturing part-time, either during daytime or evenings. This is a teaching role without comparison offering you the opportunity to work with some of the finest students in your field. You will also have the chance to freshen up your own thinking, to learn in an environment supportive of everyone's development, and to enhance your career. 

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