Creative Director: School of Media and Communication

The opportunity

The School of Media and Communication at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London is looking for an proactive and visionary Creative Director who will lead on developing and implementing the showcasing strategy for the School. This is an opportunity for an ambitious and multi skilled individual to shape the future of the internal and external showcasing and communication of the School as we move into an exciting future. You will bring vision and leadership to the direction, development and realisation of external and internal communication of the Schools work across a range of digital and physical platforms. You will direct and implement the graduate exhibitions, curate and manage content for the Schools digital and physical platforms and will support students and course teams to realise their showcasing ambitions. Reporting to the Dean of the School you will also work closely with the Creative Directors from other Schools and with the College Showcasing and Internal External Events Team.  

You will be responsible for embedding the vision and creative identity of the School’s showcasing activity and develop the Schools external and internal profile. You will work closely with the LCF showcasing team, other Creative Directors and Internal and External Relations to champion new modes of showcasing and engagement, including hybrid and virtual events and presentations. You will work to London College of Fashion’s five showcasing principles: quality, new craft traditions, people and place, process and play, and engaging for impact and will ensure our values of sustainability, social justice and responding to the climate emergency remain at the forefront of our work. 

You will bring a collegiate approach to leadership and will work with students and staff across the school to realise their showcasing ambitions within the brand guidelines of the College and University. You will work collaboratively with showcasing stakeholders across the School and College, to plan and deliver showcasing which achieves their aims and objectives. The role includes managing and delivering the student degree shows, informal showcasing activations on site, instigating live briefs and collaborative projects, external showcasing events. 

You will be a key player on the School’s Senior Management Team, proactively leading, contributing and developing the ongoing vision of the School. The role includes seeking and establishing external and internal networks. You will have responsibility to lead special projects and manage student and staff participation. The Creative Director will also represent the School of Media & Communication at College and University levels, ensuring that the work of staff and students is recognised, exposed and well represented in the College and University publicity. 

You will also have a role in teaching across the school subject areas. This would normally take the form of key lectures and /or workshops, involvement in knowledge exchange projects and may be related to course curricula or be concerned with extra curricula opportunities. 

If you have any queries about this role, you may contact the LCF Staffing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk

About you

You will be recognised as an authority in your field or specialism, be an excellent and proactive communicator, demonstrating ability to collaborate and work with staff, students, alumni and partners and an exciting vision for their future. You will have extensive knowledge of the changing face of the fashion media and communication industry and be proficient in You will have experience in project management and production planning and managing work flow for digital platforms as well as other modes of showcasing and dissemination. It is desirable for you to have experience and knowledge of working within the higher education sector, however we are open to applicants from other backgrounds including curatorial, editorial and creative direction, creative strategy, education roles, development and programming departments in galleries and museums, commercial and creative brand thought leadership and futurology. 

 We pride ourselves on being both a multi-cultural and international university and we want to improve the experience of all our students by ensuring our workforce is as diverse as our study body and the city around us. We know that students and staff learn from each other while they are studying with us, and by sharing new experiences, backgrounds and personalities we increase the opportunities for collaboration and new thinking, and as such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

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.

London College of Fashion is extremely proud to be a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy. Much of its success is down to its dedicated employees, and you will play an important role in shaping future creative professionals, and impact on the future of so many creative industries.

London College of Fashion, UAL is undertaking an unprecedented programme of change. In 2022 we will be consolidating our existing six sites into a new purpose built campus as part of a new education and cultural district on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ahead of this move, we welcome applications from candidates who live in and around East London, as well as from those keen to join us on this exciting and unique opportunity in our College’s history.

The School of Media and Communication is one of three schools that make up the London College of Fashion. The School delivers a range of world-leading courses, shaping the future of the fashion media, communication and performance industries through a shared understanding of the body as a creative site. Our three programme areas cover Communication, Media and Performance. Our students work across platforms, disciplines and borders to design meaningful experiences and offer creative solutions to the critical issues of our times. We are driven by the values of collaboration, engagement, innovation and activism. The School has both MA and BA provision in a wide range of fashion media and communication subject specialisms, including fashion photography, creative direction, styling and production, costume, public relations and illustration amongst others. 

Our culture