Programme Director - Jewellery and Textiles

The opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic and ambitious academic practitioner/ researcher to lead the Jewellery and Textiles Programme and the academic vision and agenda for development for our world leading and unique courses. As Programme Director you will oversee the provision of a highly stimulating and nurturing environment for students and colleagues alike. You will be responsible for assuring the academic standards of the courses and their delivery through your academic leadership and the effective management of resources.

As Programme Director you will develop the vision and strategic thinking of the Programme to shape the design, development and future of the courses’ curricula. You will build on the international reputation of the programme and enhance professional, academic and research partnerships to ensure that the programme continues to anticipate the changing needs of the global design industry, commerce and society.

This post is 0.5 FTE

About you

As a sophisticated and innovative jewellery, textiles or materials practitioner / researcher and academic, you’ll be regarded as a leading authority within your own area. You will have an in depth understanding and personal experience of the relationship of jewellery, textiles and/or materials education with the design industry, both nationally and internationally.

As an experienced, creative and highly motivated academic, with an inventive approach to the enlivenment of students’ learning experience and high aspirations for their achievement, you’ll be able to take up the challenges of enabling diverse student cohorts to explore the disciplines of Jewellery, Textiles and Materials Design at Central Saint Martins, and foster new approaches to design, teaching excellence, knowledge exchange and research. Previous leadership experience of an undergraduate and / or postgraduate jewellery, textiles or materials design course is essential.

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 the Staffing Team, email jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk or telephone 0207 514 7885

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.  

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