Technical Coordinator (Art & Design)

If you offer technical skills and experience in Art & Design this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role supporting pre-degree studies students at Lime Grove.

Housed in a beautiful 19th-century building in West London, our Lime Grove site offers a creative learning space for pre-degree students.

The facilities at Lime Grove include:

• 3D Digital Fabrication - 3D printing, scanning, vac forming and plastics
• Casting - clay and plaster work and mould making (including small sampling kiln for small ceramic work)
• Printmaking (including basic textiles sublimation printing) litho, screen, etching and mono painting
• Performance spaces

As a Technical Coordinator, you will support the practical delivery of technical workshops and student learning activities, using your specialist subject knowledge to facilitate and coordinate the students’ practical work.

You will oversee the safe operation and management of designated technical resources and will also line manage and support a group of Specialist and Support Technicians with student learning activities.

About you

BA level qualifications in Art & Design or equivalent Industry level experience is essential.

Demonstrable practical knowledge of H&S, COSHH, Risk Assessment and safe working practices is equally important.

You will also need proven experience and/or qualifications in a wide range of making technologies, including digital and emerging technologies and digital developments within art & design practices.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We’re ranked highly across the board. We’re ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 6 October 2024 23:55.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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