University Teachers In Digital Design (Two posts)

37 hours per week (2 x 1.0 FTE, job share available)

Join our vibrant and internationally recognised community in the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University as a University Teacher. We are seeking motivated design tutors with experience teaching in Higher Education that are able to contribute into the Graphic Design, UX and Design curricula, teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

The Role

Candidates should be experts in UX, service design or digital design practices that can draw on professional industry experience alongside critical and contextual knowledge. The ability to teach applied practice is essential and should include competencies in one or more of: UX/UI, service design, digital product design or digital design for graphic communication. Alongside digital competencies, confidence with physical making and analogue prototyping would be beneficial.

These are fixed-term posts until July 2025. We welcome applicants that would consider a job share.

The University welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the University to achieve its mission. We do this through taking positive action and are encouraging applications from all backgrounds and communities. For this post, we particularly encourage women, gender diverse, disabled and/or ethnic minority people within the UK to apply and to engage with the point of contact provided below at an early stage.

For more details, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

About Us

Loughborough University are a top-10 ranked university in all major UK league tables. We are ranked 1^st for Fashion and Textiles and 2^nd for Graphic Design in the 2025 Guardian University League Table, 3^rd for Art & Design in the 2025 Complete University Guide and with the Times Good University Guide. The School of Design and Creative Arts received £3 million of investment this year, with new facilities opening in the Autumn.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Rob Tovey, Director of Undergraduate Studies, via email to R.Tovey@lboro.ac.uk.

The closing date for this is 27^th October 2024 at midnight. Interviews will be conducted on the week commencing 11^th November 2024.