Lecturer in Media Production and Digital Content Creation

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

Background

The Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries draws together academic staff specialising in Advertising, Creative Writing, Cultural and Creative Industries, English, Media and Communications, Marketing Communication, Media Management, Media Production, Publishing, PR and Strategic Communication. The department is committed to maintaining the high quality of our teaching. For more information on the courses and modules we currently provide please see our website: https://www.city.ac.uk/about/schools/communication-creativity/media-cultural-creative-industries

Responsibilities

Candidates should be able to teach modules across Media Production in a way that is industry-focussed. In particular, you should have the ability to teach most if not all of the following modules:

• Digital Content Creation (UG, Y1)
• Intermediate Editing (UG, Y2)
• Writing for Media and Communication (UG, Y2)
• Promotional Content Creation (UG, Y3)
• Audiovisual Media Production (MA)
• Digital Content Creation (for PR and Marketing) (MA)

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have a good first degree and expertise related to Media Production and Digital Content Creation. You should have deep expertise in video production and the ability to teach postproduction software. Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro will be tested at interview.

You will be a team player and have a professional background in the media industries and the ability to share insights from that background in a way that is supportive of students’ employability. You will be able to relate to a generation of students more likely seeking to create content for TikTok or YouTube than submitting films for festivals.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 13th January 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in late February or early March 2025.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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