Teaching Fellow in Performance Costume

Part-time: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)

Open-ended: permanent

The Opportunity

This post has a focus on and responsibility for, a significant proportion of the teaching of Undergraduate Performance Costume students. Alongside this, the postholder will be expected to contribute where appropriate to broader cross-disciplinary teaching, relevant to Performance Costume. 

The post involves designing course content, and teaching delivery towards creative and contemporary performance costume practices. This includes teaching specialisms such as costume design, contemporary pattern cutting, costume draping, historical pattern cutting, dress histories and historical tailoring skills.  

Additionally, you will be expected to support the development and embedding of new and emerging technologies and practices relating to costume pattern cutting, design costume dissemination in an educational context. You will have an in-depth knowledge of the field of performance costume for stage, screens and moving image.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• A Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline related to Performance Costume, or possession of commensurate extensive experience in costume design for performance and screen, pattern cutting or other highly appropriate fields for contribution to undergraduate design teaching programmes
• Knowledge of the field of performance costume for stage, screens and moving image. And the broader industry contexts of Performance Costume, including good knowledge of the innovation-led approaches to costume design. 
• Knowledge and expertise in teaching Performance Costume Design in an educational setting. With experience of best practices in teaching and learning methods, and demonstrable ability.
• Evidence strong creative and technical ability in Costume Design and Pattern Cutting, with experience of working as a performance costume pattern cutter and designer within an industry context/setting.
• The ability to teach contemporary pattern cutting, costume draping, historical pattern cutting, & tailoring methods. And the ability to teach and support students in creative pattern cutting methods for costume production.
• Possession of effective written and oral communication skills in a range of contexts (e.g., teaching, oral presentations, and publications), as well as good communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Being proactive, flexible and self-motivated. Able to work independently, as well as collaboratively, within cross-disciplinary teams. 
• Knowledge and familiarity with cognate fields such as Fashion, Textiles and the contribution of these disciplines to the wider design context.
• Demonstrable commitment to a diverse and inclusive working environment.

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