Lecturer in Creative Direction and Innovation Full Time

University of The Arts London

The opportunity

Join our vibrant team at London College of Fashion’s East Bank Stratford campus as a Lecturer in Creative Direction and Innovation. We are looking for an established, industry-informed academic/practitioner to inspire the next generation of fashion communicators.

As a Lecturer, your responsibilities will include teaching, course development, and contributing to ongoing scholarship. You’ll collaborate with the course team to shape innovative pedagogy and a curriculum that challenges and reflects the evolving landscape of fashion communication.

The post holder will also undertake the role of Year Tutor, taking responsibility for the coordination of a year group. You’ll provide pastoral support to students and ensure their progress, fostering an environment of diversity and inclusivity.

About you

We’re looking for a candidate with an undergraduate degree in creative direction, visual communication or a related field. They should demonstrate strong collaborative skills, effectively working within teams and across diverse professional groups.

Experience in teaching and assessment within a higher education environment is required. You should demonstrate an inquiring, innovative, and reflexive approach to teaching alongside a commitment to considering equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

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 are ranked highly across the board. We are 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.

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Closing date: 3 October 2024, 23:55.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the Course Leader Shanu Walpita at

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Our culture

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.