Lecturer in Design (Graphic Design) - Full time, Permanent

The School of Arts & Creative Industries is a forward looking, dynamic school preparing its students for employability and responsible citizenship fit for the demands of the 21st Century.

Situated in the heart of Scotland’s festival city, Edinburgh, SACI is made up of three subject areas – Media and Humanities; Screen & Performing Arts; and Art, Design and Photography. The School is home to just over 1800 students and about 96 permanent staff plus a range of industry experts and specialist staff employed on a more casual basis.

At SACI, we are committed to delivering a personalised learning experience for students, set against an agenda of inclusivity, employability, and sustainability. We achieved 89% in the last NSS, and we are number one in the UK for Journalism, and in the top ten for Film and Photography, Media & Film Studies, English, Design and Music (Sunday Times and Guardian League Tables). We entered four units of assessment to the REF and have recently launched two new research centres to strengthen or research culture.

We are proud of our ethos, combining a sharp focus on critical thinking and applying theory to practice relevant to industry. Our staff maintain strong links to industry with many continuing to be active practitioners. Our school encourages an atmosphere of creative practice as research alongside more traditional research.

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Art, Design and Photography

Art, Design and Photography at Edinburgh Napier University is firmly real-world based and research led, with a strong social and ethical focus, instilling in our graduates a sense of global citizenship and social responsibility. Our students and staff learn through creative inquiry, exploration, and experimentation.

We have particular expertise in practice-based research, projects include finding design solutions to reduce ocean plastic to working with students and young people to facilitate engagement with COP26 and beyond.

We’re the top UK modern university for Art & Design (1st of 62 - The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021) and the top UK university for Film Production & Photography (1st of 67 - The Guardian University Guide 2021).

Our connections with many of the UK’s best design agencies and professional photographers mean students and staff work closely with industry throughout their degrees and our undergraduate students exhibit their work at our annual Degree Show and national graduate showcases in London, often winning multiple awards.

The Role

The graphic design team at Edinburgh Napier is research led, with a strong social and ethical focus, instilling in our graduates a sense of global citizenship and social responsibility. Our students learn through creative inquiry, exploration, and experimentation. We therefore welcome research-active applicants who are able to practically share their passion for research with students.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about and rooted in the craft of graphic design. You will have a deep contextual understanding of where graphic design has come from, and exceptional technical skills in the practical craft of contemporary graphic design practice and/or motion/animation/digital. You will have extensive professional design experience and be able to demonstrate expertise across a range of areas of graphic design activity including (but not limited to) typography, art direction, editorial, data visualisation, production and print craft.

You will have your finger on the pulse of contemporary theoretical and academic discourses within design practice and pedagogy, informing a cutting-edge future-oriented vision for where graphic design is going as it constantly transforms and evolves. You will have the opportunity to develop your research interests and deliver student centred learning across all levels of our design programmes, working across disciplines through the delivery of design theory.

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Who we are looking for

Essential:

• Teaching in a Higher Education environment
• Strong academic research profile plus in-depth industry and/or theory knowledge.

Desirable:

• Masters’ qualification in a relevant discipline
• Professional qualifications relevant to discipline
• Ideally HEA membership or a strong willingness to achieve membership within 18 months of appointment.

Skills/Personal Requirements:

• Demonstration of the University’s agreed values and behaviours –
  Professional, Innovative, Inclusive and Ambitious.

Benefits we offer

Salary: £40,927 to £50,296 per annum (Grade 6)

Further information about our benefits can be found here.

Additional Information

Application closing date: 12 May 2022 @11:59pm

Interview date: June 2022

The University is committed to inclusion, demonstrated through our work in respect of our diversity awards and accreditations and holds Disability Confident, Career Positive and Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champion status.