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The opportunity

BA Photography and Creative Industries is looking for a Photographer / Designer with experience in graphic design, image-making and publication making to teach on a first-year unit called Publishing and Social Change. We want someone who collaborates, provokes, and builds studio culture — someone who treats the classroom like a working creative studio, helping students to produce editorial projects which innovate in mixing research, archiving , writing and image-making tell new stories about music, subculture and style. Strong candidates will have a personal portfolio spanning printed and online publishing — photobooks, zines, editorial features, digital platforms, or a genuine hybrid of the two.

Highly valued skills includes:

• Adobe InDesign / Davinci Resolve — for moving image or multi-format storytelling
• Print production knowledge — pre-press, paper stock, binding, working with printers
• Social & digital publishing tools — Canva, Figma or Web Builders used as genuine editorial channels
• Familiarity with AI image and workflow tools (Midjourney, Firefly, Photoshop Generative Fill) — critically applied, not just decoratively

If you have any specific queries about this role please contact the course leader – D.Wiafe – d.wiafe@lcc.arts.ac.uk

For general queries contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser - lcc.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk

You must be resident in the UK to be considered for Associate Lecturer vacancies.

Your profile

Your main responsibility will be preparation, teaching, administration and assessment of a unit or part of a unit. You will make a significant contribution to the quality of learning and support our students receive in order to enable them to complete their studies successfully.

You will work closely with other academic staff, including the Programme Director and Course Leader.

Further information should be viewed on the course pages before application : BA (Hons) Photography and Creative Industries | UAL

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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