Senior Lecturer: Film & Virtual Production

School of Digital, Technologies and Arts

Location: Stoke Campus

Salary: £38,205 to £54,395 per annum (dependent upon experience).

Full time, permanent.

Release date: Thursday 17 August 2023

Closing date: Saturday 02 September 2023

Interview date: Tuesday 26 September 2023

Reference: DTA169-23

About the role

This role sits in Film and Media within the Department of Media, Performance and Communication, where 2023 sees us celebrate 55 years of media and film provision at the University.

You will be joining a team of academics and practitioners in a department that also runs provision in animation, journalism, music, sound, literature, creative writing, philosophy, theatre, and drama.

Our signature themes centre around storytelling (we make and tell stories); sense making (we make sense of the world around us through the stories we tell and interpret); and collaboration (we work in collaboration with others and in a multidisciplinary manner).

This new post aligns with the University's Academic Strategy 'Towards 2023', which aims to balance learning and teaching with research, knowledge exchange and enterprise.

The department is committed to building a diverse community and welcomes applications from suitably qualified female and ethnic minority academics who are currently under represented in our positions.

Responsibilities

• Teach Film and Virtual Production across BA (Hons) Film Production, BA (Hons) VFX and Virtual Production, BA (Hons) Creative Media Production, and MA Film Practice courses.
• Supervise PGR students and encourage multidisciplinary approaches.
• Contribute to practice based research and scholarship.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable excellent subject knowledge in VFX, film, and virtual production.
• Experience in teaching at the higher education level.
• Knowledge of practice as research methodology is desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive incremental rates of pay
• 37 days annual leave plus 11 days bank holiday and discretionary days
• Excellent pension scheme
• Access to continued professional and personal development
• Opportunity to become part of the wider University community
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted health & fitness facilities on site at the Stoke Campus
• Discounted travel by rail or bus, with option of season ticket loans

Contact

Dr Robert Marsden, Head of Department,