Games Design and Animation tutor

Big Creative Training (BCT) job specification (Games Design and Animation tutor)

Big Creative Training is a well-established and expanding creative industry training provider with a long record of accomplishment of delivering positive outcomes for learners. Our mission is to improve the lives of young people through high quality training and creative industry experiences. 

We have more than 400 young people per year going through our vocational training programmes including apprenticeships, and they all take qualifications in maths and English. We have great industry links and work with over 100 creative sector employers and SMEs.

These are exciting times for the Digital department at BCT. This September we are launching our new world class Digital Future campus including industry standard training rooms, equipment, VFX studios, e-sports arena and editing suites. 

To this effect, we are looking for an outstanding Animation tutor to join at the new site based in Walthamstow, East London. We need a tutor with experience of 3D animation or VFX Editorial Department on high-end long-form productions, understanding of Maya 3D or Blender 3D and a wider knowledge of the twelve P principles of animation 2D and 3D. We would further need experience in 2D and 3D game production pipelines, understanding of underlying game design principles and a wider knowledge of the creative media production industries.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a successful and growing department, within a supportive framework. Candidates will have maths and English at GCSE grade C / 4 or above, and will be educated to degree level with evidence of outstanding practice working in a similar environment.

Key tasks and qualities 

• The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of young people
• Plan and deliver exciting lessons that supports learner progression
• Ensure learners are retained, achieve their qualifications and progress
• Ensure the course has a wide range of enrichment including guest speakers and trips
• Complete learner one to one tutorials and individual learning plans
• Use a range of assessment methods ensuring the learners are inspired to progress by outstanding and prompt feedback
• Ability to empathies' with and understand the many challenges faced by young adults in a demographic with high free school meals rate and poverty levels
• Ability to inspire these learners by developing lessons that can relate to and build on their needs and interests 
• Experience of working in the creative industries using an entrepreneurial approach
• Develop innovative ways of collaborating on projects both within the department and with other courses in the college
• Experience of working professionally in a relevant industry
• Extremely organised and able to manage your own workload effectively and flexibly
• Highly motivated and driven to succeed in a competitive and rewarding environment
• Outstanding teaching and communication skills and experience of good / outstanding Ofsted 
• Positive, solution focused and proactive in managing and responding to data 
• Assertive and self-confident in management of the learning environment
• Committed and willing to “go the extra mile” to meet targets
• Ambitious – will not settle for less than outstanding standards of work and behaviour

Technical skills – we’d be interested in hearing from applicants with combinations of the following skills:

• Animating, skinning and rigging in Maya, or Blender
• Animation-to-engine pipelines, ideally Unity/Unreal Engine
• Familiarity with modelling, Photoshop
• Excell Unity for 3D game production
• 3D Modelling and texturing – Blender
• Drawing and 2D Art skills
• Experience with Photoshop - concept art/textures for games
• Game design industry planning and research skills
• Excellent communication skills in English

Benefits of working for BCT

• Supportive, developmental environment with a creative and innovative approach to education
• Be part of a successful and expanding organisation with a pension and healthcare cash plan

Salary and days of work

• This is a full time position (35 hours per week) paid as follows
• £33,000 if you are qualified to PGCE level or equivalent
• £27,810 for an unqualified teacher 
• We offer 32 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (40 in total) – pro-rata for part time roles
• To start on 15th August 2022

How to apply

• For an informal conversation about the role please call Darren Peers on 07931 444339. If you wish to apply you must complete the application form here by 9am on 3rd June 2022 http://www.bigcreative.education/bct-staff-application-form/
• To find out more about BCT and our approach to education please see www.bigcreative.education 

• Big Creative Training was rated “good” by Ofsted at our last inspection. You can read the full report here. 

• Ofsted said: “Leaders and staff successfully ignite young people’s enthusiasm for learning”.