Games Design tutor

Big Creative Training (BCT) job specification (games design tutor)

Big Creative Training is a well-established and expanding creative industry training provider with a long track record 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 Games Design department at BCT. We are this September expanding to launch a new world class Digital Future Campus in September including industry standard training rooms, equipment, VFX studios, e-sports arena and editing suites.To this effect, we are looking for an outstanding games design tutor to join at the new site based in Walthamstow, East London. We require a tutor with 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

• The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of young people

• Plan and deliver exciting lessons that support 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

Desired qualities

• Ability to empathise 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 Games Design department and with other courses in the college

• Experience of working profesionally in games design

• Extremely organised and able to manage own work load 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:

• Blender or Autodesk Maya for 3D modeling and animation 

• Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and Photoshop

• Unity for 3D game production - Visual scripting/basic programming skills 

• Drawing and 2D Art skills

• Game design industry planning and research skills

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 35 hours per week position paid at £27,800 for an unqualified teacher and £31,000 if you are qualified to PGCE level or equivalent

• We offer 32 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (40 in total) 

• To start on 1st March 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 1st Feb 2022 http://www.bigcreative.education/bct-staff-application-form/

We welcome applications from industry professionals who wish enter teaching via the full teaching qualification with support funded by the Taking Teaching Further scheme. This will allow you 6 months of reduced timetable for training and support whilst receiving full pay and cover all qualification costs over the two years of study’

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”.