Lecturer in Digital Design

The Vacancy

 

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience in graphic and digital design? We are looking for a Full Time Lecturer – Digital Design to join the Digital Arts Section within Newcastle College University Centre, based at our Ryehill  Campus.

Ideally, you should have experience of a creative approach to designing and delivering higher education curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in subject specific and interdisciplinary contexts. This role requires a versatile approach and ability to contribute to a vibrant and collaborative team that spans a wide range of digital arts disciplines, encompassing both academic and industry professionals.

Your skillset will include creative digital design processes and their application in industry as well as leading edge digital design tools and methods. You will be able to design, produce and deliver across a range of digital platforms with experience of graphic design, visual identity and branding, motion graphics and data visualisation. You will have significant and relevant work experience in a client facing environment across a broad range of design mediums. You will need to be able to demonstrate that you are an innovator with excellent skills in graphic design, motion graphics, video production including green screen, audio production, digital documents, interactive HTML-based content (H5P), HTML and CSS within VLEs. You will focus on progressive digital application, UX/UI, web design, motion graphic design, and expanded digital interaction, and should have experience in these areas.

You will be expected to have expert skills and knowledge of the relevant Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

You will need to demonstrate self-confidence and excellent communications skills, which will include the ability to communicate effectively across a broad spectrum of individuals, managerial levels and international cultures together with well-honed design and presentation skills, and the ability to deliver online and remotely both synchronously and asynchronously.

 

You will be delivering on the brand-new Higher Degree Apprenticeship and following the purpose made standard that will cover the following industry occupational duties:

Duty 1 Create impactful and eye-catching creative designs related to digital art, digital graphic design, video, online services and installations.

Duty 2 Apply creativity to all creative digital development projects, including non-screen-based media.

Duty 3 Develop and deliver compelling digitally enabled creative design solutions to internal and/or external clients across a range of sectors inline with brand guidelines, for a range of different contexts and environments, including agile.

Duty 4 Create prototypes of design concepts and communicate these through pitches and presentations to gain agreement to develop these into final designs.

Duty 5 Create digital design solutions for a broad range of media including online services, installations and contribute to strategy around creative direction.

Duty 6 Interpret client briefs to create and deliver powerful ideas, ensuring that accessibility requirements are incorporated, using market research and UX input to inform creative decision making.

Duty 7 Lead and manage end to end creative design projects, adopting the organisational approach to design project governance.

Duty 8 Lead the communication of design concepts, including with brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial, and sales.

Duty 9 Recognise the opportunities for complex and compelling data stories to be presented through creative digital channels.

Duty 10 Keep up with both current and future media and technology developments and current technological requirements such as 3D space, immersive technologies and artificial intelligence.

 

So, are you up for a challenge, have you got the experience and expertise we are looking for, and are you the right person to lead this innovative and ground-breaking programme? If yes, then apply now.

About Newcastle College

Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.

We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.

We’re proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country’s leading college groups and we’re a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK.  Newcastle College’s vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.

Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you’ll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.

Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.