Vacancy ID: 12195
Executive Group/College: Central Saint Martins
Department/Team: S School
Location: CSM – King’s Cross, London UK
Hybrid working: Flexible hybrid – 80% on-site, 20% WFH
Grade: Grade 5
Salary: £42,477 – £50,961 per annum pro-rata
Contract: Fixed Term – 18 weeks
Term: Part time – 22.2 hours per week with work pattern Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
Job family: Academic & Research
Advertised: External and internal
Apply by: 4 January 2026 (11.55pm)
Interviews: 12 January 2026
Start date: 2 February 2026
Job description: Link 1
The opportunity
Central Saint Martins is seeking an experienced educator to teach GCD Practices: Typography within the BA Graphic Communication Design course on an 18-week 0.6 fixed-term contract providing parental leave cover.
You will be working within a collaborative and supportive course team who see the course as a space for us – a community of students, tutors, and practitioners – to explore and interrogate the vast and ever-expanding field Graphic Communication Design together.
As a GCD Practices tutor, you will play a key role in delivering a sequence of units delivered to all students on BA Graphic Communication Design across UG levels 4, 5 and 6. You will contribute to teaching, curriculum development and ongoing scholarship across the course, with a particular focus on Typography.
You will deliver teaching and learning activities that support students’ engagement with typography as a practical and critical discipline, incorporating digital typesetting and letterpress, layout, grids and typographic systems, typographic detail, editorial design, form, and language within your teaching.
This role involves planning and delivery of workshops, seminars and taught sessions, as well as supporting students through formative and summative assessment and providing clear, timely feedback. You will maintain responsibility for progress tutorials for allocated student groups, monitoring their engagement, attendance, and overall development, and ensuring that records are accurate and up to date.
Additionally, we will be recruiting an Associate Lecturer during this period to also teach into typography. Please let us know if you would also like to be considered for this role.
About you
You will bring an undergraduate degree in Graphic Communication Design (or a related field) and experience teaching and assessing in higher education. You take an innovative, reflective approach to pedagogy and embed equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your practice. You are committed to understanding and supporting the diverse experiences of students. You will contribute to the discipline through research, knowledge exchange or professional practice aligned with the goals of the Programme, College and University. Organised and resourceful, you plan and manage your workload effectively, and you work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues across a wide range of professional groups. Higher-level qualifications (MA, PhD or equivalent research degree) are desirable.
If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact: jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk
Application process
We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: application, shortlisting, assessment/interview, offer, onboarding.
We understand the benefits of using AI in work. But, if you are thinking of using it to submit an application, we ask you to think about what value it adds. AI tools tend to lack the personal touch and authenticity we value in candidates. We encourage you to showcase your unique knowledge and skills using your own voice.
If we receive a high volume of applications, the closing day date might close early. We aim to communicate any changes to the closing date with at least 24 hours’ notice.
What we offer
To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site / Canvas for further information, as conditions and exclusions apply:
▪ 39 days of annual leave and 2 days off to volunteer plus bank holidays
▪ Flexible and dynamic working options available from the first day
▪ Discounted medical insurance including digital GP service, therapies, in-patient and day-case treatment
▪ Free counselling and advice via our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
▪ Sector-leading Equal Parental Leave policy (6 months full pay for both parents)
▪ Teachers Pension scheme
▪ In-house training and development including apprenticeships and free places on creative courses
▪ Interest free loans on travel and tech, discounts on gym memberships, nursery fees, eye care and much more
▪ Various opportunities to attend student shows and exhibitions
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