Vacancy ID 12489
College/Executive Group Central Saint Martins
Department/Team S School
Location CSM – King’s Cross, London UK
Grade Grade 5
Salary £44,375 – £52,977 per annum pro rata
Contract Permanent
Term Part time – 22.2 hours per week
Job family Academic & Research
Advertised External and internal
Apply by 23 June 2026 23:55
Interviews TBC 10th or 14th July 2026
Job description
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The opportunity
University of the Arts London (UAL) is seeking an experienced Lecturer to join the MA Graphic Communication Design team at Central Saint Martins (CSM).
As a Lecturer in MA Graphic Communication Design, you will be responsible for teaching, curriculum design, assessment and on-going scholarship on the course. This course forms part of the Graphic Communication Design Programme within S School at CSM and helps students engage critically with graphic design as both a creative practice and a subject of study. Through iterative and open-ended experimentation with visual media and tools of communication, students develop work that investigates existing knowledge, activates positions and projects new forms of knowledge.
You will help students to develop independent, open-ended and rigorous research-led graphic design practices, with particular attention to form and production. You will support students in contextualising their practice within graphic design and in relation to broader discourses. You will achieve this by broadening the range of perspectives represented within the course through the development of reading lists, course events and other curricular initiatives.
Working closely with the Course Leader, you will help manage resources, materials and working relationships that support course projects and activities. You will also take on the role of tutorial group leader, assuming primary responsibility for a small cohort of students.
phic design is a situated and relational discipline that both reflects and reconfigures its cultural, social, and environmental conditions. From this position, our community of practitioners critically interrogates the academic and professional contexts for practice as well as the very nature of the discipline itself, continually co-defining and re-defining the expanding field of graphic design.
MA Graphic Communication Design is part of the Graphic Communication Design Programme, which also includes BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design and MA Communicating Complexity. Our approach to subject spans an expanding assemblage of media and agendas. We encourage a wide range of practices and concerns, which are united by a shared appreciation for the ways that thinking and making advance one another. Our programme facilitates a broad and dynamic community of students and staff to thrive through graphic and communication design in diverse and meaningful ways. Our goal as a programme is to ask and answer questions through and about graphic communication design.
About you
The successful candidate will hold an undergraduate degree and a higher degree, such as an MA, in Graphic Communication Design or a closely related discipline. Previous experience of teaching and assessment within a Higher Education environment (or equivalent experience) is essential.
While a PhD is not required, the University welcomes applications from candidates who can demonstrate rigorous and critical engagement within the field, along with other relevant academic and professional experience.
We are interested in hearing from a range of applicants with a demonstrable commitment to all aspects of graphic communication design practice and education. Shortlisted candidates who are not offered this Lecturer role but are considered suitably qualified will be invited to be added to a pool of Associate Lecturers within the Graphic Communication Design Programme. Candidates added to this pool can then be matched to hourly-paid staffing needs that arise over a 12-month period across all courses in the programme (including undergraduate and postgraduate).
If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact csm.staffrecruit@arts.ac.ukApplication process
As part of this application, you will need to provide:
- a short written statement (up to 1,500 words) evidencing your suitability for the role, in response to a set of criteria listed in the application under the ‘Supporting information’ heading;
- an uploaded CV (in PDF form) listing your educational and professional experience—including dates, roles, and institutions/organisations—as well as relevant research/published work; and
- a link to an online/downloadable and anonymised portfolio demonstrating your creative studio, research, and/or pedagogical practice (please redact all personal and other identifying information from the portfolio), included in the ‘Further information’ field under the ‘Supporting information’ heading.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a panel interview and asked to deliver a micro-teaching activity to a group of students or recent graduates of the course. Both activities will happen on the same day and will take place on site at Central Saint Martins (King’s Cross, London). These activities are provisionally scheduled for Friday, July 10 and Tuesday, July 14.
If you have any queries about this role please contact CSM’s Resourcing Team via email csm.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk
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We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as this vacancy may close early if we receive a high level of interest. We will aim to give at least 24 hours’ notice of any changes to the closing date.
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
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.
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