Associate Lecturer – Visual Communication (0.2FTE, fixed-term) at Royal College of Art
Job Description
Fixed Term until 31/8/25
Founded in 1837, the Royal College of Art is the world’s largest community of postgraduate art and design students. It is also the oldest art and design university in continuous operation and has been ranked as the world’s number one art and design university for a remarkable ten consecutive years, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 – the worldwide survey of academic and industry opinion.
In the RCA’s School of Communication, we are interrogating the fundamental ways in which communication shapes our lives and using this knowledge to develop new ways of communicating and shaping the world through experimental and sometimes radical communication practices.
Visual Communication is committed to a practical and discursive approach to making. Positioning communication as a conversation to form bridges, connect people and exchange ideas. We have a long history of collaborative and cooperative working methods centred on compassion, listening, respecting and (un)learning. Our purpose is to work together across different fields to bring about transformative movements that invite activism and change.
The Associate Lecturer will be responsible for contributing to high-quality teaching and tuition to complement and enhance core teaching delivery of the study of Visual Communication.
Applicants should demonstrate specialist knowledge and experience of current approaches in working with emerging digital technologies critically. Who works across sound text, code, electronics, and machine learning and is interested in using creative technology for social good.
For more information on the role please see the Info Pack.
Further details: Information Pack
RCA Benefits available here: https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/work-at-the-rca/staff-benefits/
The Royal College of Art (RCA) aims to foster an inclusive culture which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its staff and students and stakeholders are respected.
We recognise the broad range of experiences that a diverse staff and student body brings and how this strengthens our research and enhances our teaching. In order for RCA to remain a world-leading institution we are committed to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles throughout all of our processes, from application through to appointment.
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