£58,193 - £70,291 per annum Full time Fixed term LCF - Lime Grove, London UK The opportunity The School of Media and Communication at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London is looking for a one-year fixed term Creative Director to implement the School of Media and Communication showcasing strategy. The post involves initiating and project managing external events and exhibitions and extending the school’s placemaking and social engagement agendas, developing priority partnerships and maximising engagement and impact from showcasing activities. You will work closely with the LCF Cultural Programme team to embed the work of the school into LCF’s public programme. Working across LCF’s showcasing spaces, world-class gallery, and across digital platforms to showcase student, staff and alumni work, research, knowledge exchange and graduate degree shows. Showcasing will take place throughout our state of the art single-site building, and the Creative Directors of each school are critical in realising our showcasing strategy and programming in our new site on the East Bank. About you You will be recognised as an authority in your field or specialism, be an excellent and proactive communicator, demonstrating ability to collaborate and work with staff, students, alumni and partners. You will have extensive knowledge of the changing face of the fashion media and communication industry. A strong fashion and/ or creative vision as relevant to the School of Media and Communication is essential, as well as the ability to conceptualise, plan and produce complex creative showcasing outcomes. You will have experience in project management and production planning and managing budgets, workflow for digital platforms as well as other modes of showcasing and dissemination. It is desirable for you to have experience and knowledge of working within the higher education sector, however we are open to applicants from other backgrounds including curatorial, editorial and creative direction, creative strategy, education roles, development and programming departments in galleries and museums, commercial and creative brand thought leadership and futurology. We are UAL University of the Arts London offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. In 2022, we launched our new 10-year strategy, ‘The world needs creativity’. Our strategy has three Guiding Policies. We identified the challenges and opportunities that are most important to UAL and our future and the guiding policies are our response to each of these issues in turn. Creativity is a skill vital across the economy and society. In today’s knowledge economy, this will become increasingly so. To apply please click the apply button. If you have any queries about this role, please contact the Recruiting Manager, Jessica Bugg at [email protected] If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at [email protected] Closing date: 9 October 2023, 23:55. Our culture UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.