Job Description

Main Duties and Responsibilities Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Develop, prepare, and deliver high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment activities across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
• Undertake module leadership responsibilities, including planning, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of immersive production modules.
• Design and deliver engaging lectures, seminars, workshops, and practical sessions that foster creativity, critical thinking, technical innovation, and professional practice.
• Deliver teaching across immersive production disciplines, including interactive media, virtual production, extended reality (XR), immersive storytelling, and emerging digital technologies.
• Utilize a variety of teaching methods, digital learning technologies, and assessment strategies to enhance student engagement and achievement.
• Grade coursework, projects, presentations, and practical assessments, providing timely and constructive feedback.
• Ensure teaching is informed by current research, professional practice, and developments within the immersive media industry.

Curriculum Development and Student Experience

• Contribute to the design, review, and enhancement of curriculum content to ensure academic quality, industry relevance, and alignment with emerging technologies.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of immersive production modules.
• Act as a personal tutor and provide academic guidance and pastoral support to students.
• Mentor students in developing creative, technical, and professional skills through project-based learning.
• Support students in developing professional portfolios and preparing for careers within the creative and immersive media industries.
• Organize educational field trips, industry visits, exhibitions, and guest lectures to enrich the student learning experience.
• Coordinate the annual end-of-year exhibition, showcasing student work and engaging with industry partners and the wider community.
• Contribute to student recruitment, retention, employability initiatives, competitions, and industry-facing projects.

Academic Quality and Professional Practice

• Engage actively in quality assurance, quality enhancement, and continuous improvement activities.
• Reflect critically on teaching practice and implement improvements based on student feedback, peer review, and emerging pedagogical approaches.
• Maintain subject expertise through continuous professional development and engagement with current immersive production technologies and creative practices.
• Demonstrate technical proficiency in industry-standard software and technologies, including Unity, Unreal Engine, motion capture systems, TouchDesigner, Resolume, immersive audio technologies, and related digital production tools.

Research, Scholarship and Enterprise

• Contribute to the University's research and enterprise agenda through scholarly activity and/or practice-based research.
• Produce and disseminate research and professional outputs through publications, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, presentations, and digital platforms.
• Participate in collaborative research projects, consultancy activities, and knowledge-exchange initiatives.
• Contribute to grant applications, funding proposals, and enterprise activities where appropriate.
• Develop national and international research collaborations and industry partnerships.

Industry Engagement and Partnerships

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with industry partners, creative organizations, technology providers, and professional bodies.
• Foster opportunities for live projects, internships, collaborative research, guest speakers, and knowledge exchange.
• Promote student engagement with industry through networking events, exhibitions, and professional practice initiatives.
• Support initiatives that enhance graduate employability and strengthen links between academia and industry.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the School and University.
• Contribute to academic administration, committees, curriculum development initiatives, and School activities.
• Provide module leadership and support colleagues in maintaining high standards of teaching and learning.
• Contribute positively to the academic community through collaboration, mentoring, and sharing of best practice.

Additional Duties

• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade, responsibilities, and purpose of the role as reasonably required by the University.