Design Innovation Lecturer in Interaction Design

Lecturer in Interaction Design (1.0 FTE)

GSA Highlands and Islands campus based in Forres

Grade 7 (£40,931.00 - £51,805.00) per annum, pro rata

Permanent

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is a world leading, independent, university-level institution for the visual creative disciplines. We attract some of the finest academic and creative talent and are committed to creating and sustaining learning and working environments, where difference is respected and the widest possible range of cultural and social perspectives are valued.

Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Interaction Design (1.0 FTE), in the Innovation School based at our Highlands & Islands Campus in Forres.

Our Masters in Design Innovation & Interaction Design is located on our Forres campus (close to both Aberdeen and Inverness), is entering its eighth year and growing rapidly.

Consequently, we are seeking a talented designer/academic with an interest in the human and experiential dimension of technological possibility to help us develop this area of practice.

The successful candidate will bring enthusiasm to the intellectual development of Interaction Design as an academic subject and inspire students to explore and create, in addition the role offers the opportunity to shape the evolution of the subject as it is taught within the Innovation School.

We are seeking a candidate who can marry technical skills with design driven research and exploration of human experience, translate contemporary possibility into prototypes of interactive experiences.

The role will primarily focus upon teaching approaches to design innovation and interaction to Masters level students.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the intellectual development and teaching of Interaction Design and will help faculty and students explore the “near or next future” through the use of design as a mode of enquiry.

Click to view: Highland Campus - The Glasgow School of Art - Innovation School.

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Closing date for submission of completed applications: Midnight, 21st March 2023.

Interviews for this post will take place week commencing 27th March 2023.

For full details and to apply online, please visit: www.gsa.ac.uk/jobs

The Glasgow School of Art is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in work and study. We strive to create and maintain an inclusive environment where all students and employees feel safe, understood and valued. Applications are welcomed from candidates regardless of age, disability, sex, ethnic or religious background, gender identity or sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, maternity, caring responsibilities or care experience.

We recognise we do not have the diversity of staff that we want and we particularly welcome and encourage applications from candidates who identify as being from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at The Glasgow School of Art.

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