Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Game Art

Falmouth University
June 11, 2023
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About The Role

With 120 years' creative arts experience, we are on a quest to offer the highest standards of teaching and professional facilities, as well as a vibrant creative community. With over 7,000 students, our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and postgraduate research represents the breadth of the creative industries, from art, design and fashion, to games, music, film and business.

We have recently refreshed our 2030 Strategy, learning from the challenges and successes of the last five years so that we can take positive steps into the future and ensure that we are providing our students and communities with the very best that creative higher education has to offer. Our new Mission, Vision and Values statements define who we are, what we do and why we do it, and will underpin all of our decision-making over the years to come.

We are now looking to recruit a dynamic Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Game Art to join our Games Academy.

This role will be key in supporting the fast-growing courses which combine foundational game art teaching with our game development team teaching model. We are also looking to expand into the area of real-time technologies and virtual production more broadly in the future. The Games Academy suite of courses has a unique multi-disciplinary approach to teaching games which aims to simulate a studio environment. The ideal candidate will have experience teaching in Higher Education on a similar degree, and/or experience in working in an Industry related role to Game Art. You will be versatile and be able to contribute significantly to an academy teaching team which spans several different disciplines, encompassing both academics and games industry professionals.

The successful candidate will join the Game Art teaching team supported by the Course Leader and Head of Subject, and potentially support modules which are shared across the Games Academy. Personal tutor responsibilities also form part of this role.

About You

The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree and have experience teaching in Higher Education on a similar degree, and/or experience in working in an Industry related role to Game Art. You will be versatile and be able to contribute significantly to an academy teaching team which spans several different disciplines, encompassing both academics and games industry professionals.

We welcome those who have worked in the games industry, either as an independent developer or working in a games studio.

Essential:

  • Good understanding of Art Techniques in relation to the games industry
  • Interest in expanding Game Art course provision and providing a world- class games education
  • Strong communicator
  • Good understanding of real-time 3D Art techniques and / or digital 2D
  • Experience working as an artist in a games context or related Industry
  • Confidence with implementation in Unreal and/or Unity Game Engines
  • Desirable:

  • An interest the use of Game Art tools outside of games
  • Experience working in Higher Education, leading modules and/or subject teams
  • Experience of working within a games industry context
  • Strong, high quality portfolio within Game Art or similar
  • Experience making 2D and/or 3D Art for Games
  • Experience using agile development practices
  • For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

    If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email [email protected].

    The closing date for this position is Sunday 11 June 2023.

    About Us

    As an employer of choice we can offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including:

    - Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.

    - 35 days + 8 days bank holiday.

    - Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary.

    - Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)

    - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

    - Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker) Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www. falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

    A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth's strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University's HR policies and procedures in full. Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.

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