Senior Lecturer / Course Leader BA Games Art

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BA (Hons) Games Art Course Leader
HE Senior Lecturer (£43,392 - £54,919 p.a. pro rata)

Interview W/C 1st July 2024

About the Role
Our new BA (Hons) Games Art course is one of four new courses including BSc Games Design, BA Visual Effects Art, and BSc Visual Effects Technical Direction forming, along with NTU's established BA Animation course, the Digital Screen Arts subject area. We are part of the Design & Digital Arts Department within the Nottingham School of Art and Design. The subject area within the School builds on an established track record of highly employable alumni with strong creative and academic abilities to ensure students graduate with a unique combination of knowledge, skills and attributes aligned to the creative industries of the future.

As Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, you will provide academic leadership for the course, ensuring it reflects University and School policy, practice, and processes in addition to enhancing course quality, currency, future curriculum development, and students' experience, progress, and retention. You will be responsible for ensuring the effective management and delivery of the course, working effectively with the Games Art team to develop creative and dynamic, learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning. The curriculum is designed to offer many course-, module-, and project-level collaborative opportunities requiring close working with the Principal Lecturer and other course leaders to maximise inter-disciplinary opportunities within the subject area.

We are seeking someone with a strong grasp of the art director role within a games production pipeline, experienced in creating 2D concept art while demonstrating familiarity with in-game 3D asset creation. You will ideally have both academic and industry experience within the subject area, possessing wider contextual research knowledge current to the games industry.

You will have a passion for creating appealing and engaging 2D concept art and be knowledgeable in 3D asset creation techniques and rendering for games. Additionally, your experience and creativity will support students in pushing the boundaries of what is considered as games art, to inspire innovation to engage new as well as traditional game players.

For more details, please look at the role profile. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every requirement, so don't be put off if you don't match these perfectly.

About Us
Nottingham School of Art & Design is one of the world's leading art and design schools; we have been influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. Constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible, we're a diverse community of artists, designers, and creatives at the heart of one of the UK's most innovative cities.

Catalysts of change and new thinking, we nurture the best creative and digital talent. We give our students the freedom to take risks and express their creativity and individuality. We carry out bold, original and daring research. We believe in the power of connectivity, collaborating with creative minds around the globe and working with the creative sector to develop highly employable graduates. We bring different disciplines together to inspire our students to think beyond their passion and make a bigger impact, from sustainability to enterprise and social justice.

For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Claire Lockwood(Head of Department) at claire.lockwood@ntu.ac.uk.

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We also offer:

• Between25 and 35 days annual leave per year (dependent on grade)plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata
• Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
• Opportunity to receive a bonus for exceptional performance and contribution
• Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
• And a whole lot more...

Come and be part of our success. Apply today.

Safe and Inclusive
At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Whilst this role is currently eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route, upcoming immigration rules changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa for more information.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successfulapplicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.