With 120 years of creative arts experience, we strive to offer the highest standards of teaching and research, nurturing a vibrant and creative society. With over 7,000 students, our portfolio of degrees spans the creative sector, from art, design and fashion to games, music, film and business. Our mission is to enable higher learning, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations for the future economy. Do you enjoy fostering kinship and helping other creatives? The Faculty of Screen, Technology and Performance at Falmouth University seeks a Postgraduate Course Leader to join its Games Academy. You will join the managerial team in the fastest-growing department, a highly-ranked game development school with teamwork at its core. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to generate positive and inclusive prospects. In doing so, growing the success of our on-campus postgraduate provision across: MA Game Art MA Game Design MSc Artificial Intelligence for Games MSc Game Programming You will have advanced knowledge and skills in one or more of these areas as well as a knack for explaining relevant tools and techniques. You will own several of the taught postgraduate modules. Potential modules include: Development Practice Group Game Development Project Major Research & Development Project You may find descriptions of these courses and modules on our course management system: https://falmouth.akarisoftware.com/ Are you passionate about creating, enhancing, and running postgraduate courses? Together with your team, you will design, develop, and deliver cutting-edge content that meets the needs of the industry while championing scholarship. You will be excited to grasp prospects in technical art or computer graphics, helping colleagues to branch out into these areas. Do you see yourself at the cutting edge of your field? In this role, you will engage in scholarship, defining a research and innovation plan. You might help build upon existing research in game studies, digital learning, immersive experience design, and content pipeline automation. Though we hope you will initiate new directions, helping us expand our practice-based research in the arts. If so, you will keenly shape a bold research and innovation strategy related to technical arts and/or computer graphics, leading efforts to devise new creative methods, tools and techniques which advance the state of the art. You can also form partnerships with other organisations and successfully bid for external funding. Are you a proactive leader who can mentor others? You will supervise colleagues and research students, advising on their projects. You will also be able to support them with professional development whilst also supporting the adoption of new technologies and pipelines across the department. About You We want to hear from you if you have: Expertise in technical art, computer graphics, 3d modelling, visual effects, virtual production, or a related field. Experience working with digital game development tools and engines, such as Houdini and Unreal. Skills which will help you manage degree courses and deliver a great experience to postgraduate students. A track record of research and/or innovation in the digital arts or cogent areas. Competence to supervise research projects at the MA/MSc and PhD levels. Means to support diverse teams in game development (or closely related) contexts. Interest in building new courses in areas such as technical art, computer graphics, and/or virtual production. You will be full-time, working 35 hours from Monday to Friday, in-person and on-campus. Do you have any questions? To learn more about this role, please email: [email protected] Interested? Please apply today We will arrange interviews on a rolling basis as people apply. About Us There couldn't be a better time to work with us at Falmouth University. For more than a hundred years, we've been at the forefront of creativity and innovation. Building on that heritage, we're now harnessing the power of digital technology to ensure we're making an impact in the future economy. We are passionate about ideas and innovation. Our approach is rooted in collaboration and transdisciplinary working, believing that only together can we deliver the bold thinking that will solve the most complex issues of our time. In return for you hard work and commitment, we offer excellent facilities and benefits, including: - Teachers' Pension Scheme - 35 days 8 days bank holiday. - Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary - Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached) - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay - Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker) - Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme - Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme 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. 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.