The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is a unique environment where Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, the Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Fashion Institute, creating a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment supported by state of the art digital and technical facilities.
About the team:
Manchester Fashion Institute (MFI) is one the UK's largest specialist fashion providers, recognised globally for its excellence in higher education and research. Our work spans multiple disciplines such as science, the arts, business, health, sociology, sport and digital. We continue to build an environment where diversity and equality flourish and innovation is powered by a multitude of perspectives and cultures.
We are seeking a Lecturer in Digital Fashion Communication to join our dynamic team who will contribute to the students' educational journey, bringing their experience to inspire the next generation of fashion talent. We seek academics with interests around topics such as, digital communication channels such as social media platforms, current and emerging fashion communication technologies, and software, visual communication trends, marketing, campaign and content strategy and ethics, diversity and sustainability.
As aLecturer in Digital Fashion Communication, you will contribute to teaching and student experience across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with expertise including but not limited to the application and contextualisation of: generative AI and AR/VR, current and emerging digital platforms such as social media and web 3, visual communication and marketing strategy such as AI driven content creation, Adobe software suite, branding, storytelling, experiential marketing, consumer behaviour and campaign performance analysis. It should be noted that experience does not have to specifically be from fashion background, although we would seek assurance through the application process that you could apply your broader digital communication expertise in a fashion context.
You will also be expected to develop their education practice through teaching and learning innovation and scholarship that aligns with the university's education strategy.