Job Overview
Are you a researcher and practitioner with specialist expertise in immersive storytelling and creative digital practice? Do you bring hands‑on experience of immersive media tools alongside a critical and research‑led approach to what these technologies make possible? Are you passionate about supporting students to make digital and immersive stories that matter to them? If so, this post offers a distinctive opportunity to shape a new area of teaching and research at Birkbeck, with significant new infrastructure behind it.
Position Details
Position: Lecturer in Digital & Immersive Storytelling
Department: School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
Grade: LLEC
Contract: Open‑ended, full‑time (35 hours per week, flexible working arrangements)
Salary: £44,247 rising to £60,858 per annum
Closing date: 02‑Jun‑2026
Reference number: 2376
Roles and Responsibilities
* Develop the School’s curriculum in immersive storytelling, teaching a diverse student cohort through collaborative practice.
* Collaborate with colleagues across the School to build new research and teaching connections around immersive practice.
* Engage in research on immersive narrative, spatial storytelling, game‑based form, politics and aesthetics of presence and embodiment in VR/AR environments, immersive documentary or journalism, and the intersection of real‑time 3D environments and AI‑assisted production.
* Contribute to the Immersive Learning Centre, Birkbeck’s AR/VR and spatial computing facility, and connect with the Centre for Creative AI.
* Use professional experience with tools such as Unreal Engine, Unity, VR development environments, 360‑degree capture, and spatial audio.
Qualifications and Experience
* PhD in a relevant field (digital media, film and media studies, creative arts, game studies, performance studies, digital humanities, or a related discipline in which immersive practice and storytelling feature substantially).
* Demonstrable research engagement with immersive media, evidenced through publications, practice‑based outputs or doctoral research.
* Practical experience with immersive production tools.
* Demonstrable teaching, training or facilitated learning experience in HE, further education, community settings, professional training or workshop practice.
* Experience engaging questions of diversity, equity and inclusion in immersive and digital media (particularly welcomed).
Experience that would build on this opportunity:
* Immersive media practitioner, XR designer, game designer or developer, interactive narrative designer, digital storyteller, creative technologist, VR/AR artist, performance and technology practitioner, digital media researcher, immersive journalism practitioner, postdoctoral researcher in digital media, game studies or performance studies, digital media or creative arts lecturer.
Benefits
A competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements, generous HE sector benefits and location in Euston, London.
Terms and Conditions
Open‑ended, full‑time (35 hours per week). Normal working hours Monday‑Friday 9am‑5pm, with flexibility for evening teaching. Visa sponsorship available.
EEO Statement
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community and backgrounds, and particularly encourage those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities to apply. The College is committed to improving gender and cultural diversity, holds a bronze Athena SWAN award and operates Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.
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