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Opportunity Overview
The University of Salford is home to one of the UK’s largest centres of teaching and research in film and the broader media industries.
We are looking for a new member of our academic team to join us at MediaCity and our Newton Film Studios: an enthusiastic and inspirational lecturer with a proven record of accomplishment in professional film industry practice and experience of teaching in higher education.
We particularly welcome applications from filmmakers who can take the lead in our Professional Practice teaching, addressing areas of collaboration, production planning, working on set, wellbeing, and sustainability.
A track record of developing successful research projects is also essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Teaching on a variety of modules across our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Film Production.
- The ability and experience to take a leading role in our Professional Practice teaching.
- The expertise to teach some of the following skills: directing, producing, scriptwriting, production managing, sound design, editing, cinematography.
- Demonstrating familiarity with a wide range of genres and forms of interest to our students, for example drama, documentary, shorts, or features.
- Contributing to the research agenda of the School, in the context of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF).
About the School or About the Department
Film at the University of Salford is part of the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology. It is a leading centre for practice-based education in the creative disciplines. Through significant investment in our staff and facilities, we are strengthening our position as a centre of excellence for socially engaged teaching practice and research whose graduates are sought after as content creators and for the innovative application of creative technology, both in the creative industries and across wider sectors of the economy. Our vision is to become a top quartile provider of practice-based education in the creative industries, continuing to advance our standing as a destination of choice for students in the UK and internationally.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary – and excellent pension scheme.
- An impressive 32 days leave – plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
- Our Peel Park campus is home to our Newton Film Studios. It also has lots of green spaces and great transport links including Salford Crescent railway station, meaning we’re easy to get to.
- Our MediaCity campus is at the heart of a world-renowned media and digital hub where we sit alongside the BBC, ITV, dock10 and more.
- Flexible working – we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance.
- Greater Manchester – live and work in one of the most vibrant regions in the UK, a hot spot of digital innovation, excellent schools and colleges, and with affordable city, suburban and rural living options to suit a wide range of lifestyles.