Senior Fashion Design Lecturer

Are you a team player, highly organized, and driven by a true Passion for Design? Do you possess a proven ability to manage small cohorts of students and elevate their creative outputs to industry standards? If so, Marbella Design Academy wants to hear from you. We are seeking a Senior Fashion Design Lecturer to join our team and be part of our international faculty, and with the possibility of progress.

Your primary focus will be the instruction and technical mentorship of our students across the following core areas:

• Studio Mentorship: Directing small student cohorts through rigorous project critiques, guiding them seamlessly from initial creative concept to runway-ready garments. In the studio you will be guiding students through the creative process. Enabling them to translate abstract ideas into physical garments. Advising students on collection structure, lookbook creation, as well as encouraging them to discover their signature style.
• Pattern Making: Delivering comprehensive lectures in flat pattern construction, size grading, and precise toile development.
• Industrial Sewing & Draping: Instructing students in industrial sewing techniques, 3D draping, fabric manipulation, and meticulous garment fitting.

• Education: Master's Degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Technology, or a strictly related creative discipline.
• Experience: Prior teaching and/or lecturing experience is a must.
• Language Fluency: Native or professional fluency in English (written and spoken) is a strict requirement. All instruction at the academy is delivered exclusively in English.
• Digital Fluency: Knowledge of fashion industry software, including Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator for flat drawings, Photoshop for rendering/retouching, InDesign for lookbooks/portfolios), Procreate, and contemporary digital illustration as well as emerging AI design tools.

• Illustration & Creative Research: Teaching capability in hand fashion illustration, trend research, collection forecasting, and contextualizing contemporary design through the history of art and fashion.