Technical Tutor - Digital Knitting & Surface Embellishment

Technical Tutor - Digital Knitting & Surface Embellishment Our University

Ravensbourne University London is a dynamic institution at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology. Based in London’s Design District in the heart of North Greenwich, we are home to a diverse, global community in one of the world’s most vibrant business and creative hubs.

Our BA Fashion course is internationally renowned, with a strong heritage and reputation for producing highly employable graduates with a distinctive personal design identity and excellent technical skills.

Our graduate work has been recognised by the British Fashion Council and SHOW studio, promoting our class of 2025 press show catwalk at Studio Smithfield. Previous international showcases have included catwalk shows and presentations at London Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.

You bring hands‑on expertise with both digital and analogue knitting, confidently programming and operating digital knitting machines alongside analogue equipment such as Dubied and domestic knitting machines. You are equally driven to extend that expertise more widely into surface embellishment, from digital embroidery to large‑format textile printing, picking up complimentary skills and processes as our facilities and curriculum evolve.

Technical skills teaching and student support is at the core of what you do, though you will also be equally invested in the course and university's wider success - producing pieces for exhibitions, competition entries and marketing campaigns, and collaborating with industry partners as part of our learning with industry strategy.

You take pride in all aspects of your work and bring a strong sense of professionalism and healthy perfectionism to your role. This extends to the Digital Knit & Surface Embellishment facility itself, where you take ownership of its organisation, presentation and safety, ensuring it is a space that reflects the standards of the course and inspires the students who work in it.

You genuinely value being meticulously organised and safety-focused – an example you are determined to set for your students to help elevate them even further.

If you are excited to blend digital and analogue knitting teaching with a diverse range of surface embellishment processes and be a key contributor to a dynamic, technology‑forward institution, we would love to hear from you.

Please attach to your application a PDF portfolio demonstrating some key work and/or teaching case studies pertinent to the position and role requirements. Well‑designed portfolios demonstrating your process and thinking, not only the end‑result, are especially appreciated. Applications without a PDF portfolio attached will not be considered.

Interviews will consist of an initial Q&A interview with a panel, followed by a technical assessment. You will be expected to replicate a knitted sample (with artwork and materials provided by us) using our Stoll Knitting Machine (CMS 502 HP+) and Complett Linking Machine. You will also be asked to demonstrate competence on either our Dubied or domestic analogue knitting machines by producing a small sample.

The entire interview process is expected to last around 2.5 hours.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently under‑represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.

At Ravensbourne, we are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We offer interviews to those who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role. In situations where we receive a high volume of applications, we will prioritise interviewing those disabled applicants who most closely align with the minimum requirements.