Technical Art Lecturer - Programming

Position title: Technical Art Lecturer
- Programming

Reports to: Dean of Creative Technology and VFX

Contract type: Permanent

Location: 6 Mitre Passage, North Greenwich, London, SE10 0ER
(hybrid option available)

Escape Studios is one of the UK's leading animation, games and VFX schools, with several BAFTA and Oscar winners counted amongst our alumni. We are not the typical HE provider, we are unique and do things differently, our courses are designed and delivered with industry experts within a welcoming, close-knit and successful community.

Our world-class industry partners include Industrial Light & Magic, Creative Assembly, Play Station London Studio, Framestore, The Mill, DNEG, Milk VFX Cinesite, Blue Zoo and MPC, while our partnership with Epic Games means we're also one of the UK's only Unreal Authorized Training Centres.

Approved and endorsed internationally as a Rookies School, we came No 1 in the world for Production Excellence in Immersive Media in the Rookies 2023 rankings and 4th in the UK for Games Design. We are also a Houdini certified school.

We offer a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses. Our graduates (Escapees) have worked on games such as, Assassin's Creed, Lords of the Fallen, Forza Horizon 5, the new Fable, and GTA
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Our Escapees, work at companies such as Framestore, Rare, Sumo digital, Playground Games, Climax, Rebellion, Electric Square, Fire without Smoke, Super Massive, Studio Gobo, Natural Motion, Lucid Games, Dimension Studio, nDreams, XR Games and many more!

As a Technical Artist
- Programming Tutor, you will be part of the Creative Technolgy and VFX department, which delivers courses in Programming, Game Design, Technical Art, Character Creation, Realtime FX, Experience Design, and VFX. The department is expanding its technical curriculum and requires industry-experienced practitioners to help develop and deliver leading-edge content.

Our tutors are development veterans who work hard to create the most up to date and relevant courses for the Games, Animation and Realtime industries. We bring our experience and passion to Escape and are looking for individuals who want to help shape the next generation of technical artists and developers.

Escape Studios is committed to remaining at the forefront of industry-led, AI-enabled creative education. We are particularly interested in candidates who are excited by emerging technologies and their role in preparing students for modern production environments.

• The Technical Artist
  - Programming Tutor will be part of a team responsible for the development and delivery of technical art and programming content across Undergraduate, MA and Professional courses, working closely with the Dean of Creative Technology and VFX and other members of the team.
• We are looking for Technical Artists, Pipeline Developers, Tools Programmers, Technical Directors or experienced educators with strong practical knowledge of production workflows within Games, VFX, Animation or Realtime industries.
• You should have experience developing tools, automation systems, editor extensions, pipelines or technical workflows used in a professional production environment.
• You will be capable of teaching Python programming from foundational through to advanced levels, including Object-Oriented Programming, software architecture and production-quality coding practices.
• You will be comfortable introducing students to HLSL, shader mathematics and graphics pipeline fundamentals, with practical applications inside Unreal Engine.
• You will help students understand technical art workflows including data exchange, procedural systems, content pipelines, tooling and optimisation.
• You will guide students through industry projects, providing formative feedback, technical mentorship and assessment.
• Delivering training courses to students in classroom, hybrid and online environments.
• Providing one-to-one feedback, portfolio reviews, technical support and mentoring to students with a range of backgrounds and abilities.
• Creating teaching material, practical exercises, documentation, guides and…