Tutor in Graphic Design

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This is an exciting opportunity to join The Open University as a Staff Tutor in Graphic Design in the School of Creative Industries
. We are looking for a dedicated individual to join a team developing innovative and vocational online learning resources in Graphic Design.

As an academic member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Creative Industries, you will have a key role in keeping the OU in the forefront of supported distance higher education, particularly in designing and facilitating effective teaching of the School’s modules, qualifications and programmes. You will also contribute to the academic life of the Discipline through your scholarship and/or research.

As a Staff Tutor you will be responsible for the selection, monitoring and staff development of part‑time Associate Lecturers (ALs), who will teach across our theoretical and practical creative modules in our forthcoming BA (Hons) Graphic Design. For this full‑time role, we are particularly interested in experience of line management and curriculum development.

The post is designated as a homeworker, however some travel to Milton Keynes, and other locations in the UK, will be required.

• Act on behalf of the School of Creative Industries in the recruitment and appointment of ALs. ALs are responsible for grading and commenting on students’ written assignments and offering support and guidance for students through blended learning provision including face‑to‑face day schools, synchronous online tutorials, asynchronous online forums and individual correspondence, telephone and e‑mail.
• Provide line‑management of ALs including career development and performance management, maintaining their currency of knowledge on curriculum development, student progression pathways and teaching methods, and facilitating two‑way communications with the school and academics working centrally on module teams.
• Organise and implement an appropriate staff development programme, i.e. to train, supervise and support the work of ALs, encompassing face‑to‑face, online and correspondence tuition, telephone and other electronic support methods and to monitor their feedback on students’ assignments.
• Provide a link between Associate Lecturer Services, the Student Support Team and the School. This includes liaising with Associate Lecturer Services about its work with ALs when necessary, e.g. recruitment, timetabling, as well as with other academic services staff in the SST on the progress of individual students as appropriate.
• Organise timetables for blended tuition, including face‑to‑face day schools, online tutorials, forums, and aspects of collaborative and team working required of ALs.
• Contribute as an academic to the development and presentation of the school’s emerging curriculum in formal and informal learning opportunities and by contributing to module teamwork.
• Contribute to scholarship or research in the School of Creative Industries in areas of strength existing in the School or to developments of theory and practice in learning and teaching.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of student learning communities.
• Contribute to the work of the School’s Student Support Team; be actively involved in developing and implementing policy and practice designed to support student success.
• Be actively involved in developing and implementing diversity and widening participation initiatives, both for students and ALs and supporting student groups with additional needs.

• An honours degree in Graphic Design or a related subject.
• Professional experience in graphic design as evidenced by a portfolio of work. This might include motion graphics, VFX and/or UX/UI design.
• Scholarship/research interests in an area related to graphic design, digital image creation and/or visual…