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[Commlist] Job Opportunity at Staffordshire University

Tue Feb 15 20:00:53 GMT 2022






Please find a link to a job opportunity in Visual Effects at Staffordshire University: https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=DTA21-09 <https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=DTA21-09>

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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Visual Effects
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Location:  Stoke Campus
Salary:   £35,326 to £50,296 Per Annum (Dependent Upon Experience)
Tenure:  Full time Permanent
Release Date:  Monday 31 January 2022
Closing Date:   Friday 25 February 2022
Reference:  DTA21-09

Who is Staffordshire University?

We are the Connected University with 100 years of experience and ambition in becoming the UK’s foremost digital Institution. Our main campus is located in Stoke on Trent alongside our Centres of Excellence in Healthcare Education located in Stafford and Shrewsbury. Staffordshire University London’s Digital Institute is our first campus outside the Midlands.

With more than 10,000 Full Time Undergraduate and Postgraduate students on campus, we continue to drive innovation and change, aiming to positively disrupt our sector. For our University, it is about so much more than the numbers. In fact, if there’s one thing that sets us apart, it’s our people who are all #ProudToBeStaffs. Every one of our employees goes above and beyond to deliver on our connected mission, responding to the needs of our students, academic partners, businesses and society.

Over the past 5 years, we have transformed ourselves into a Gold standard provider of teaching and learning, gaining historically high positions in the UK league tables. With digital skills being at our core, we strive for diversity in all its forms and play an important role in our local communities and regional economies.

About the role

Staffordshire University is a leading Games University in the UK, with an exciting portfolio of courses, comprising a range of highly successful undergraduate and postgraduate programmes delivered on-campus.

Our CGI and Visual Effects degree is optimised for students wishing to learn the creative and technical skills required to produce special visual effects. You would be joining a team of over 60 specialist academics within the department across the fields of games art, concept art, animation, programming, games design, esports and more.

The course has a long-standing reputation in industry, with graduates securing careers across film, television, games and advertising. The course is recognised by SideFX as a certified Houdini training institution. We take pride in teaching our students to the highest standards of visual effects, both in the software skills such as Nuke or Houdini, but also in filmmaking and pipeline tool development.

Our students enjoy access to top-tier facilities, including a 24-camera motion capture stage, digital cinema cameras (and associated grip and lighting), VPN access to all required software for their use off site. We also have a dedicated team of technical instructors who specialise in the teaching of equipment and software across cameras, recording studios, scanning facilities and more.

The University is ideally positioned in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent, alongside the mainline railway station which offers direct links to both hubs of the creative industries – Manchester and London - right from the doorstep.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, passionate, and talented candidate to join the Animation and Visual Effects teaching team.

We are looking for experienced candidates in VFX who have demonstrable excellence in several VFX skills ideally including some of the following:

    Matchmoving and Layout
    Photogrammetry
    Compositing in Nuke
    HDR Panorama creation
    3D Asset Creation in Maya or Houdini

Additional Desirable Skills and Experience:

    Teaching in a Further or Higher Education setting
    Dynamics and simulation in Houdini
    Pymel / python / HOM scripting
    On set work e.g., VFX Supervision, Shoot TD, DIT, etc

In addition to developing and delivering outstanding teaching and learning you will be expected to engage with research and enterprise activity. We are particularly keen to recruit research active academics who can help to shape and develop the research profile of the area. You will also be expected to contribute to engagement with schools, colleges, and recruitment activities.

We ensure the success of our courses through constant meaningful collaboration with the VFX industry, which you will be a part of.

In return for your dedication, we have a competitive benefits package available

    Competitive incremental rates of Pay
    37 days Annual Leave plus 11 days Bank Holiday and Discretionary days
    Excellent Pension Scheme
    Access to continued professional and personal development
    An opportunity to become part of the wider University community
    Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
    Discounted Health & Fitness Facilities on site at the Stoke Campus
Discounted Travel by Rail or Bus, with the option of season tickets loan

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. All applicants are advised to complete and submit your applications as soon as possible.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Alex Jackson, (a.jackson /at/ staffs.ac.uk).
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