[Commlist] Job Opportunity at Staffordshire University

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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