[Commlist] Job opportunity: Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Stirling

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The Division of Communications, Media & Culture (CMC), University of 
Stirling is pleased to announce a job opportunity for a Lecturer in 
Digital Media. The successful candidate will join our award-winning 
Digital Media team and play a crucial role in contributing to the 
delivery of innovative, research-based and industry-relevant education 
to our students, enhancing internationalisation, managing our home and 
international partnership programmes, and expanding our strategic 
research partnerships with external stakeholders across digital media 
and creative industries.
Post details:
Full time
Open ended
Grade 7: £37,999 - £45,163 p.a. or
Grade 8: £46,485 - £55,295 p.a.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 20 March 2025.
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 03 April 2025.
  Expected start date is Thursday 01 May 2025 or by mutual agreement.
We wish to appoint a suitably qualified candidate at Lecturer Grade 7/8 
(Teaching and Research) with specialist interests in digital media and 
analytics to enhance and expand the Division’s teaching, international 
partnerships, research, and knowledge exchange activities, including 
public engagement and short-course opportunities, as well as to provide 
strategic direction in this area.
The successful candidate will have an established profile as a lecturer 
and researcher in digital media and analytics. They will join our 
award-winning Digital Media team and play a crucial role in contributing 
to the delivery of innovative, research-based and industry-relevant 
education to our students, enhancing internationalisation, managing our 
home and international partnership programmes, and expanding our 
strategic research partnerships with external stakeholders across 
digital media and creative industries.
The candidate will primarily contribute to teaching social media and 
analytics on our undergraduate degree in Digital Media and MSc in 
Digital Media and Communications, including on our transnational 
education programmes with the Singapore Institute of Management 
(Singapore) and Chengdu University (China). In addition, they will 
contribute to digital media teaching across the CMC undergraduate and 
postgraduate portfolio. They will be an excellent communicator who is 
able to effectively teach, motivate and mentor postgraduate and 
undergraduate students. Post holders may be required to travel abroad as 
part of their duties.
An established research profile will be evidenced by an emerging track 
record of published research, peer reviewed scholarly activity, and a 
record of pursuing and attracting research funding. The appointee will 
have a strong understanding of various forms of digital media, social 
media, analytics, big data and data science, the processes behind these 
and in relation to complex social issues (e.g. social justice, 
environmental sustainability, creative economy, smart cities, human 
rights, health and wellbeing, creative futures). The appointed candidate 
will contribute to the cutting-edge research in emerging digital media 
fields produced by colleagues in the Digital Media research team, 
resulting in REF outputs, impact and environment narratives. They will 
engage effectively with internal departments within the University and 
external stakeholders to pursue opportunities for collaboration, 
partnerships, impact and income generation and enhancing CMC’s regional, 
national, and international profile.
Applicants with specialist knowledge, skills or interests in the 
following areas are invited to apply:
Social media and social media analytics
Data science and analytics
Data visualisation
Quantitative research and quantitative research methods
Web analytics
Digital storytelling
Digital audiences, cultures and creative media industries
Future directions in digital media analytics and AI
For more details and how to apply, please see: 
_https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=4219&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Digital%20Media 
<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=4219&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Digital%20Media>_ 

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Alenka Jelen, Head of the Division 
of Communications, Media and Culture: (alenka.jelen /at/ stir.ac.uk)

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