Lecturer (Digital and Manual Pattern Cutting)

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is a unique environment where Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences sit alongside the Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Fashion Institute. Student experience is at the heart of everything we do. We're proud to offer state-of-the-art facilities, including digital and technical workshops, studios, and gallery spaces designed to enhance learning and collaboration.

About the team:

Manchester Fashion Institute (MFI) has an established reputation within the education sector, aligning ourselves with elite fashion schools worldwide. We are uniquely positioned as one of the largest specialist fashion providers in UK HE, providing depth and breadth of expertise in our subject. We are a hub, working collaboratively across disciplines and borders; our research and teaching cross science, the arts, business, health, sociology, sport, and digital. We continue to build an environment for staff and students where diversity and equality flourish, where innovation is powered by a multitude of perspectives and cultures. We are looking for a Lecturer in Fashion Design to join our dynamic and growing team. The successful candidate will contribute to the students' educational journey, bringing experience, skills, and knowledge to inspire the next generation of fashion talent for an ever-changing industry.

About the role:

We seek a Lecturer in Digital and Manual Pattern Cutting to contribute to teaching and student experience across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will have substantial experience collaborating with directional design practitioners, creating original fashion outcomes through a holistic, creative skillset that emphasizes innovative pattern cutting and construction. You will have extensive knowledge and experience in digital fashion design practices, including expertise in using industry-standard pattern cutting and 3D prototyping software such as Browzwear V Stitcher, CLO3D, Optitex, Gerber, or Lectra.

Drawing on your experience, you will deliver creative workshops that build knowledge and confidence in both digital and manual pattern cutting/prototyping. You will predominantly teach across UG/PG Fashion Design programmes at the Manchester Fashion Institute and contribute towards student progression and satisfaction, and positive graduate outcomes. We encourage and promote practice concerned with the ‘thinking', ‘doing', and ‘making' of fashion that engages with the real world and current theoretical, social, digital, or cultural contexts.

The post holder will also be expected to demonstrate an interest in developing expertise and innovation in the delivery of teaching and/or student experience.

About you:

Essential Skills:

• Experience of teaching fashion design, digital and manual pattern cutting, and construction in Higher Education.
• A good first degree together with a PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent qualifications/industry experience.
• You will have substantial knowledge and experience in digital fashion design practices, including expertise in using industry-standard pattern cutting and 3D prototyping software such as Browzwear V Stitcher, CLO3D, Optitex, Gerber, or Lectra.

Desirable:

• A PGCE, Certificate of Education, PGCLTHE, or membership of the Higher Education Academy (or commitment to obtain within three years of appointment).
• Membership of relevant professional bodies, demonstrating professional standing.
• Successful dissemination of practice-based initiatives and innovations, including scholarly outputs (e.g. journal and conference papers, expert presentations, textbooks, monographs, exhibitions, or performances).

In some circumstances, we will consider applicants who do not have these qualifications but are committed to obtaining them and have equivalent significant attainment in their professional field.

To apply, please submit your CV and Covering Letter via our application portal. For informal enquiries, please contact Sarah Collins (Senior Lecturer) at sarah.collins@mmu.ac.uk.

Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity.