Professor - Creative Industries

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Nottingham Trent University

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Education

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Posted:

22.02.2025

Expiry Date:

08.04.2025

Job Description:

Build a Rewarding Career.

Doing things differently.

Full time/Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced researcher to provide strategic leadership in the new Research Centre for the Creative Industries (RCCI). With a focus on harnessing the potential of the latest digital technologies, the Centre brings together a diverse team of interdisciplinary researchers across disciplines spanning fine art, graphic design, illustration, animation, photography, filmmaking, gaming, visual effects and design for stage and screen, exploring the application and impact of digital technologies in areas such as the metaverse, virtual/augmented/ mixed reality and immersive experiences.

RCCI builds on strong partnerships with leading local cultural institutions and creative digital industries within Nottingham’s vibrant creative and digital ecosystem. Through relationships with organisations such as Backlit, Nottingham Contemporary, Primary, and BEAM, RCCI aspires to connect research with cultural activities, creating opportunities for interdisciplinary projects, exhibitions, and public engagement. These partnerships provide a foundation for experimentation and innovation, supporting researchers and practitioners in exploring the potential of digital creativity.

RCCI also seeks to leverage the CDI Collective network, which brings together over creative and digital businesses in the Nottingham area. This network offers opportunities to collaborate across fields such as gaming, animation, digital marketing, and immersive media. These partnerships also open pathways for knowledge exchange, consultancy, contract research opportunities, and student engagement, ensuring that research is both impactful and industry-relevant.

You will have the support needed to build your international profile, build research teams within the School, across NTU and develop strategic partnerships. As an experienced research leader, you will play a key role in further developing our inclusive and diverse research culture, mentoring early career colleagues, promoting and facilitating interdisciplinary and collaborative research, growing research income and enhancing the quality of a wide variety of research outputs.

About you

As a successful and experienced researcher, you will have the enthusiasm and vision to lead the growth of new areas of research with a track record of team building and inspiring and supporting postgraduate researchers and colleagues. As a recognised leader in your field, you will have or be developing an international profile as a research leader.

With a PhD and significant postdoctoral research experience, you will have track record of consistently delivering high quality research outputs and capturing significant external funding from prestigious and competitive sources, both as a leader and a team member. You will be able to demonstrate or evidence the following:

• Experience of academic leadership roles and an ability to manage people and budgets.
• Experience of the successful recruitment and supervision of postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers.
• Experience in developing research informed teaching and curricula development.
• A track record of successful collaboration with industry achieving impact through innovation and knowledge exchange and or consultancy.

If you are excited by the opportunity to contribute your expertise, experience, creativity and energy to the growing area of research strength at NTU we would be delighted to hear from you.

The assessment for this role is split across two stages:

First stage interview date: 31st March or 1st April

Second Stage interview date: TBC

About the School

Nottingham School of Art & Design is a world leading art and design school that has been influencing, inspiring and innovating since its inception. We are guided by our past, focused on our future, and proud to be shaping what comes next.

It is an exciting time for the School, buoyed by recent successes including QS subject top ranking, a high quality REF result, expansion into new areas including music and events, the opening of a London Campus and a £45 million investment in Design & Digital Arts, we are seeking to appoint a Professor in the Creative Industries to undertake exciting research and provide strategic leadership to our new Research Centre for the Creative Industries.

In [insert year], we launched our new department of Design and Digital Arts (D&DA) providing new and exciting opportunities by bringing together art, design, digital technologies and business within a landmark new building officially opened November [insert year]. The new building accommodates a range of facilities that support our ambition to offer real world work-like experiences with the introduction of facilities including virtual production studio, green screen studio, foley recording and mixing studio, motion capture suite and innovation spaces where staff and students can explore the latest creative technologies. It enables D&DA to expand its creative industries offer with the introduction of new curricula in disciplines such as Film & TV Production, VFX, Games Art & Design and Motion Graphics together with our well-established strengths in a wide range of art and design practices, including Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation, Filmmaking, Design for Film & TV, Design for Theatre and Live Performance, Costume Design and Fine Art.

To fully leverage this significant investment in teaching and facilities, we are seeking to appoint a Professor of Creative Industries to lead and develop research in the field, while also heading the Research Centre for the Creative Industries.

Importantly, we are seeking candidates who combine well-developed leadership skills with proven abilities in team building, interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships.

For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Richard Bibb (Associate Dean for Research) at [insert contact information].

Join Us

Find out more about our academic community at NTU, including the support we offer to academics at all stages of their careers at [insert link].

We also offer:

• 35 days annual leave per year (dependent on grade) plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata
• Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
• Opportunity to receive a bonus for exceptional performance and contribution
• Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
• This role is eligible to either individual private medical health insurance or a lifestyle health assessment.
• And a whole lot more…

Come and be part of our success. Apply today.

Safe and Inclusive

At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Whilst this role is currently eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route, upcoming immigration rules changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit [insert link] for more information.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.