Digital Media Lecturer in Canterbury

About The Role

Your Skills, Their Success, Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Lecturer. As a Lecturer of Digital Media at EKC Canterbury College, you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery and evaluation of the programme.

We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our Teacher Academy which includes digital skills support. So, if you do not have any teaching experience or teacher qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge and would like to be considered for this teaching role please apply.

Hours per week: 18.5

Salary per year: £18,055 up to £19,780

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern - aligned with our academic calendar
• Teacher Training - we support new teachers with a £7000 investment in your training and coaching through our in‑house Teaching Academy
• Flexible Personal Leave - Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks - Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return‑to‑work transitions
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 28% company contribution
• Culture and Recognition - Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco‑friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net‑zero by 2030

About You

If you are a highly organised and creative educator who enjoys inspiring learners through engaging and innovative lessons, this is a fantastic opportunity for you. You’ll be joining a highly successful and diverse Media department as a Lecturer in Digital Media, where your passion for the subject and experience in industry will directly influence and inspire learners. This is your chance to bring real‑world digital media, 3D animation, and game development experience into the classroom and help shape the next generation of creative professionals.

You’ll bring strong interpersonal skills, a positive and empathetic approach, and the confidence to manage a classroom effectively. Tracking student progress and using this information to plan targeted support and interventions will also be an important part of your role, helping every learner reach their full potential. Ideally, you’ll have experience teaching or delivering training in the workplace, although this isn’t essential as full training and support will be provided. You’ll be able to teach across Level 1 to Level 3 programmes and motivate learners to succeed in their studies.

We’re particularly interested in hearing from you if you have hands‑on experience in 3D modelling, 3D animation, and real‑time game engines, using software such as Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max, and Unreal Engine or Unity. Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro) and video editing is also highly desirable. Your industry expertise will help learners gain practical skills and insight into creative media careers. This role is ideal for someone who wants to combine teaching with sharing their professional experience, inspiring young people, and making a real impact on their career pathways.

Why Apply

• No need to update your CV – simply complete our short online application form
• Save your progress and return at any time
• All applicants will be contacted after the closing date
• Informal Enquiries – For an informal discussion or any queries, please email jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk

Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Lecturers will normally move up to the highest salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete. (Lecturers must be in post by 1st September in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval). Therefore, internal applicants in the same role may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider – East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding – We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self‑declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to health needs or disability. Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break. We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in‑house recruitment team.