Teaching Fellow in Advanced Creative Pattern Cutting in Fashion Design

Winchester School of Art is proud to be one of the UK's leading art schools and part of the world-renowned University of Southampton, a founder member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Our research-intensive environment and international student body provide a rich ground for interdisciplinary thinking and making at the nexus of art, science, technology, and culture.

The Department of Fashion & Textiles is the school’s largest department, offering design, leadership & strategy, and marketing education, at undergraduate, taught-postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The department supports one of the largest international student communities in Europe studying fashion leadership, marketing, management, and strategy programmes, whilst sustaining a long-held reputation for the nurturing of high-level design practice and craft-based skills.

This academic role is committed to preserving and enhancing our growing national and international reputation in Fashion Design, encompassing advanced technical skills in garment cutting and construction appropriate to UG/PGT level study. The primary focus of this position is to provide high-quality education that seamlessly aligns with the broader objectives of our school and the university's overall strategy. The Fashion and Textile department has a key focus on creativity, sustainability, diversity, technical excellence, and digital resilience at the heart of the department.

You will have a proven track record of developing and delivering an excellent standard of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, as well as being able to develop a variety of learning and teaching approaches to deliver an excellent level of education and support. Key to this role is being able to work collaboratively, as well as integrate teaching and research activities to ensure the university and school’s strategies are met. You will be highly motivated, responsible, and creative with a high level of technical and pattern-cutting skill, and knowledge of fashion display, marketing and branding strategy. You will have excellent communication skills, be experienced in working with a diverse and inclusive team of staff and students, and be able to contribute to, and support the university and school strategies. Relevant academic and industry experience is welcomed.

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days, public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave). As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment.

Committed to supporting our teaching and research community we are open to flexible working. With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for teaching duties we are open to a hybrid approach. We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and those who have taken a career break. Proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan gender equality charter we hold an institutional Silver award.

If you wish to discuss the role in more detail, initially please contact the administrative lead for this position, Brigitte Mayne Reed: b.mayne-reed@soton.ac.uk