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Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Communication Education

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£38,304-£45,026, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
15 Jan 2021

Job Details

Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Communication Education

Job ID: 011667

Salary: £38,304-£45,026, including London Weighting Allowance

Posted: 11-Dec-2020

Closing date: 15-Jan-2021

Business unit: Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Department: Digital Humanities

Contact details: Stuart Dunn, stuart.dunn@kcl.ac.uk 

Strand Campus   Academic and teaching    

Job description
The Department of Digital Humanities is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (Academic Education Pathway) in Digital Marketing and Communication to contribute to its teaching in this and related areas. The post-holder will have a sound knowledge of the key concepts, theories, debates and challenges in digital marketing and communication with a PhD in a relevant area. We are looking for a range of expertise to support our fast-expanding programmes, particularly our MA in Digital Asset and Media Management, and our new MSc in Digital Economy. We are particularly interested in the following areas to support our teaching: any aspect of digital advertising and economy, digital platforms, network analysis, history of network communications and technologies, the study of digital products and services and the digital methods and skills students need in order to tackle these subjects. Furthermore, candidates with the potential for developing collaborations and knowledge exchange activities with commercial, industrial or third sector bodies are especially welcome.

The post-holder will make a significant contribution to organising, delivering, and administering research-informed teaching to the highest professional standards at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including designing learning materials, convening modules, lecturing, seminar teaching, and providing formative and summative feedback. Post-holders will supervise dissertations at all levels, and undertake examining as required. Successful candidates will also undertake pastoral and administrative duties, including personal tutoring and contribution to Departmental, Faculty and University administration.

The department is committed to building an equitable and diverse academic environment. We therefore welcome applicants from underrepresented communities and those who can demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion in teaching, research, mentoring and service.

This post will be offered on a full-time, indefinite contract.

Key responsibilities

  • Be accountable for the delivery of high-quality teaching to students both online and face-to-face
  • Develop and improve teaching materials, reading lists, and where appropriate, interactive and practice led activities
  • Create online lectures and seminars and make teaching material available through the learning system
  • Assist in the preparation and assessment of assignments for core and optional modules 
  • Undertake the marking of coursework assignments and dissertations for core and optional modules
  • Undertake dissertation supervision of BA and MA students
  • Plan and manage their own teaching
  • Contribute to collaborative decision making with colleagues on academic content and assessment of students' work
  • Evaluate current provision and identify areas for improvement particularly around student feedback 
  • Collaborate with the team in ensuring that students' needs are identified and responded to in a timely fashion
  • Respond to student feedback and to the further improvement and strategic development of programmes and modules
  • Stay up to date with scholarship in the field in order to incorporate into teaching practice and contribute to teaching innovation
  • Identify opportunities for the development of new teaching lectures or exercises (or if need be modules) in your area of expertise and contribute fully to the development of such ideas
  • Develop internal and external networks that foster collaboration and contribute to the management of teaching and research quality, audit and other external assessments
  • Contribute to research in the Department through either working on a research proposal with a member of academic staff or through contributing to a research project led by an academic member of staff
  • Share the Faculty's ethos whereby staff are committed to translating their research into outstanding teaching and student care 
  • Provide pastoral care for students 
  • Assist with admission of future students
  • Undertake administrative roles as required
  • Engage in professional development as appropriate 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. 

Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria

  • PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent qualification or work experience in a relevant sector 
  • An in-depth understanding of the field of digital marketing and communication 
  • An excellent understanding of current research and teaching in marketing and communication, and related fields 
  • The ability to communicate clearly and convincingly both orally and in writing to a wide range of individuals and groups, including overseas students, academic and professional services colleagues, and our cultural and industry partners
  • A good knowledge of contemporary teaching and learning approaches in higher education and the ability to enthuse students with innovative teaching methods
  • Experience of the development of learning materials and pedagogic innovation in teaching
  • Experience of teaching and student supervision at all levels and for a multi-cultural audience
  • Experience of effective assessment, marking, and provision of feedback for students
  • Good interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships
  • Excellent organisation skills and ability to work on own initiative 

Desirable criteria 

  • Teaching qualification in higher education
  • Experience of online teaching
  • Work experience relevant to the field 

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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