Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Film and Television Production

Role Description

Applications are invited for this full-time role, available from September 2020. This position will be appointed at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level, depending on experience, on either a teaching and scholarship (T&S) or research and teaching (ART) contract.

Appointment to Senior Lecturer would be made primarily in relation to the experience and career stage of individual candidates. We would expect a Senior Lecturer to also carry greater responsibilities in terms of administrative/citizenship duties.

You will join an innovative and rapidly expanding department that brings together research, teaching and commercial activities in the fields of film, television, theatre and interactive media. The department features a bespoke £30m building with superb, industry-standard facilities, which have been used in support of the production and postproduction of over 20 commercially released feature films as well as numerous broadcast television projects for the BBC, ITV and other major broadcasters.  This post offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in a high-profile department, one that is thoroughly committed to the dynamic interaction of academic scholarship with creative practice and professional skills.  We place a high value on facilitating academic-industry collaborations to enhance both teaching and research for conventional and next generation media.

Role

You will play a significant role in the delivery and assessment of film and television production teaching, contributing to various production-related modules for our MA in Film and Television Production courses (with specialist variants in Producing and Directing among others) and the BSc in Film and Television Production (these programmes are ScreenSkills accredited). You will also be involved in the supervision of students and undertake administrative responsibilities in the Department. In addition:

• For a teaching and scholarship (T&S) contract: you will exhibit professional work through commercial outlets and/or disseminate related scholarship through conventional channels, and devise, develop and oversee projects generating external production funding.
• For a research and teaching (ART) contract: you will carry out and publish high impact research in quality journals, and devise, direct and develop projects generating external research funding.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

You will have detailed knowledge and experience of both current industry practice and working in academia; have the ambition to make an impact in your field, be able to demonstrate internationally-relevant scholarship through either professional practice or conventional academic research, and can inspire students through innovative teaching. You will have demonstrated expertise in producing or directing for commercial film or television as well as have a strong knowledge of the business of screen media and production methods.  This should include professional credits as either producer or director for national or internationally released film or television work (either long- or short-form) and demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• producing for commercial film or television;
• single camera location-based directing;
• multi-camera studio directing;
• documentary development and production.

A PhD in Film and Television Production (or related area) or equivalent professional industry experience is essential. In addition, experience in production management, cinematography or editing is highly desirable.

We particularly encourage applications from female and BAME candidates, who are currently under-represented within the University of York in this area. 

For informal enquiries: please contact Professor John Mateer on email: john.mateer@york.ac.uk, tel: 01904 325230.

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