Technical Instructor

Exciting opportunity at Jimmy Choo London Fashion Academy:

We are opening recruitment for two Technical Instructors.

JCA | London Fashion Academy is a premium higher education provider led by one of the world's most renowned contemporary designers, Prof. Jimmy Choo OBE.

Background:

Based at Mayfair and Boston Manor House, the Academy seeks to find, support and launch entrepreneurial and innovative fashion designers through a couture learner-centred approach that is focused on professional practice delivered within a boutique specialist incubation environment.

JCA offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in a range of practice-based fashion design and entrepreneurship programmes that allow learners to pursue a very high degree of specialism.

There are two routes available to prospective students: 1) an immersive, professional practice experience with incubation in Mayfair, and 2) a timetabled professional experience within an artisan Maker Space in West London.

Inclusive in its approach, in terms of reach and scholarships given, the Academy seeks to support only the very best and most gifted designers to fulfil their ambitions and transition from higher education into entrepreneurship and/or employment.

As a selective institution, student recruitment is based on academic and creative potential expressed through prior qualifications and portfolio and behaviours and attitudes through academic interview and engagement.

The bar is set high but the community is founded on well being.

Overview and Objectives of the Position:

JCA | London Fashion Academy is seeking two experienced and highly organised individuals to provide technical support to students enrolled at the Academy. This role involves collaborating closely with fashion instructors to enhance students' skills in garment construction.

The successful candidates will work on our MA Fashion: Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation, BA (Hons) Fashion: Design, Branding and Entrepreneurship and Foundation in Fashion programmes at Mayfair, or the BA (Hons) in Fashion: Design and Accessories course at Boston Manor.

Staff at the Academy typically come with a story: a past and a present and as such they naturally bring with them professional relationships and high-profile industry contacts that help position the Academy, and crucially, support students in defining and developing their future career paths.

The two positions are full-time contracts.

Ideal candidates would be ambitious, innovative and entrepreneurial and would not only be comfortable with change management, they would positively thrive in exciting dynamic environments.

If you are passionate about fashion and have the necessary technical expertise, we invite you to join our team.

Reports to: Head of Atelier.

JCA Culture:

Our academic and technical staff are the best in their field, professionally within fashion, and pedagogically within education. They are also friendly and approachable people. People who want to work with other, similar-minded, people – and together, to create a professionally focused learning community.

Staff interact, engage, and participate with learners and guide the learning journey. They excite, provocate and disrupt ways of thinking. They support, protect and inculcate excellence. However, most of all, they motivate, encourage and inspire.

Being an aspiring Designer at the Academy is much more than being a student, it is about setting a direction and being mentored on that journey – from campus to beyond.

How to Apply:

If you feel you have the skills and experience to excel in this position, please email: haroun.islam@jca.ac.uk

Applications will be reviewed weekly and therefore you are encouraged to apply soon. We look forward to hearing from you.

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