Associate Technician: Textiles (fixed-term)

Do you have a passion for textiles? Could you help our students make and create contemporary designs using a range of traditional and modern processes? If you can, an exciting opportunity has opened in our Fashion & Textiles technical team supporting students throughout our undergraduate term.

We’re looking for someone who can help our students experiment and explore a broad range of technical processes and support the development of their professional skills and personal style.

You will be overseeing a creative and busy workshop environment where students can learn their craft and develop skills in screen printing, dyeing, foil and flock, heat transfer, natural dyeing, resist dyeing processes, Devore and digital sublimation printing.

You will also be overseeing activity in our Constructed Textiles area so some knowledge of stitch knit and weave processes would be advantageous.

Most of your time will be devoted to working with students providing technical support, instruction, and advice to those studying on our highly successful Textiles and Fashion programme. We also encourage collaboration across disciplines so there will also be opportunities to support students across all our creative courses.

We would like somebody who is friendly, helpful, committed, hard-working, willing to learn and enjoys problem solving and using their initiative. You will also be a skilled Textiles maker and creator, have proven experience of professional working practices relating to a range of textiles processes, and be able to demonstrate good knowledge of fabrics, yarns and materials associated with contemporary textiles design and production.

Ideally, you’ll be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or have equivalent industry experience in a similar role. We are regularly investing in new technology and exploring different methods of production, so we’ll want you to demonstrate an active interest and awareness of industry trends, products and developments.

Fixed-term until 31st May 2025

Part-time

10.5 hours per week, term-time only, for the remainder of the academic year.

Working pattern

Mondays 4:30pm to 9pm

Saturdays 9am to 4pm