We are looking for a talented individual with a background in knowledge exchange, innovation and digital design to join the newly funded (£4m) Knowledge Exchange Hub.
Post Title: Research Associate for Knowledge Exchange in the Creative Industries
Employer: Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University
Salary: £25,101 to £29,099
Closing Date: Thursday 02 February 2012
Apply: http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A327
About The Creative Exchange
The Creative Exchange is a space to share knowledge and to co-create compelling new forms of experience, participation and personalisation in an open, accessible, digitally connected world.
It is a Knowledge Exchange Hub for the Creative Economy led by Lancaster University in partnership with Newcastle University and the Royal College of Art funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and delivered in collaboration with FutureEverything.
Small, medium and micro businesses, individuals, agencies and not-for-profits within the creative economy will be supported to share knowledge and to co-create new content, products and services, in collaboration with each other, major corporations, and leading researchers in the arts and humanities.
About The Job
Employer: Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University
Salary: £25,101 to £29,099
Closing Date: Thursday 02 February 2012
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Based within ImaginationLancaster, you will be a member of the Design section of the Department and will undertake work that supports the delivery of our AHRC funded (£4m) Knowledge Exchange Hub. Though based in the broad field of digital design, you would benefit from a demonstrable research interest in digital design, innovation, knowledge exchange and their relationship to the creative and digital economies. During the first two years, you will undergo training to take on a more managerial role within the project.
This is a fixed term post until 31 December 2015 in line with external funding.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Rachel Cooper, Chair of Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and Co-Director of ImaginationLancaster (Tel: +44 (0)1524 510871, Email: r.cooper@lancaster.ac.uk).
For general information about the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and ImaginationLancaster, please visit www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/LICA and imagination.lancaster.ac.uk.