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Adobe Professor of Digital Innovation

Job details
Posting date: 30 April 2024
Salary: £64,732 to £100,747 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 24 May 2024
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: Aston University
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 0194-24

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Summary

This is a time of unprecedented growth for Aston University and a successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to proactively seek out opportunities across the institution that contributes to our aim to be a beacon of digital innovation across the entire academic portfolio.

Digital Innovation is a key feature of the Aston 2030 Strategy and we are delighted to announce the creation of an exciting new role within the University in collaboration with Adobe Inc. which aims to build on our membership of the Adobe Creative Campus Programme (https://adobecreativecampus.com/ ) by leading on digital innovation across our activities including curriculum development and stakeholder-led projects through the Design Factory Birmingham (https://www.aston.ac.uk/business/design-factory-birmingham).

The post-holder will be a member of the School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies and will contribute to the research and teaching within the school. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of the recently established Design Factory Birmingham as the interim inaugural director of the digital lab with responsibility for shaping the strategy of the lab and establishing a growth plan.

Further particulars of the role can be found in the job details below.

Informal enquiries about the post should be directed to either Professor Tony Clark (tony.clark@aston.ac.uk) or Professor Kate Sugden (k.sugden@aston.ac.uk).

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