Job Reference:
2526-04-07
Application deadline:
12/07/2026
Salary:
£44,731.00
Job Description
Senior Lecturer - BA (Hons) Music Production
Leeds Arts University is the only specialist arts university in the North of England. We have contributed significantly to the development of arts education for over 180 years and have developed a national and international reputation based on the achievements of our students and staff.
The BA (Hons) Music Production engages with the practical and creative dimensions of recording, mixing, mastering, and crafting music for various media, including video games and sync. Set within a specialist arts culture that affords opportunities for exciting collaborations and innovative projects, the course offers an exceptional student experience with access to our purpose-built music facilities reflective of industry settings, that includes well-equipped recording studios, live rooms, and a 240-seat auditorium.
As a Senior Lecturer, you will help plan, design, deliver and organise the course. contributing to the academic management and pastoral oversight of students and supporting the Course Leader. You will teach and lead Music Production modules across all levels, whilst contributing more broadly to course activities including external employer engagement, recruitment activity and opportunities for showcasing student work. You will also contribute to the production related elements of the BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance course, supporting collaboration across the subject area. Working individually and as a member of the team, you will be expected to deliver teaching within a variety of settings including lectures, seminars, studios and workshops, peer reviews and individual tutorials, as well as supporting the delivery of external gigs and student showcase activity in venues across the city.
You will have extensive knowledge and applied expertise in Music Production, across practice and theory, and contemporary knowledge and experience of music production, performance, and technology related industries relevant to graduate employability and portfolio careers. Song writing/composition skills would be an advantage but are not essential.
The successful candidate will need to have (or be willing to work towards achieving) a Masters qualification, and a post-graduate teaching qualification, or the willingness to attain one within 3 years. They will also have extensive knowledge and expertise appropriate to Music Production as a discipline including emergent innovations, and contemporary contexts.
Full details of the essential and desirable criteria for this role can be found in the job description.
Please note CVs will not be accepted for this position.
Closing date: Sunday 12th July 2026 at 11:59pm
Interview date: Monday 27th July 2026 (in person)
Leeds Arts University is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all learners and expect our staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be made on merit, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. In recognition of our commitment to create a diverse team that draws from our widest talent pool, we would particularly encourage applications from groups who are currently under-represented at this level, which in this case is our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants.