Lecturer (Teaching) in Media and Advertising

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Communication and Media Studies, Cultural studies, Applied Linguistics; Multimodal Studies; Language Learning and Intercultural Communication; Learning with Digital Technologies; Art, Design and Museology; Music Education; Academic writing; English education.

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer Teaching in Media and Advertising to join our fast-growing Communications team. You will contribute to the design and delivery of engaging, industry-focused teaching and enterprise activity that reflects the rapidly evolving advertising and communication landscape in the age of digital media, platforms and AI.

The role will involve teaching in areas such as Advertising, Consumer Culture, Digital Marketing and Promotion, Public Relations, and AI and Data Analytics, while also contributing to other modules across the department, and developing innovation and enterprise activity in these areas, including development and delivery of professional courses and consultancy.

You will hold at least a postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Advertising, Marketing, Media and Communication, or a related field) and have experience of teaching in Higher Education. A PhD (completed or near completion) in Advertising, Public Relation, Strategic Communication, Marketing, Management or a related field would be desirable.

In addition, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to student learning and wellbeing, along with the ability to work within an interdisciplinary environment. You will also be a collegial and collaborative team member, committed to contributing to the ongoing growth and success of the BA Communications programme.

This post is available from 1 September 2026

Your application form should address all Person Specification points individually, and clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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