Lecturer for Design with Module Responsibility 35% – 45%

About the job

• Development and implementation of teaching formats to convey conceptual, methodological as well as technical fundamentals of design processes including digital technologies/AI and craft techniques.
• Didactically sound support of work processes, from research through concept development to presentation.
• Support of students in developing a design position and language.
• Promotion of a professionally informed, sustainable as well as experimental design practice and a responsible approach to materials and resources.
• Supervision and mentoring of students in the portfolio process.

• Overall responsibility for the content, organisational and personnel planning, implementation and further development of the module in accordance with specifications.
• Lateral leadership of lecturers and teaching staff involved in the module; in particular ensuring communication, promoting collaboration and coordinating work assignments. Recruitment of teaching staff in consultation with the co-management.
• Planning and allocation of resources and materials within the module.
• Ensuring the didactic quality and topicality of the teaching. Quality assurance and further development of the module, including feedback to the lecturers.
• Participation in the professional, organisational and personnel development of the Design Preparatory Course.
• Representation of the subject area Product and Industrial Design in the core team and within the Department of Design Film Art.
• Active participation in exchange, planning, evaluation and development bodies and involvement in strategic issues.

• You have a completed university degree (Master or Diploma) in the field of Product and Industrial Design (Textile Design, Object Design, Spatial Design).
• You have an independent design practice with professional experience in the field of transformation or process design.
• You know the Swiss design scene, are visible in it and well networked.
• You have teaching experience at a university or a design preparatory course. A certificate in university didactics can be obtained as part of the employment.
• You have strong methodological skills and are familiar with current, circular design processes.
• You are proficient in handling digital design and visualisation tools (e.g. Onshape, SolidWorks, Rhino, KeyShot, Figma, Adobe CC) as well as current AI applications.
• You are experienced in construction, prototype building and workshop processes with various materials. You master freehand as well as technical drawing.
• You are a communicative and reliable personality with strong cooperation and social skills.
• You think and work interdisciplinarily and enjoy team-oriented collaboration.
• You have organisational skills and are experienced in independently planning and implementing projects and teaching units.
• You have very good knowledge of German.

• The opportunity to bring an independent practice into teaching and to help shape the development of the Design Preparatory Course.
• An open, experimental environment at an innovative university for design, film and art.
• Modern and contemporary infrastructure with excellent analogue and digital workshops and spacious studios.
• Opportunities for professional and didactic development.
• The workplace is the Viscosistadt Campus, Lucerne-Emmenbrücke.

As the largest educational institution of the six Central Swiss cantons, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is at the cutting edge with its offerings. Far-sighted and innovative, nationally and internationally, we impart knowledge. Join us and become part of our shared, sustainable future.