Occasional Worker: Lecturer – Games, Animation & VFX (Hourly paid)

Job Position(s): Occasional Worker: Lecturer – Games, Animation & VFX (Hourly paid)

Milton Keynes College is hiring for an Occasional Worker: Lecturer in Games, Animation and VFX at their Chaffron Way Campus in Milton Keynes, England. This role sits within the college’s creative programmes department, where you’ll deliver hands-on teaching across games design, animation, VFX pipelines, and digital production to 16-19 year old learners building toward industry careers. It suits working professionals, recent graduates, or experienced educators who have real credits or production experience in games, animation, or visual effects and want flexible hours around their existing work.

About the Role

The creative technologies department at Milton Keynes College covers a broad curriculum that maps directly to entry-level industry roles in games development, 3D modelling, animation studio production, and VFX. As an hourly paid lecturer, your timetable is built around availability, ranging from ad-hoc cover to more structured teaching blocks. A typical session involves guiding learners through technical workflows, critiquing creative output, and connecting classroom practice to how these disciplines actually function in production.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivering taught sessions across games design, animation, and VFX pipeline topics relevant to Level 3 creative programmes.
• Supporting learners in developing technical production skills using industry-standard tools and workflows in 3D modelling and digital production.
• Providing feedback on student projects that reflects real-world standards in animation studio and games development environments.
• Adapting session content to suit mixed ability groups while maintaining the technical rigour expected in a creative industries curriculum.
• Documenting attendance, session progress, and learner development in line with further education requirements.
• Covering planned or unplanned absences across the creative media and emerging technologies teaching team when required.

What You Bring

• A Level 3 qualification or above in games design, animation, VFX, digital media, or a closely related discipline.
• Practical experience in at least one of the following areas: games art and development, character animation, visual effects, or 3D modelling for digital production.
• Familiarity with the production workflows and software tools standard to your discipline, gained through industry or studio work.
• Strong communication skills and a genuine interest in working with young people entering the creative industries.
• No teaching qualification is required, Milton Keynes College offers development support to build your further education practice on the job.

Why This Role

Milton Keynes College offers hourly paid flexibility, which makes this a realistic option for freelancers or those between productions who want to share industry knowledge without committing to a full timetable. The team is described as supportive, and there are clear pathways into permanent teaching and curriculum leadership roles for those who want to move in that direction. For anyone with a background in animation studio work, VFX, or games development, this is a grounded way to build a parallel career in education.

Apply now for the Occasional Worker: Lecturer in Games, Animation and VFX position at Milton Keynes College and bring your production experience into the classroom.