Job Description

What the role is:
Most Positive Workplace Collaboration Award - Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Awards 2025
Ranked #19 for The Straits Times Singapore's Best Employers 2024 & 2025
The job of an academic is challenging and meaningful. A lecturer at Media, Arts & Design school (MAD) will need to have strong knowledge and working experience in the domain areas of storytelling, scriptwriting and content creation. He/She will be required to have a good grasp of media trends. He/She will be required to develop and teach key modules in the Specialisation, as well as in MAD. Beyond that, he/she should be confident to manage both student and industry projects and help maintain relationships with key industry partners.
Administrative work related to teaching and School/Institutional strategic initiatives will be an important part of the job. Successful candidates must have strong communication skills, highly analytical, resourceful a well as possess a passion for working with youths, nurturing them, and moulding their characters.
The appointee must be able to teach the following areas:

• Storytelling
• Scriptwriting for Scripted & Factual Content
• Production & filmmaking

What you will be working on:
Responsibilities:

• Facilitate face-to-face lessons, implement, and inspire students through different learning pedagogies, industry engagement activities and pastoral care.
• Manage content on learning management systems.
• Mark and process assessments.
• Manage industry partners or projects.

What we are looking for:
Requirements:

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in writing and production.
• Proficiency in storytelling, writing, production, creating content for different audiences.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the latest scriptwriting and editing software and Adobe Creative Suite to support student's learning.
• Having teaching experience will be a plus.

Successful candidate will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.
If you are shortlisted for the position, you should hear from us within 30 days of the closing date of the advertisement.
About Singapore Polytechnic:
As Singapore's first polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) prides ourselves in providing the best learning experience for our students in pre-employment and continuing adult education. The mission of SP is to prepare our learners to be life ready, work ready and world ready. Our vision is to be a caring community of inspired learners committed to serving with mastery.