Teacher in process design with module responsibility 35 % - 45 %

• 21 July 2026 • 35 - 45% • Indefinite duration • Emmenbrücke Your tasks We are looking for a person with an independent design practice as well as teaching experience in process design in the interaction between object, space, human and environment. In your practice, you combine design, technical and societal issues to create sustainable and innovative design concepts. You work interdisciplinarily, in different media, and combine digital and AI-assisted design processes with traditional fabrication and material techniques. As a teacher • Development and implementation of teaching formats to transmit the conceptual, methodological and technical basics of design processes by integrating digital/AI technologies as well as artisanal processes (including co-teaching). • Didactically based support of individual work processes, from research to concept development to presentation. • Support for students in the development of a creative position and language. • Promotion of an informed, sustainable and experimental design practice as well as responsible management of materials and resources. • Supervision and mentoring of students in the portfolio process. As a module manager • Overall responsibility for the planning, implementation and continuous development of the module for which you are responsible, in accordance with the directives. • Lateral management of the teachers and lecturers involved in the module; in particular, ensuring communication, promoting collaboration and coordinating tasks. Recruitment of lecturers in agreement with the direction of the preparatory course. • Planning and allocation of resources and material means within the module. • Ensuring the didactic quality and topicality of the teaching. • Quality assurance and qualitative development of the module, including feedback to teachers. • Participation in the professional, organizational and personal development of the preparatory course in design. • Representation of the process design field in the central team as well as within the Design Film Art department. • Active participation in exchanges, planning, evaluations and development bodies, as well as strategic reflection. Your profile • You hold a university degree (master or diploma) in the field of design. • You have an independent design practice with professional experience. You know the Swiss design scene, are visible there and well connected. • You have teaching experience in a university of applied sciences or a preparatory course in design. A certificate in university didactics can be obtained as part of the employment. • You possess strong methodological skills and are familiar with current concepts of design processes based on space and materials. • You master digital design and visualization tools (e.g. Onshape, SolidWorks, Rhino, KeyShot, Figma, Adobe CC) as well as current AI applications. • You have experience in construction, prototyping and workshop processes with different materials. You master freehand and technical drawing. • You are a communicative and reliable person with strong cooperation and social skills. • You think and work interdisciplinarily and enjoy teamwork. • You have organizational skills and are experienced in the autonomous planning and implementation of projects and teaching units. • You have excellent knowledge of German. Our offer • The possibility to integrate an independent practice into teaching and to contribute to the development of the preparatory course in design. • An open and experimental environment in an innovative university of design, film and art. • A modern and contemporary infrastructure with excellent analog and digital workshops as well as spacious studios. • Possibilities for professional and didactic development. • The workplace is the Viscosistadt campus, Lucerne-Emmenbrücke. Professional information Thomas Aregger Co-direction of the preparatory course thomas.aregger@hslu.ch As the largest educational institution of the six cantons of Central Switzerland, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is at the forefront of current events with its offering. Visionary and innovative, national and international, we transmit knowledge. Participate and become a stakeholder in our common and sustainable future.