Demonstrator

The Demonstrator is a hands-on academic and technical support role responsible for practical instruction, equipment organization, studio preparation, and day-to-day studio management. The role supports students and academic staff in creative, design, media, film, animation, and production-related learning environments.

The Demonstrator helps students learn safe and effective practical techniques, prepares equipment and studio spaces for classes and workshops, maintains orderly equipment systems, and ensures that studios remain professional, safe, clean, and ready for teaching, independent practice, assessment, and showcase activity.

Practical Instruction and Demonstration

• Demonstrate practical techniques, equipment use, studio workflows, and production processes during assigned classes, workshops, open studio sessions, and student support slots.
• Provide clear step-by-step instruction on safe and appropriate use of cameras, lighting, audio equipment, editing facilities, design tools, animation stations, print or production equipment, and other relevant studio resources.
• Support students as they practice technical and creative skills, troubleshoot practical problems, and prepare work for tutorials, critiques, presentations, portfolios, screenings, or exhibitions.
• Reinforce instructions, learning outcomes, and practical expectations set by Module Leaders without replacing academic teaching responsibilities.

Equipment Organization and Inventory Control

• Organize, label, store, issue, receive, and track equipment so that resources are easy to find, properly maintained, and available for scheduled teaching and student production activity.
• Manage equipment check-in/check-out procedures, booking records, loan conditions, return checks, damage reports, missing-item follow-up, and basic user guidance.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of studio, media, design, and production equipment, including accessories, consumables, cables, batteries, storage media, tools, and specialist items.
• Carry out routine equipment inspections, basic maintenance, charging, cleaning, firmware/software checks where appropriate, and escalation of repair or replacement needs.

Studio Management and Operational Readiness

• Prepare studios, labs, workshops, production spaces, and teaching rooms before scheduled sessions, ensuring that equipment, software, furniture, safety materials, and teaching resources are ready for use.
• Reset studios after classes, workshops, student productions, assessments, exhibitions, and events so that spaces remain clean, orderly, secure, and ready for the next user group.
• Coordinate room and equipment readiness with Module Leaders, Tutors, Teaching Practitioners, technicians, Programme Leads, timetabling staff, and facilities teams.
• Monitor studio use, support booking arrangements, help prevent unsafe or inappropriate use of spaces, and maintain clear operational routines for shared facilities.

Health, Safety, and Risk Management

• Induct students and staff in safe studio and equipment use, including handling, storage, manual setup, electrical safety, trip hazards, lighting safety, location production conduct, and emergency procedures where relevant.
• Apply and reinforce University health and safety procedures, risk assessment requirements, safeguarding expectations, and reporting processes.
• Identify hazards, damaged equipment, unsafe practices, missing safety materials, or unsuitable studio conditions and escalate them promptly to the appropriate manager or responsible team.
• Keep practical instruction and studio management aligned with professional conduct, equality and inclusion, data protection, academic integrity, and responsible media production standards.

Student and Staff Support

• Provide practical support to students during supervised studio time, production preparation, technical rehearsals, project development, and independent practice periods.
• Support academic staff by preparing practical materials, setting up demonstrations, assisting during workshops, and helping students apply technical instructions correctly.
• Maintain approachable, professional, and student-centred communication while setting clear boundaries around equipment care, studio rules, safety, deadlines, and shared resource use.
• Contribute to open days, portfolio reviews, student showcases, exhibitions, screenings, and recruitment events where practical studio or equipment support is required.

Scope and Boundaries of the Role

The following boundaries define the Demonstrator role and distinguish it from academic teaching, Module Leader, technician, and facilities roles:

• The Demonstrator provides practical instruction, operational support, and studio/equipment guidance within academic plans set by Module Leaders and Programme Leads.
• The Demonstrator does not normally design modules, set learning outcomes, issue assessment briefs, deliver lectures as the lead academic, or act as Module Leader unless separately appointed.
• The Demonstrator may provide formative practical guidance and technical feedback, but does not normally mark summative assessments unless formally assigned and moderated through normal University procedures.
• The Demonstrator is responsible for first-line equipment organization, studio readiness, and practical user support, while specialist repairs, procurement approvals, facilities work, and policy decisions remain with the relevant responsible teams.
• The Demonstrator must follow all University policies and report concerns relating to safety, safeguarding, misconduct, equipment loss, damage, or misuse in a timely and documented manner.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant diploma, bachelor’s degree, professional qualification, or equivalent professional experience in a creative, design, media, film, animation, production, studio, or technical discipline.
• Demonstrated practical competence with studio, design, media, film, animation, or production equipment and the ability to explain technical processes clearly to students.
• Experience organizing equipment, maintaining inventories, preparing studios, supporting workshops, or managing shared creative/production facilities.
• Working knowledge of safe equipment handling, studio protocols, basic risk management, and professional practice standards in creative or media production environments.
• Strong organization, reliability, punctuality, communication, record-keeping, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills and Knowledge

• Experience supporting more than one area such as graphic design, illustration, animation, photography, film production, audio production, editing, digital media, or studio-based creative practice.
• Working knowledge of common creative and media tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, DaVinci Resolve, Avid, DSLR or cinema-camera systems, lighting kits, audio kits, drawing tablets, animation tools, print/finishing equipment, or comparable systems.
• Ability to support equipment booking systems, digital inventories, asset registers, maintenance logs, consumable tracking, and basic reporting.
• Prior experience in a university, college, studio, production house, agency, maker space, lab, or workshop environment is desirable.
• Training or certification in health and safety, first aid, equipment operation, manual handling, production safety, or relevant technical systems is desirable.

Applicants should normally provide evidence of practical capability and operational readiness. This may include:

CV outlining relevant qualifications, technical skills, studio/equipment experience, and prior student or user-support experience.

Portfolio, showreel, project samples, production credits, technical documentation, studio management examples, or other evidence of practical work where available.

Short statement describing the applicant’s experience with practical instruction, equipment organization, and studio management.

• Highly competitive salary package (plus benefits), monthly remuneration start from 21,000,000 VND plus incentives commensurate with qualifications/experience
• 13th month Tet bonus (for Vietnamese candidates)
• Annual cost of living adjustment and performance-based bonus
• Recognition & awards programmes
• 20 days annual leave, public holidays, and 5 days paid sick leave
• Healthcare plan (private accident, medical, and dental insurance, including annual health checks)
• Education support for staff, their dependents and immediate relatives
• Relocation allowance to cover visa/flights/initial days accommodation
• Support and assistance in work permit and visa application together with relocation to and settling into living and working in Vietnam
• Various staff events through the year (outings, year-end party, sports activities and other events)
• Onsite fitness and sports centre
• Opportunity to work within a professional and multi-cultural environment