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Games Design Tutor
E17 (Walthamstow)
Fixed‑Term Contract to 3 July 2026
With potential for a permanent role
Choice Teachers are advertising this role on behalf of a client.
Choice Teachers are seeking an enthusiastic, organised, and industry‑experienced Games Design Tutor to join its education team for a client based in E17. This role is offered on a fixed‑term contract until 3 July 2026, with the possibility of a permanent position for the right candidate.
This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and support young creatives within a vibrant, industry‑focused education environment, making a real impact on learners’ progression and future career pathways.
The Role
You will deliver engaging, high‑quality teaching across games design programmes, supporting learners to develop both creative and technical skills. You will play a key role in maintaining high standards of teaching, learning, behaviour, and achievement, working collaboratively with curriculum and learner support teams.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver exciting, engaging lessons that support learner progression and relate to learners’ needs and interests
- Promote safety, wellbeing, and safeguarding, ensuring concerns are logged and monitored via CPOMS
- Record attendance and academic notes accurately using Arbor MIS
- Track learner progression and achievement using allocated Google Sheets
- Develop innovative interdepartmental and intradepartmental projects, encouraging collaboration across creative pathways
- Use a range of assessment methods and provide outstanding, prompt feedback to inspire and motivate learners
- Conduct bi‑termly one‑to‑one tutorials and complete individual learning plans (ILPs)
- Facilitate enrichment opportunities, including trips, workshops, and guest speaker events throughout the academic year
- Work towards strong learner retention and high qualification achievement rates
- Undertake in‑house training to remain up‑to‑date with awarding body requirements and expectations
- Support learners in preparing for their assessed end‑of‑year project
Applicants Must Have:
- GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4/C or above, or equivalent (Level 2)
- A degree or relevant qualification in Games Design or a closely related subject area
- Outstanding teaching and communication skills, with a strong understanding of the Ofsted framework
- The ability to be extremely organised, managing your own workload effectively and flexibly
- A highly motivated, driven, and ambitious approach to work
- Confidence to be assertive and effective in managing learning environments
- A solution‑focused mindset, with the ability to respond proactively to data trends
- A commitment to meeting targets, setting high standards of behaviour and work, and driving learner achievement
- Empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by young adults from communities with high free school meal rates and poverty levels
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Visual scripting and/or programming skills, relevant to games design and interactive development
Desirable:
- Experience using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere) for concept art, texturing, and creative workflows
- Professional experience within a relevant creative industry and/or as an entrepreneur
- Experience with Autodesk Maya and/or Blender, including 3D modelling, texturing, animation, skinning, and rigging
- Experience using Unity and/or Unreal Engine, particularly animation‑to‑engine pipelines
- Strong drawing and art skills, both traditional and digital
What We Offer:
- Competitive day rate, dependent on experience
- A creative, inclusive, and supportive working environment
- Opportunity to work within a forward‑thinking, industry‑connected education provider
- Genuine potential for a permanent role
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to young people’s futures
Safeguarding & Compliance
Choice Teachers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and agency workers to share this commitment.
Choice Teachers recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and operate safer recruitment procedures in line with the Department for Education’s statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education. All candidates who are placed into educational settings are fully vetted in accordance with Choice Teachers’ Vetting Policy, including:
- Enhanced DBS checks
- Right to work checks
- Identity and qualification verification
- Full reference checks
- Verification of safeguarding training within the last three years (or completion prior to placement)
All agency workers are required to familiarise themselves with Keeping Children Safe in Education and complete safeguarding training as part of the registration process.
Choice Teachers are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or background.