Research Associate

Updated: almost 2 years ago
Location: Cardiff, WALES
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 01 May 2022

The ground-breaking media.cymru programme will supercharge Cardiff Capital Region’s thriving media sector and develop a global hub for media innovation.

From 2022, media.cymru will work with more than 100 SMEs to drive inclusive, sustainable economic growth through a range of targeted activities. This will establish the Cardiff Capital Region as a global centre for environmentally sustainable and inclusive media innovation. Across five years, we will: increase small businesses’ capacity for innovation, invest in digital infrastructure, respond to emerging technologies and address skills needs for the future.

A series of industry-led challenge areas including sustainability, bilingual production, diversity and inclusion, tourism and technology will position the region as a testbed for new content, approaches and formats.

We will achieve this change by working with the cluster to develop new research and development (R&D) facilities and partnerships, which will connect regional and national partners in media production and post-production, technology, universities and national, devolved, regional and local government. This will pioneer new digital formats, practices, content and technologies, in both the media sector and across the Welsh economy.  

Led by Cardiff University, media.cymru brings together 24 media production, broadcast, technology, university and local leadership partners for the first time. The £50m programme is funded through UKRI’s flagship Strength in Places Fund, Cardiff Capital Region, Creative Wales, industry and university partners.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term to 31 December 2026

This role holder will conduct research and provide support for a series of reports and publications, focussing on innovation, media clusters and the South Wales media cluster. This post will be responsible for scoping relevant literature, policy, and stakeholder reports, conducting research with the media.cymru team, and contributing to the production of research reports and other publications. The applicant will need to work at pace and to a series of tight deadlines.

Particular focal points will include identifying strategic knowledge gaps and priorities, and a strong commitment to developing knowledge through engagement with industry and creative industries stakeholders.

Date advert posted: Thursday, 14 April 2022

Closing date: Sunday, 1 May 2022

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
 
“Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment”



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