Will Knight      

Commercial / Editorial / Education

Freelance creative, art director and educator based between London and Newcastle.

Previously Creative Lead at It’s Nice That.

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Barcelona School of Art & Design (LABASAD)

Course Director for the Online Master in Principles of Graphic Design course

Lecturer on both the Online Master in Principles of Graphic Design, and Online Master in Graphic and Digital Design courses.


 








 





2024 — Present


University of Hertfordshire

Weekly visiting lecturer across BA level Graphic Design, Illustration Advertising and Branding courses.



2024 — Present


London College of Communication

Guest lecturing sessions on the BA Magazine Journalism & Publishing course.


 








 





2024


Falmouth

Guest lecture for BA Visual Communication students.



2024


Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA)

Guest lecture for MA Visual Communication courses (Graphic Design and Illustration & Animation).



2024


A New Direction — Flipside

Teaching, facilitation and delivery of Flipside, a 12-week industry-led bootcamp designed for young people aged 18 to 30, alongside multiple leading design agencies including Made by Many, Ustwo, BYND, and more.

Flipside is organised A New Direction, an award winning non-profit organisation working to diversify and address under-representation within the creative industry.



2024


London College of Communication

Monthly mentorship as part of the LCC industry mentoring programme, focused at helping BA, MA and recent graduates (up to three years out of education) link to industry. 





 





2024


Edinburgh College of Art

Periodical work with a group of final year Graphic Design students including  guest lectures and ongoing mentorship.






 





2023 — 24


Creative Lives In Progress

Portfolio reviews with Creative Lives In Progress covering Graphic Design, Illustration, and Art Direction.

Creative Lives in Progress is an inclusive creative careers resource, on a mission to transform the way emerging talent access, understand and connect with the industry by encouraging greater transparency and representation within the creative working world.





 





2021 — 2023 


Non Linear

Guest lecture and workshop as part of Non Linear, a full-time, 13 week intensive training course led by creatives across music, art, design and film designed to help attendees unlock their talents and land a role in the creative industries.

The course curriculum is co-designed and co-delivered by Barking and Dagenham College and A New Direction supported by University College London.






 





2023