The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) Graphic Design department Bachelor year 4 is looking for a Tutor Graduation Projects (0.11 FTE)
Vacancy number: 26-054
What will you do?
- Your task will be to collaborate with 4th year students to create an individual and meaningful graduation project for a public audience, based on existing research followed through to the production phase;
- The course’s objective is for students to develop their visual and conceptual strength and challenge their experimental and investigative attitudes through their final exam project. With their graduation project, students strengthen visual vocabulary and can recognize their working methods towards the professional practice awaiting them. Students should be exposed to a broad range of visual, artistic and design references.
- Students are challenged to experiment with various concepts, techniques, scales, and ways of presenting their work. During class, students engage in workshops, individual talks, group feedback sessions, and in-class making experiments. In addition, there are possibilities to collaborate and invite guest lecturers and exhibition visits;
- Furthermore, students are encouraged to examine the complexities of prototyping, obtaining funding, and effectively communicating their creations to the public domain. All of these elements work together to achieve the overriding goal of ensuring that both personal endeavors and the group show, receive thenecessary exposure;
- The Tutor Graduation Project guides the students in the above developments and helps them to bring the concept to execution. You are also part of the examination team and take part in one green-light presentations (May) and the final exam (June).
Your profile
- You are a designer and/or artist with good visual, research and organisational abilities who has worked in a similar position. You are experienced in art or design education;
- You can coach students through their personal projects and review their work. Only in-person instruction will be provided, and it is desirable that you be based in the Netherlands;
- You are familiar with assessment procedures and how to follow up on administrative tasks important for the final study year. You are wellorganized and can provide students with a defined study structure as well as constructively appraise their progress in an appropriate manner;
- You are enthusiastic about joining the Graphic Design department and KABK as an art institute. Throughout the academic year, you are encouraged to participate in extracurricular programs such as excursions and other activities.;
- You are proficient in English in both communication and writing;
- You are aware of and can interact with our international student population's diverse cultural and social backgrounds. It is necessary to have a BKE (Basic Examination Qualification) certificate.
About us
The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) forms together with the Royal Conservatoire (KC) the University of the Arts, The Hague. We offer HBO bachelor and master education, as well as preparatory courses. There is an intensive collaboration with Leiden University: students can take electives on both sides, there is a PhD program. The University of the Arts is located at two locations in the center of The Hague.
The Bachelor Graphic Design department trains students to be critical thinkers and versatile practitioners who create integrated concepts for visual communication. The bachelor programme is well-known for its high-level, thorough, and comprehensive education, investigative and conceptual teaching method, and great reputation in type design and typography. Students are encouraged to create solutions to tomorrow's design problems within the fast evolving new-media landscape, as well as to address questions about the social duties of the contemporary designer.
The curriculum is organised around five practice-based subjects: Design, Interaction, Image, Coding, and Typography, with courses like design and media theory, and philosophy laying the groundwork for a comprehensive framework of references.
Furthermore, the programme allows students to broaden and develop their interests by allowing them to take electives in research, type design, professional practice skills, and an academy-wide study trajectory. It enables each individual to fully develop their skills within an inclusive work environment in which everyone may feel valued.
What we offer you
The KABK offers you an international, inspiring and informal working environment. From the end of January until the beginning of July 2027, you will teach one day per week for 15 weeks, including green-light assessments and the final examination. We expect the contract to begin in January 2027. The employment contract is for 6 months. Under the Collective Agreement for Higher Professional Education (Cao Hbo), the position is classed as pay scale 11. Preparation time is added to the working hours by 20%. We also provide an 8% holiday allowance, a fixed end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, holiday leave, and excellent study and development possibilities, as well as travel reimbursement.
Interested?
More information
For further information about the position please contact Chantal Hendriksen c.hendriksen@kabk.nl or Lauren Alexander l.alexander@kabk.nl
Applications
If you are interested in the position, please send a cover letter with CV to: werving@hdkdenhaag.nl mentioning vacancy number 26-054 no later than Sunday 25 October 2026.
The first interviews are planned to take place on the 9th or 12th of November.
This vacancy is open internally and externally at the same time. Internal candidates have priority in the event of equal suitability.
Within the University of the Arts, we are working to create a community in which diversity and inclusion are the basic principles. We want the uniqueness of each individual to be recognized and welcomed within the school. We therefore invite you to apply and are curious to know who you are.
