Nicholas Irvin
Lecturer in Design Management
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design
- Email:
- nicholas.irvin@bcu.ac.uk
Nicholas is an enthusiastic people person and collaborator, who has experience of engaging with fellow colleagues, students, alumni, higher education partners and industry, in the UK and overseas.
Nick is lecturer in Design Management and this programme attracts students from a diverse range of design and non-design disciplines from the UK and overseas.
The programme focuses on the strategic value of design and its importance within a business context, which aims to develop the confidence; skills and knowledge for work in industry.
A natural people person, Nick is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is keen to provide further teaching and reflective design practice knowledge and experience in higher education, based on a career spanning 18 years in creative design practices, account/project management roles and teaching environments.
Previous positions include working in design consultancy, in design/brand role for EE (formerly Orange), within further education, having worked in-house for marketing and communications and for Birmingham City Council, where he managed a range of projects, including; contract management and design of digital advertising, involving external advertising partners, Ocean and JC Decaux.
Nick is also a member of the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD).