Director, CoSTAR National Lab (Professor of Digital Culture)

This is a flagship leadership role responsible for the strategic direction, development and delivery of the CoSTAR National Lab (CSNL), the UK’s largest ever investment in creative industries R&D. The Director will provide visionary academic and executive leadership to establish CSNL, based at Pinewood Studios, as a world-leading national research and innovation infrastructure. The successful applicant will be appointed as a Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London and will act as Director of the CoSTAR National Lab, serving as Project Lead for the Lab's grant funding from UKRI–AHRC. They will also act as Chair of the CoSTAR Network Strategic Management Board, ensuring coherence, collaboration and shared strategic direction across the national CoSTAR Network.