ESCP Business School invites applications for a one-year position of Affiliate Professor in Marketing including a mandate for the Academic Directorship of a highly ranked London-based MSc programme.
Role details
Salary: £52,849 to £58,828 per annum, pro rata, dependent on FTE
Directorship: up to an additional £6,000 per annum for responsibilities as an Academic Programme Director, depending on student intake.
Contract Basis - Fixed term for 12 months
FTE - Part time, between 0.5 and 0.75 FTE depending on teaching availability
Location: ESCP Business School London, 527 Finchley Road, London NW3 7BG
Anticipated start date: November 2026.
Our School
Founded in 1819, ESCP Business School is the world’s oldest business school and is consistently ranked among Europe’s leading business schools. ESCP has six European campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, Turin and Warsaw, a branch campus in Dubai, and a permanent faculty of over 180 members across its academic disciplines.
Our Department
The European Marketing Department comprises 30 full-time faculty from diverse international backgrounds, with a broad range of research interests and methodological approaches. Affiliate Professors join this wider academic community and contribute to the Department’s teaching, scholarship and service.
Our London Campus
ESCP’s London Campus has particular expertise in Creativity Marketing, through its MSc in Marketing and Creativity - ranked No. 3 worldwide among Masters in Marketing by QS - its Creativity Marketing Centre and the L’Oréal Professorship in Creativity Marketing. The Campus offers a multicultural academic environment with strong links to the UK business community.
Person Specification
Candidates seeking appointment at the Affiliate level must have completed their PhD by Summer 2027 at the latest. Candidates must have experience of teaching, and postgraduate programme leadership, with experience from a comparable institution in the United Kingdom being desirable. Evidence of exposure to international students from around the world is important. For this particular role, we are looking for candidates with an established senior professional network across a range of sectors, primarily in the UK, from which to source and develop student projects, guest lecturing opportunities and other student-facing activities. A focus on luxury, beauty and fashion, creative industries and the technology sector is desirable. Candidates must demonstrate an up-to-date understanding of the impact of technology, and particularly artificial intelligence, on the practice of marketing and on teaching marketing at the postgraduate level.
The role is initially offered on a fixed-term basis of 12 months.
How to Apply
Applications should include:
(1) A cover letter;
(2) A curriculum vitae;
(3) A statement of teaching philosophy (including how you integrate AI as well as corporate partners into your teaching)
(4) Teaching evaluations from the past two years (if applicable);
(5) A list of references (up to 5 referees).
Please submit your application by 18 September 2026. Any HR-related questions can be submitted to ukhr@escp.eu
For further information regarding the role itself, please contact Prof. Hsin-Hsuan Lee, Head of Faculty, ESCP Business School, London, UK, hlee@escp.eu
£52,849 to £58,828 per annum, pro rata, dependent on FTE