Stuart Grainger MSc

I joined Manchester Metropolitan University 2021 as a full-time Lecturer specialising in Brand Management and Advertising, however I cover all areas of strategic marketing management, with a particular interest in CSR focussed marketing. My previous academic experience was gained at:

University of Law (2020-21) - Visiting Lecturer, teaching on the following modules:

• Strategic Management
• Academic & Professional Skills
• Corporate Responsibility
• Foundations of Social Sciences

University of Hull (2018-19) - Visiting Lecturer, teaching on the following modules:

• Principles of Visual Design
• Business Skills for Creative Practitioners
• Creative Business: Pitch & Design

My whole career has been spent in design and marketing, from the day I stepped into Wakefield College, aged 16, I knew this was the industry I wanted to work in. I’ve been the Junior, the Senior, the Freelancer, the Owner and the Consultant - and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Now I’m the Academic, and keen that the next generation can learn something from my experiences.

Outside of work my interests revolve around sport, music and entertainment. I follow my local football (Leeds United since you ask) and Rugby League (Wakefield Trinity) teams and am a keen motorsports fan. I steadfastly refuse to move past 1998 in my music tastes (unless it’s Bruce Springsteen, of which his recent work has been some of his best in decades) and am available for cultural insights into all things 80’s and 90’s!

I spend a lot amount of my own time, some might say quite sadly, analysing, criticising, deconstructing and admiring the advertising and design in the world around us!