Sessional Lecturer, INF2200H - UX Leadership and Influence
About The Position
This course introduces students to essential UX leadership skills, provides opportunities to develop and hone those skills, and builds awareness of the expectations for exemplary UX leadership. Studio-based learning and discussions of strategies for understanding the tenets of UX leadership will be employed. Each student will examine and demonstrate the applications of UX leadership via lectures, individual assignments, and a major group design project. Students will then learn how to communicate the value of UX to executives, as well as how to recognize business challenges that can be turned into UX opportunities and successes. An emphasis will be placed on the application of both UX best practices including design thinking, user research, and agile development and personal skills relating to influence, like empathy, awareness, storytelling, and persuasion.
Requirements
- PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Master’s degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course
- Teaching experience is preferred
- Must be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Responsibilities
- Preparing course materials
- Delivering course content (e.g., seminars, lectures, and labs)
- Developing and administering course assignments, tests & exams
- Grading
- Holding regular office hours
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
