UXDI Instructor Lead
General Assembly
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Posted:
April 24, 2023
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Remote
About the position
The User Experience Design Immersive Instructor position at General Assembly is a full-time, 12-week teaching role that requires 5+ years of experience in user experience design. The ideal candidate will have previous teaching experience and fluency in various UX topics. The job overview highlights the opportunity to deepen design skills, facilitate a supportive community, and challenge students to think strategically. The role requires commitment to preparing lessons and materials, providing feedback, and guiding students through a final project. The position can be performed remotely from approved countries.
Responsibilities
- Teach full-time Monday to Friday for the 12 week duration of the program
- Prepare lessons and materials, leveraging existing GA curriculum content
- Provide students with meaningful and prompt feedback on their progress
- Work alongside GA staff and teaching team to best meet the needs and learning styles of your students
- Guide students through development of a stellar final project that will showcase their abilities to hiring managers
- Facilitate a dynamic, collaborative, and positive classroom community
- Inspire students to persevere through the challenges of learning a new skill set
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in user experience design
- Fluency in some or all of the following topics: the UX Process, User Research and Personas, Usability Testing, UX Analysis, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Analytics and Optimization, Mobile UX, and/or HTML/CSS
- Previous user experience design teaching experience, through a course, team training, etc.
- Preferred but not required: Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) /Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) Certification from Institute of Adult Learning (IAL)
- Teach full-time Monday to Friday for the 12 week duration of the program
- Instructors will need to commit a few hours per week preparing lessons and materials, leveraging existing GA curriculum content.
- Work closely with co-instructors or teaching assistants to provide students with meaningful and prompt feedback on their progress.
- Work alongside GA staff and teaching team to best meet the needs and learning styles of your students.
- Guide students through development of a stellar final project that will showcase their abilities to hiring managers.
- Facilitate a dynamic, collaborative, and positive classroom community.
- Inspire students to persevere through the challenges of learning a new skill set.