UX/UI Design Instructor (Full-Time)
Design Instructors love to teach and help our students learn digital design. They are passionate about the potential for students to do great things, and committed to their long-term success. As a Design Instructor, you will lead daytime activities and facilitate the immersive experience of our 12 week Full-Stack Design Bootcamp, as well as sync with part-time instructors to create a cohesive experience. You will play a big role in impacting our students through providing direction and mentorship, and you will help anywhere from 20-50 eager learners at a time to change their careers and lives as designers. A strong background in digital design, with experience in HTML/CSS/Javascript, UI, and user experience principles is a requirement. This is a full time position with a highly competitive salary, benefits, paid holidays, and more.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Be passionate about providing mentorship, direction, and sharing your knowledge by interacting with students on a daily basis
- Facilitate virtual check-ins, daytime activities, and student projects
- Help recent graduates review & polish their portfolios/resume and Linkedin profile, understand the technical interviewing process, and learn how to find opportunities and job openings.
- Facilitate job and internship placement by matching the best possible student for a particular company
- Assist in finding and reaching out to existing and potential Hiring Partner companies for project and employment opportunities
- Collect and record data regarding all students, employment, etc.
- Contribute design thought leadership articles to the DESIGNATION blog, and speak or host workshops/events throughout the year
- 5+ years experience of living and designing on the web A background in digital design, with strong experience in UI design, UX and IxD, and HTML/CSS/Javascript:
- Experience and knowledge in UX methodologies
- Experience in designing UI for web and mobile
- Proficient in HTML & CSS markup; capable of writing clean, semantic, valid markup and modular, cascading, reusable CSS
- Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3, and cutting-edge web design capabilities
- Wireframe and prototyping
- Bonus: Familiarity with version control, Git, and other front-end goodies
- Great networking skills; strong internal and external communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- Able to work with a wide variety of people
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.