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.