User Experience Instructor

• Work closely with the instructional team (co-lead instructors, instructional associates, instructor manager) to guide students through a rigorous, transformational journey
• Become a better leader, coach, and mentor as you learn from students, experienced instructors, and the larger General Assembly community
• Inspire and support learners as they identify their interests and drive their own continued learning beyond the curriculum
• motivate students when they deal with classroom and personal challenges that become barriers to learning
• Adapt our global curriculum and use it to guide your teaching, building your own lesson plans as needed and sharing your lessons with the larger GA instructional community
• Facilitate a safe, supportive, and energetic community that welcomes the various abilities, needs and learning styles of your students
• Spend 17 hours a week teaching students (14 hours) and hosting office hours (3 hours)
• Commit a few hours per week preparing lessons and materials, leveraging existing GA curriculum content
• Work closely with co-instructors and/or teaching assistants to provide students with meaningful and prompt feedback on their progress, including assessment rubrics
• Work alongside GA staff and teaching team to best address the needs and learning styles of your students
• Guide students through development of a stellar capstone project that showcases 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, as well as dealing with learning barriers along the way

• Eager to shape the skills, minds, and journeys of the newest generation of user experience designers
• Colleagues naturally gravitate to you for guidance
• At least 3-5 years of experience working in user experience design on a product team
• 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
• At least 2 years of experience using Figma in a professional capacity, including: creation of component libraries, design systems, and high-fidelity prototypes
• proficiency in basic and advanced features like autolayout, components, variables, and prototyping
• familiarity with emerging features like Figma AI, Figma slides, and developer mode
• a strong grasp of real-time collaboration, developer handoff, and plugins
• Experience teaching, mentoring, and/or coaching user experience designers in a professional and/or volunteer capacity (e.g. ADP List mentor)
• Priority will be given to applicants with the Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) /Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), awarded by the Institute of Adult Learning Singapore
• Must be authorized to work in Singapore

Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) /Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), awarded by the Institute of Adult Learning Singapore