Help Build a Course in UI Design!
Role:
At Springboard, we are on a mission to bridge the skills gap by delivering high-quality, affordable education for new economy skills. We currently offer courses in data science, digital marketing, and UX design. We’re expanding our UI/UX design offering, and we’re looking for an expert who has a strong background in User Interface design to help us build a rigorous new course in the coming months. This is a unique opportunity to put your expertise into action to impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of students.
The course will be an online 6-month program designed to help students find a job in UI/UX within 6 months of completion. You’ll set the vision to ensure we’re teaching all that is needed to succeed as a UX or UI designer. Your work will include building capstone projects and other materials to define students’ learning experience.
This role will be a full-time contract role for a duration of ~4-6 months [starting immediately]. We estimate a workload of roughly 20 hours/ week. You can work with us out of our office in San Francisco or remotely. This is a paid engagement.
Responsibilities:
You’ll work with our curriculum development team to build our UI/UX Career Track course. We will be building on top of our existing UX curricula so we are especially interested in hiring a designer with a strong UI background (with UX experience).
As part of this role, you will:
- Set the overall direction for the curriculum
- Define learning objectives and course structure (units and projects)
- Collaborate with the instructional designers and other subject matter experts to build the full curriculum. This includes:
- Designing, writing, and building course projects (and associated resources)
- Curating high-quality resources (videos, articles) that effectively teach course topics
- Writing descriptions that summarize and explain the importance of each topic covered in the course
- Creating rubrics for mentors to evaluate student work
Experience
- UI designer (with UX experience). At least 5 years in the UI/UX field, more preferred.
- A degree or formal training in UI/UX design.
- Passion for teaching. Previous experience as an instructor highly preferred. Hiring manager, trainer, mentor (or similar) experience is great, too!
Skills
- Proven ability to write clear project instructions
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines across a multi-month project
- A history of working efficiently while maintaining a high quality bar for your work
- Clear point-of-view on what should be taught in UI Design
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
You are:
- Highly collaborative, flexible team player
- Self-motivated and driven
- Receptive and responsive to feedback and are willing to iterate on work
- Passionate about education and UI/UX design
Availability
- Available for about ~20 hours of work, starting immediately
- Must be available PST working hours (9am-6pm PST) to connect
- Must be available during weekdays
- Can be remote or work from our SF office
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
