Since 2011, General Assembly has transformed tens of thousands of careers through pioneering, experiential education in today’s most in-demand skills. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers training in web development, data, design, business, and more, both online and at campuses around the world. Our global professional community boasts 60,000 full- and part-time alumni — and counting. In addition to fostering career growth for individuals, GA helps employers cultivate top tech talent and spur innovation by transforming their teams through strategic learning. More than 21,000 employees at elite companies worldwide have honed their digital fluency with our upskilling and reskilling initiatives. GA has also been recognized as one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, and Fast Company has dubbed us leaders in World-Changing Ideas as well as the #1 Most Innovative Company in Education.
GA is at the leading edge of creating practical solutions to one of the most pressing challenges of our time - the future of work. As recognized by The World Economic Forum, BCG, the OECD and more, these are big challenges to which only a few companies are offering real solutions. In this role, you'll be speaking every day to corporate leaders who rely on GA to help them apply these solutions to their workforce of the future.
We are currently looking for a lead instructor for our part-time (24 week) User Experience Bootcamp.
We are looking for instructors:
Our User Experience Bootcamp (UXB) course is a life-changing experience where learners gain the skills and mindsets to take on new careers in product design roles. We are looking for a lead instructor with cross-functional UX experience to play a key role on our growing instructional team.
This role is based in Singapore and is delivered in a hybrid (campus and online) format, requiring instructors to reside in Singapore and have an eligible work permit or be a Singapore citizen or permanent resident. (We are not currently sponsoring employees.)
Why teach our User Experience Bootcamp?
If you are looking to make a life-changing impact by sharing your love for user experience with the next generation of product designers, we’d love for you to consider joining our team. We deliver more than just skills training and are looking for teachers who share our passion for facilitating and mentoring a community of lifelong learners pursuing the work and careers that they love. As an instructor, you will join us to:
- 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.
What do we teach?
Through a combination of live instruction, instructor-led workshops, self-paced lessons, unit projects (individual and team-based), and 1:1 support, we teach our learners how to approach and solve UX challenges in order to land a design job and contribute to the creation of the next generation of successful apps, websites, and other digital products.
The User Experience Bootcamp consists of four units:
- Unit 1: Rapid Prototyping, Design Iteration, and Usability Testing
- Unit 2: User Interface and Visual Design Foundations
- Unit 3: Working on a Product Team
- Unit 4: UX in the Real World
Learning is assessed through an assignment journal, two independent projects (a mobile app and e-commerce store) as well as one team project spotlighting a local business. For the final course capstone, student teams are partnered with a local startup in a pro-bono capacity to solve a user experience problem; previous startups include Rently, Sojourner Brother, Managed, Omni App Solutions, and Geniebook.
Skills and Qualifications
- You are eager to shape the skills, minds, and journeys of the newest generation of user experience designers.
- You are the person that your colleagues naturally gravitate to when they are looking for guidance.
- You have at least 3-5 years of experience working in user experience design on a product team.
- You have 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.
- You have at least 2 years of experience using Figma in a professional capacity, including the following: 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.
- You have 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.
- This role is based in Singapore and you must be authorized to work in Singapore. Please ensure you have the right to work in Singapore before applying.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Spend 17 hours a week teaching students (14 hours) and hosting office hours (3 hours); classes are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (7-10 PM, online) and Saturdays (9AM-6PM, on campus/online on alternate weeks; weekly student office hours are on Wednesday evenings (7-10PM, by appointment). We observe all Singapore public holidays.
- 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
Unless otherwise noted, remote positions can be performed from the following approved General Assembly operating countries.
United States of America (states of operation may vary), Canada (provinces of operation may vary), United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore.
