Ux103 Oc1

4 weeks ago


Brantford, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:Jan 30, 2023

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Liberal Arts

**Department**: User Experience Design

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:5337

**Position Title**: UX103 OC1 - UX Strategy (Spring 2023)

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Liberal Arts

**Department**:User Experience Design

**Term**: Spring 2023 (May 1 - August 31)

**Days/Times**: (ONLINE)

**Anticipated Class Size**:100

**Additional Course Requirements**: None

**Posted on**: January 30, 2023

**Posting ends**: February 15, 2023

**Position Summary**:
This course provides an overview of user experience design principles and processes from a broad multidisciplinary perspective, emphasizing how user research and prototype assessment can be integrated into different phases of the design process for a wide array of products, services, and media content. The course introduces students to methods used to understand user's needs and activities, with a focus on conveying user centered design solutions through storytelling, sketching, and iterative prototyping. Students are given real world design problems.

**Qualifications - Required**: Master's Degree

**Qualifications - Other**:

- PhD Preferred
- Experience teaching or providing training in: UX Strategy
- 2 years’ professional experience in a UX role, preferably at a senior or strategic level
- 2 years’ experience teaching at the college or university level

**Salary**: $5,236 **(Stipend)**

**Application Deadline**: February 15, 2023

**Submit with Application**:
Required for All Applicants
- CV (required)

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching/Official Evaluations

Optional
- Cover Letter
- Teaching Dossier
- Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

**Address Applications to**:
Dr. Abby Goodrum

c/o Ruth Vigon

**To Apply**:
**CLICK THE "APPLY NOW" BUTTON LOCATED ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE**

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