Continuing Studies Instructors

**Position Title**
- Continuing Studies Instructors - UI Design Micro-Certificates

**Job Summary**
- The Continuing Studies department at Emily Carr University of Art + Design is seeking experienced designers/educators to join our instructional team for our soon-to-be-released User Interface (UI) Design Micro-Certificates. These short-format micro-certificates provide practical, hands-on learning for emerging designers looking to build foundational and intermediate UI design skills.

We are looking for applicants with proven teaching experience who are enthusiastic about working with diverse learners, from those new to design, to creatives transitioning into UI, to experienced designers looking to expand their skillset with UI design. If you are excited to teach foundational skills, design processes, and industry-standard tools in a collaborative studio environment, we want to hear from you.

**About our Foundations Micro-Certificates**:
The UI Design Micro-Certificates offer accessible, practice-based training for emerging designers building their skills in user interface design. Each micro-certificate includes three connected courses delivered over eight weeks. Instruction is hands-on and emphasizes design fundamentals, creative process, and applied learning.

Students will explore topics such as:

- Visual design basics like layout, colour, and typography
- Designing easy-to-use digital experiences
- Creating clickable prototypes and animated interactions
- Structuring content and designing for navigation
- Working with real-world design tools like Figma and Adobe CC

Projects, critiques, and team activities help students practice what they’re learning and build confidence through real-world-style design work.

**Student Profile**:

- These micro-certificates are designed for early-career designers, career changers, and creative professionals seeking to build their UI design skills. Continuing Studies students bring a range of experience levels and can come from various disciplines, including graphic design, fine arts, communications, and self-taught practice.

**Schedule + Compensation**:
We offer two distinct, stackable micro-certificates as part of the UI Design Micro-Certificates. Courses may be scheduled on **weeknights and/or weekends**, depending on the term and delivery format.
- **UI Design Foundations Micro-Certificate**:

- **UI Visual Design Micro-Certificate**

Each micro-certificate includes three courses delivered over 8 weeks, with classes scheduled three times per week. Each session is 3 hours, totalling 72 instructional hours per micro-certificate. The next offering of the micro-certificate is in Fall 2025.

Continuing Studies instructors are contracted to teach at an hourly rate of $90.21.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and deliver course content aligned with the provided learning outcomes for on-campus and/or online learning
- Facilitate studio exercises, critiques, and collaborative work in an intensive program.
- Offer mentorship, practical feedback, and real-world insights
- Maintain a supportive, inclusive, and respectful classroom environment
- Supporting diverse student learning experiences, providing proactive feedback and guidance, completing assessments, and inputting grades
- Preparing, populating and updating course content and resources in Moodle, Emily Carr’s Learning Management System (LMS)
- Regularly communicating and collaborating with CS Administration and CS Technicians

**Required Qualifications**
- Individuals should have a degree and/or professional experience in UI design, product design, UX/UI, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preference is given to those with prior experience and demonstrated passion for teaching at a post-secondary level. A Master’s degree is preferred.
- 2+ years of professional leadership experience in UX/UI, product, or creative technology sectors
- Proficiency in teaching both conceptual frameworks and technical tools like Figma, Adobe CC
- Awareness and understanding of current UI trends, accessibility standards, and emerging technologies
- Ability to support learners from diverse cultural, creative, and educational backgrounds, inspiring and encouraging them to learn and develop new skills
- Considerable experience with different instructional and feedback strategies that support a positive learning environment helps build knowledge and improve skills
- Strong communication, organization, and interpersonal skills

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Canadian citizenship or Permanent Residence status (currently, we are unable to hire international applicants for instructional contract roles)
- Strong interest in sharing their knowledge and industry experience with others
- Experience developing lesson plans; prior experience developing internal training modules or leading workshops is also considered an asset
- Experience working with adult learners from diverse creative, cultural, and educational backgrounds at t