User Experience and Interactive Design - Vancouver, Canada - Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB)

Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB)

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job Title:
Information Technology Instructor

Program:
User Experience and Interactive Design (UEID)

Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia

Shift Type:2 Days on-site Campus, 2 Days

Virtual Instruction

Courses can be scheduled to start between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM

Job Type:
Contract, Part-Time***
Job Summary

The Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB) is an educational institution specializing in career development, certification and technical training in business and information systems Our principal educational philosophy is to provide the best technical training in both business management processes and core-industry technologies to allow our students to obtain a high degree of success upon entry into positions of business and technology.

We provide relevant programs which ensure our students meet the demands of today's ever-changing job market.

CCTB is currently seeking an experienced professional Instructor to teach a module in the
User Experience and Interactive Design program.

Responsibilities

Create an exhilarating learning environment for students in the IT Program.
Develop and deliver an effective learning environment using available resources, incorporating various teaching/learning methods to meet the course objectives.
Manage lesson planning, assignments, class, and overall course assessment of the students' work while ensuring students' awareness of course objectives and CCTB's expectations.
Guide class discussions while encouraging debate and feedback by students.
Challenging ideas, encouraging students to develop skills and knowledge in critical and rational thinking.
Manage, coordinate and mentor student's engagement in a various cuttingedge state of the art technology research and development related projects.
Engage students by tutoring and academic counselling while providing constructive feedback and encouragement when needed.
Attend and participate in department and faculty meetings relevant to faculty responsibilities.
Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

A Bachelor's degree from a recognized University in a relevant discipline or other relevant qualification in the field of UI/UX or Information Technology is required. A Master's Degree is preferred.
Minimum 35 years of teaching experience in the postsecondary environment or equivalent work experience in related field or combination of both.
Minimum of 10 years of professional and current experience in the product design industry. Experience in (included but are not limited to) UI/UX design principles, consumer research, building wireframes, designing storyboards, screen flows, prototypes, and highfidelity designs.
Additional Experience with Web Development Fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JS) and React is a plus.

Knowledge and Skills

Use Photoshop, Figma or Adobe Creative Suite and other visualization tools to rapidly generate impactful, interactive designs.
Take the lead on the visual design for the class to ensure students are presented with best practices and that storyboards are as usable, elegant, and attractive.
Ability to explain dashboard projects to students from start to finish.
Regularly demonstrate and implement the numerous capabilities of UI/UX Software and other visualization tools.
Previous curriculum and program development experience is considered an asset with usage of Learning Management Software like Canvas, Moodle or Brightspace.
Proven experience supervising students, providing support and feedback in constructive and meaningful manners is highly desirable.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to communicate complex information to students both orally and written in an understandable manner.
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and equality when interacting with students and colleagues.
Capable of working independently as well as being part of a team.
Being able to work under pressure/fastpaced environment and deliver on scheduled deadlines.

Required Technical Skills:

HTML5 to create webpage structure: basic HTML5 tags, semantic HTML5, tables, forms, lists, basic layout
CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets) for website design: Document Object Model, CSS selectors & combinators, CSS Grid, transformation and animations
Understanding of WordPress CMS and Plugins to create highly responsive, mobile and tablet friendly websites

Use MySQL databases to store website content

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the website
Manage website Backend, cPanel and Database
Construct Information architecture, User journey, user flow, flow charts, product user business benefit, mobile app design patterns
Perform Usability testing methodologies, planning the Test, setting environment, moderate, unmoderated test, card sorting, tree testing eye tracking and a/b testing
Skills over creating business dashboards usin