"Collaborator in Residence, MPS: User Experience Design"

General purpose: To provide instruction for online graduate students and to convey knowledge of multiple elements of User Experience Design from a professional perspective.

Summary of Essential Functions:

• Attend instructional class sessions once a week for the duration of the class or assists with discussion boards for asynchronous courses.
• Meets with students to discuss work outside of class as required.
• Provides quality feedback to students.
• Assists in managing breakout rooms and class discussions when applicable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with the course instructor to satisfy lesson plan objectives for the duration of the course.
• Attend live lectures for students in class and provide input when necessary.
• Maintain communication with students, delivering a reply within 24 hours of receipt of communication.
• Provide qualitative academic assessments to students, including feedback to the faculty instructor as it pertains to students overall progress.
• Commitment of approximately 10-12 hours per week for the duration of the 8 week course.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of program and UXD course subject matter.
• Ability to utilize a number of online instructional methods and software, including Canvas, Zoom, and others as necessary.
• Proficiency in data analytics and visualization programs such as R, Tableau, Excel, Python, Adobe Illustrator, and others as necessary.

Minimum qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field plus proven/relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a related field plus proven/relevant experience

Conditions of Employment:

• Passing of a satisfactory background check

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal to moderate.
• Required training: Handbook orientation, Anti-Harassment, Hazard Communication, Emergency Plans & Fire Prevention, Personal Protection Equipment.