Design Mentor

The ideal candidate will bring UX, UI, and design fundamental expertise and some experience in teaching, coaching, or mentoring. The candidate must be open to learning and exploring new pedagogical models. You will learn alongside your students. You will work with an extended team to build a strong collection of high-quality teaching practices and materials. The candidate has experience in UI/UX design ideally for mobile applications, in industry and/or in academic environment. This candidate has hands-on experience in app design and visual style and preferably can point to an App live in the App Store in which they were a contributing design team member and/or the candidate will demonstrate exceptional academic design background. Multiple levels are available—experienced individuals will be considered as team leader, while fresh grads or applicants with less experience will be considered for junior positions.

Key Qualifications

• Proven experience in empowering students or mentees to reach their potential
• Deep interest in new pedagogical models. Experience in Challenge Based Learning, experiential learning, or enquiry based learning a plus.
• A passion to challenge the status quo and to experiment with new and exciting teaching an learning practices.
• Strong understanding of UX fundamentals (user experience, the importance of context, the iOS
• Human Interface Guidelines) and UX Process (user research, empathy and understanding, personas, user stories, prototyping)
• Understanding the relationship between creativity, design and implementation.
• Demonstrated ability on the teaching of design fundamentals (composition, color theories, typography)
• A good understanding of branding is desired
• Familiarity with the Design Thinking framework a plus
• Proficient in English, Bahasa Indonesia a plus.
• Master’s degree or equivalent desirable