Adjunct Faculty - UX Foundations

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The Department of Digital Art and Design anticipates openings for part-time (adjunct) faculty in the Spring 2025 semester at its Manhattan location.

Teach graduate courses in the fields of UX/UI Design and Development.
• Courses may include topics including UX Design Foundations, Information Architecture, User Interface and Prototyping, and more.

Candidates must have a Master's degree or a Bachelor's degree and five years of professional experience in the fields of VR/MR/AR, UX/UI, IxD, Voice, Robotics, Computational Design, and other emerging technology, UX research, UX analytics, Qualitative and quantitative user research, Usability and Heuristic Evaluation, Wireframe, Prototyping, Content optimization, Data visualizations, Handoff, Project management.

Academic experience is a plus.

Candidates should have technical knowledge and proficiency in Unity, C#, JS, including SparkAR, Lens Studio, spatial tracking, image tracking, face tracking, hand tracking, spatial audio, XR, google assistant, and AWS Lambda.

New York Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

In compliance with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, the annual base salary range for this position is listed. New York Tech considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience/expertise, education/training, key skills, geographic location, internal peer equity as well as market, organizational considerations and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.

Adjunct Faculty offered hourly rate is contingent on applicable rank.