Circuit Stream is a leader in future technology training and learning content. Our mission is to help expand the technology creator space. We do this by building world-class educational services that focus on making it easier for people and organizations around the world to learn the skills needed to leverage the power of future skills.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Instructor to facilitate our Interaction Design & Prototyping for XR course for adult learners from March to May 2025. This is a blended course model with a combination of live-online workshops lead by the instructor and asynchronous video tutorials for students. Ideal candidates will be available to work part-time on Monday and Thursday afternoon/evening (plus prep time/grading). This position is open candidates based in Canada with the opportunity to work 100% remote. Our two Spring cohorts run from March 11 to May 22, 2025 on Mondays from 3:30-4:00 pm PT and 6:30-7:00 pmPT plus Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 pm PT and 6:30-7:30 pm PT. Preference will be given to candidates who can facilitate both cohorts.
Responsibilities
- Facilitating weekly kick-off session on Mondays and weekly workshops on Thursdays
- Support students to design and prototype new experiences for AR, VR, and MR technologies
- Encourage discussions and observations about the course content and their experiences
- Guide learners to create intuitive and immersive user interfaces using Unity, toolkits and VR headsets
Requirements
- Extensive AR or VR design experience
- Experience with UX design and Interaction design for XR
- Experience with Unity, ShapesXR VR Prototyping application, AR Core, ARKit, and Figma (or similar)
- Previous experience as a teaching assistant, tutor or instructor
- Degree or diploma in art, design, or other creative fields is desirable but not mandatory
Core Competencies
- Strong customer focus: is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of students; gets first-hand student information and uses it for improvements in products, services and communication; acts with students in mind.
Advanced technical skills: has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment. - Learns on the Fly: can learn quickly when facing new problems; is a relentless and versatile learner and open to changing strategies based on new information; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
- Embraces diversity: engages with all people equitably; deals effectively with all races, nationalities, cultures, disabilities, ages, genders, etc.; supports equal and fair treatment and opportunity for all.
- Demonstrates patience: is tolerant with people and processes; listens and checks before acting; tries to understand the people and the data before making judgments and acting; waits for others to catch up; is sensitive to due process and proper pacing; follows established processes.
- Excellent presentation skills: is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups; is effective both inside and outside the organization; commands attention and can manage group processes during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something isn’t working.
- Picks up technical knowledge quickly: can learn new skills and knowledge easily and apply it; is good at learning new industry, product, or technical knowledge; does well in technical courses and seminars
What's In It For You
- Integral member of a fast-growing team and company
- Flexible work hours: part-time/contractor set up so you can also have other projects on the go
- Ability to work remotely
- Competitive contractor rates: fixed price $1350 for each 10-week cohort (for 1.5 hours live-online instruction per week plus prep time)
We strongly encourage you to include a link to your portfolio or relevant projects in your application.
What makes us different makes us stronger. We want our company to be a great place to work for everyone; where people feel safe, included, inspired, trusted, and supported so they can be, and bring, their best. We’re committed to creating a respectful and inclusive workplace where unique perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, cultures, and attributes are valued and utilized to help achieve better results. As an organization with operations across different geographies, we celebrate the fact that our workforce is made up of people with diverse demographics. We are committed to ensuring our workplace is fair, equitable and free of discrimination and harassment.
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