Interior Design Studio Instructor – Winter 2026

OCAD U International; Toronto; On-site; CAD 7,000 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

OCAD University invites applications for Sessional Instructor: Interior Design: Office, Faculty of Design, Winter 2026-27. The role involves teaching a 0.5 credit interior design studio course with in-person sessions in Winter 2027, and developing studio-based curricula.

Responsibilities include course outline development, delivering lectures and critiques, grading, and guiding students through iterative design processes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability in empathic, user-centered research with users and design partners.
• Experience with research ethics protocols and REB procedures.
• Experience designing for diverse user groups with equity and access as design requirements.
• Direct work in interaction design or UX within professional or academic contexts.
• Able to iterate processes and generate/test concepts against real user needs.
• Leadership in promoting respectful, inclusive work and learning environments.
• Familiarity with prototyping tools and methods (digital interfaces and physical prototyping).
• Experience with user research/synthesis methods (contextual inquiry, usability testing, co-design).
• Ability to navigate institutional REB processes beyond course level.
• Active professional practice or industry connections in UX/service design.
• Ability to integrate socio-cultural and technological trends into studio work.

Responsibilities

• Course outline development and studio preparation for interior design course.
• Deliver lectures, critiques, and manage grading and evaluations.
• Guide students through iterative, research-based design processes from analysis to prototyping.
• Provide timely feedback on studio work and maintain an inclusive studio environment.
• Draft or modify course-based REB applications to support student research.
• Oversee health & safety and ensure deadlines and curricular requirements are met.

Skills

Empathic user-centered research

REB procedures experience

Diversity & equity design

Interation/UX design knowledge

Iterative, process-oriented work

Leadership & inclusive teaching

prototyping tools familiarity

User research synthesis

REBs navigation experience

Professional practice connections

Trend integration in design projects

Studio teaching/mentoring

Education

MDes or higher preferred

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

OCAD University invites applications for Sessional Instructor: Interior Design: Office, Faculty of Design, Winter 2026-27. The role involves teaching a 0.5 credit interior design studio course with in-person sessions in Winter 2027, and developing studio-based curricula.

Responsibilities include course outline development, delivering lectures and critiques, grading, and guiding students through iterative design processes.