Sessional Lecturer, INF2200H - UX Leadership and Influence (42717)
Sessional Lecturer, INF2200H - UX Leadership and Influence (42717)
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University of Toronto
Faculty of Information
Sessional Lecturer
Fall Term 2025 (September December)
INF2200H UX Leadership and Influence
Course Description:In a fastmoving business world User Experience (UX) leadership and influence are necessary skills for UX professionals to be successful. UX leaders advocate for usercentered design practices infuse this into the culture of an organization and drive business by user needs and design mandates. In addition to cultural leadership the UX leader needs to work closely with other stakeholders including users product owners managers engineers and experts/specialists in other disciplines to set up best UX delivery practices design operations and agile methodologies to ensure effective design and delivery of excellent endtoend user experiences.
This course introduces students to essential UX leadership skills provides opportunities to develop and hone those skills and builds awareness of the expectations for exemplary UX leadership. Studiobased learning and discussions of strategies for understanding the tenets of UX leadership will be employed. Each student will examine and demonstrate the applications of UX leadership via lectures individual assignments and a major group design project. Students will then learn how to communicate the value of UX to executives as well as how to recognize business challenges that can be turned into UX opportunities and successes. An emphasis will be placed on the application of both UX best practices including design thinking user research and agile development and personal skills relating to influence like empathy awareness storytelling and persuasion.
INF2200H UX Leadership and Influence
Estimate of the course enrolment:35
Estimate of TA Support:None anticipated. Estimate of 75 hours with enrollment of 36 or greater. Allocation of TA hours if any will be based on enrolment numbers.
Class Schedule:TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Sessional dates of appointment:September 1 2025 December 31 2025
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10300
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10764
Sessional Lecturer II $11021
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11227
Sessional Lecturer III: $11279
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11485
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Qualifications:Preferably candidates will have a completed or nearly completed PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Masters degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.
Brief description of duties:Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g. seminars lectures and labs); developing and administering course assignments tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.
Application Deadline:May 22 2025
Application Process:Applicants must submit a CV and a completed CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form in one pdf file to the attention of:
Melissa Szopa Administrative Coordinator Academic
Faculty of Information 140 St. George Street
University of Toronto
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.
Employment Type
Contract
