Remote Course Editor (UI/UX Design) at IxDF
Job Description
Course Editor (UI/UX Design)
Are you a UI/UX professional with a passion for educating others? Do you want to collaborate with the best industry experts, such as Don Norman and Vitaly Friedman, as well as Design Leads at Netflix, LinkedIn, Meta, and Adobe? Would you like to plan course content in collaboration with your design heroes and then fly out and meet them in professional studios across the world? Do you also love editing and writing, so you can teach people about the power of great design?
What if you had the chance to help shape the very future of online design education? We’ve got news for you—this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.
IxDF is the global leader in online design education. That’s because the world’s leading experts create our educational content and because we’re specialized in—and utterly dedicated to—design, and only design. As we enter our third decade, we have over 177,000 graduates, more than 40 courses, and thousands of free design resources.
We’re proud to have assembled a remarkable team of professionals who uplift, motivate, and inspire each other to excel daily. But something’s missing. And we think it could be you.
You’ll become an essential part of our team, someone who is making a direct impact on not only the growth and reputation of our organization but also the whole world of education and beyond!
What You’ll Be Doing
We’re on the hunt for an exceptional individual who breathes life into the phrase "ideas are worthless without execution." Our organization is full of individuals who are committed to excellence, and we seek a like-minded enthusiast to join us.
This role is suited to select unique individuals; it’s a calling for a true nerd of UI and UX Design.
Ahead of you is a highly rewarding and enriching career in which you’ll make an impact as you:
- Take on the roles of Course Editor, Content Writer, Learning Experience Designer, UI/UX Curriculum Developer, and Subject Matter Expert.
- Create in-demand UI/UX courses and open-source content that empower designers around the world. Our courses always feature the world’s leading design experts. You’ll plan and edit the course content in collaboration with the best UI and UX designers such as Don Norman and Vitaly Friedman, as well as Design Leads at Netflix, LinkedIn, Meta, and Adobe. You’ll fly out to meet the experts and shoot the course content in professional studios. Throughout the course creation process, you’ll collaborate closely with your colleagues.
- Create and improve world-class educational materials on topics such as UI design, UX design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design Thinking, Psychology, etc.—in the form of highly engaging articles, courses, design templates, portfolio exercises, and much more.
- Help push the quality of our educational materials to new heights—surpassing even the very best in both industry and academia.
- Work closely with our other course editors, our video production team, social media team, and our founders to make the most inspiring and engaging educational content for our ever-growing catalog of courses.
- Inspire your colleagues to grow and become better communicators, educators, and writers using your advanced editorial skills, just as they’ll help you.
- You may even be able to use your design skills to create engaging visuals that communicate key learning takeaways.
- Support IxDF content writers, community managers, and social media team members to bring your UI/UX design subject matter expertise to all dimensions of our content, marketing, and communication.
If you want even more opportunities to show the world what you can do, you’re in luck! When you’re willing to do the hard work of learning and growing, you’ll find virtually limitless opportunities with us.
About You
- You’re a passionate designer, educator, and communicator with at least 5 years of experience working in UI or UX design and a strong ability to create engaging learning materials.
- You have hands-on design industry experience and up-to-date knowledge of the skills designers need to learn.
- You’re itching to help professional designers upskill and grow their careers, and you know exactly what it takes.
- You’ve written and published articles on design topics.
- You know how to reach into the lofty heights where abstract ideas live and bring them down to “street level” so our learners can hit the ground running with valuable, practical lessons.
- You’re an expert wordsmith with an eagle eye for the tiniest details and a keen ear for flow.
- You’re someone who leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of flawless and grammatically correct copy.
- You may have the graphic design skills needed to create image-based content to support courses, articles, and social media content.
- You know what the design community likes to read, watch, and learn, and you have the content-creation skills to produce the kind of material they crave.
- You’re used to balancing diverse responsibilities and adept at dividing broad duties into small, executable tasks without losing sight of your overall goal. “Getting stuff done” is your middle name.
- You’re a practical idealist. You strive for perfection in everything you do, while understanding the delays that can come with pushing for perfection. You know how to create great results through incremental quick wins and MVPs, and when to go all in to create something perfect.
- You’re results-driven and motivated by achievement and goals. Mediocrity gives you the chills.
- You understand that excellence in your work will lead to great accomplishments and that you’ll only accomplish your goals through hard work and diligence.
- You’re kind and have strong social intelligence and empathy, and the ability to engage well with different types of people through writing.
- You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Technology, Communications or another related field—and/or you have industry experience in UI design, UX design, and HCI as a senior designer.
- You speak and write in English with native fluency, and you can make your messages flow so well that whoever reads your work will be “right there” in the subject matter. As you know, the magic of any user experience is getting people to forget they’re even using a medium to reach you.
- You’re a skilled writer and communicator who can explain complex ideas in a clear and engaging way.
- You love creating inspiring and engaging content that’s also accurate and based on research. You know design education can be fun and exciting.
- You’re reliable and self-motivated, and don’t rely on micromanagement. You manage your own work and aim to deliver valuable educational design content and make an impact.
- You’re located in a time zone anywhere from Western Europe (UTC+0 in the UK) and all the way to Southeast Asia (UTC+8 in Singapore).
Bonus Points
You get bonus points if you …
- have your own blog where you create original content about UX and UI design.
- have experience as a design teacher, mentor, coach, or facilitator.
- have worked as an editor or created online courses.
- have previously collaborated with video production teams.
- have experience as a team lead.
- have experience with SEO.
- have more than 20 years of experience as a UX and/or UI designer.
- got top grades when you studied at university.
- have experience working remotely.
What We Can Offer
- Our co-founder and CEO will work closely with you and your team. She understands your challenges and triumphs because she was once the sole editor and video editor during IxDF’s initial growth phase. This gives her in-depth experience in course planning, expert interviews, video shoots, and content editing. She remains deeply passionate about content creation and recently filmed at MoMA for an AI-art video.
- A full-time position, within a fully remote organization. Daily video-based collaboration with your colleagues from elsewhere on the planet, and you’ll get to meet up on team trips every year.
- A work culture with no fluffy titles, political agendas, and corporate drama. Your colleagues value your warm character, your strong work ethic, and the results you deliver. Junior or senior, if you embody old-school virtues of always striving to deliver results, learn and become better every day, you’ll thrive at the IxDF.
- A daily mission to help impact, empower, and enrich the lives of millions of people by creating affordable high-end design education to everyone across the planet. It’ll be yours too.
- A company where the distance between idea and execution is minimal. We’re a highly agile organisation with zero bureaucracy or corporate politics – and with exceptional order and efficiency.
- A company culture where passion meets high performance and excellence. To help us improve the world (and yourself in the process), you’ll need grit, strong work ethic, long-term thinking, and self-discipline.
- We thrive because we have a hands-on attitude and a bias towards action as opposed to fluff-filled, unrealistic strategies. You’ll need crisp execution skills yourself and the ability to impress your colleagues with concrete results, just like they’ll impress you.
How to Learn More and Apply
Please apply as soon as you can—we’re firm believers of “the sooner, the better” and we’re looking forward to working with you!
Job Type: Full-Time
