AI Design Instructor & Mentor (UX, Product, and Visual Design)

Role

Designlab seeks experienced AI-savvy design practitioners to work as contract Instructors or Mentors focused on AI in UX, product, and visual design. Engagements include live workshops, cohort-based courses, corporate trainings, guest sessions, and small-group coaching where instructors and mentors share practical, workflow-based AI methods used in real design work.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver live learning experiences (workshops, cohort courses, corporate training).
• Teach practical AI workflows for research, ideation, prototyping, and product design.
• Walk through real projects or case studies and demonstrate processes.
• Create exercises, demonstrations, and course materials; help shape curriculum.
• Mentor small groups: review work, provide concrete feedback, troubleshoot AI workflows, and guide project development.
• Engage with learners live and adapt instruction to varied skill levels.

Requirements

• Active, hands-on use of AI tools in real design work (not just experimentation).
• Experience applying AI to prototyping, research, visual asset creation, or AI-powered product features.
• Strong ability to explain complex workflows, demonstrate process, and teach practical skills.
• Comfortable delivering live sessions and providing constructive critique in mentor settings.
• Curious and continuously experimenting with new tools and workflows in the AI design space.

Areas of Expertise (examples)

• AI in UX & product design workflows (research, ideation, prototyping, rapid experimentation).
• AI visual and creative design (generative image/video pipelines, creative orchestration).
• Designing AI-powered product experiences (copilots, LLM-powered features, conversational/generative interfaces).

Time Commitment & Compensation

• Flexible contract engagements ranging from single workshops to recurring cohort instruction or mentoring.
• Typical compensation example provided: workshop instruction and corporate training approximately $80–$200 per hour; mentorship roles commonly pay at lower hourly rates and involve less time commitment.

Preferred/Bonus Experience

• Prior experience teaching workshops, courses, or bootcamps.
• Public speaking or published guides/tutorials/frameworks on AI and design.
• Experience building or shipping AI-powered product features or publicly shared workflows.