Teaching and Management Assistant 70%
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:21 August 2025
- Workload:70%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Zürich
The Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) is one of the largest and most diverse art universities in Europe, with around 2100 bachelor’s and master’s students. The study and research areas include Art Education, Design, Film, Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, and Transdisciplinarity. Located in the heart of Zurich, ZHdK is a dynamic place where passionate people from over 75 countries work, study, teach, research, and continue their education. The university includes numerous exhibition and performance venues where students’ project works are publicly presented.
The Interaction Design department explores interfaces and processes between people, services, and technologies. It imparts creative, methodological, and technological skills in industrial and academic research, always with a holistic societal, economic, and cultural context. It broadly covers work for classical and digital media, always focusing on conceptual and design aspects. The goal is to train responsible designers who critically accompany and actively shape these developments.
Starting January 1, 2026, or by agreement, we are looking for a Teaching and Management Assistant in the Bachelor Major Interaction Design
The Interaction Design department explores interfaces and processes between people, services, and technologies. It imparts creative, methodological, and technological skills in industrial and academic research, always with a holistic societal, economic, and cultural context. It broadly covers work for classical and digital media, always focusing on conceptual and design aspects. The goal is to train responsible designers who critically accompany and actively shape these developments.
Starting January 1, 2026, or by agreement, we are looking for a Teaching and Management Assistant in the Bachelor Major Interaction Design
Teaching and Management Assistant 70%
Focus on User Interface / User Experience Design, Data & Information Visualization.
The position is limited to 3 years.
You will support the Bachelor Major management as well as the subject lecturers in the preparation, execution, and follow-up of courses. You will actively contribute to the further development of specialization content and teaching modules – especially in the areas of User Interface / User Experience Design, Data & Information Visualization, graphic and mobile user interfaces, interaction concepts, and their prototypical implementation. Furthermore, you will supervise and advise students on technical and design-related questions and be responsible for the documentation and preparation of project results. Various additional tasks in the specialization as well as in the overarching department complement your activities.
We are looking for an independent, motivated, and proactive personality with a quick grasp and pronounced organizational skills. You have a completed university degree – preferably at master’s or bachelor’s level – in Interaction Design, Design, Media Art, Computer Science, or a related field, or you have a special interest in the topics of Interaction Design, Communication, and design practice. Ideally, you have solid skills in design, methodological, and technological implementation – for example, in UX/UI Design, Coding, Physical Computing, Spatial & Immersive Interactions, and Prototyping. You bring technical competencies in common tools and areas such as Figma, Physical Computing, Creative Coding, Adobe Creative Cloud, current web technologies, and other specialized tools. You are also interested in didactic questions in the design field as well as complex coordination and communication tasks. Very good oral and written skills in German and English complete your profile.
We offer you a versatile and varied activity in the exciting and stimulating context of an internationally active art and design university. The assistant positions enable qualification in teaching and/or research. The position is limited to three years. An extension for another two years is possible. The employment conditions are based on cantonal personnel legislation.
For additional information, Prof. Jürgen Späth, Head of BA Major Interaction Design, juergen.spaeth@zhdk.ch, will be happy to assist you.
Please send your complete application documents including portfolio (online URL or PDF) by September 15, 2025, via the "Apply online now" link at the end of this advertisement. Please note that we only consider online applications for this position. Contact person: Daniel Stolz, HR Business Partner.
The interviews will take place on September 22, 2025, on-site at ZHdK.
