Processing Unity programming Online Teaching Project Planning Project Development Mentoring Leadership

3 month contract with potential for extension

Salary negotiable based on experience

The Course

This short, part-time course (8 weeks) aims to introduce students to the basics of professional game development and assist them in growing strong fundamentals that will be vital to entering the industry as a programmer.

The course is made up of three components:

Technical game development
Professional skill development
Work experience

Students should complete the course with strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming.

Role

Code Coven is looking for a software engineer with experience working within the games industry to take the lead in instructing students.

Instructors are encouraged to be real, passionate, supportive and committed to helping marginalized developers achieve confidence in their workplace.

This is a short term 3-month contract with part-time hours, which has the potential for extension and additional hours with future courses.

You will:

Foster an online teaching environment where participation and discussion is encouraged
Lead and mentor a team of up to 13 developers in:
- Getting off the ground with code using Processing
- Development best practices
- Advanced Unity methodologies
Act as the Team Lead and guide students through project planning and development
Work closely with the Curriculum Director to ensure that the course is running smoothly and that the students are getting the most out of the curriculum
Help develop the curriculum plan
Commit to Code Coven’s code of support, advocacy and inclusion without judgment

Benefits

Work remotely, with core hours that are defined by the class’ time zones and availability
Be a part of something intrepidly daring, changing the games industry for marginalized developers all over the world

Required Skills

Experience in Processing and Unity
Experience handling online classes
Professional game development experience
Good listener
Team oriented

Desirable Skills

Examples of mentoring or leadership
Knowledge of diversity topics
Knowledge of a wide variety of game development tools and topics

About Code Coven

About our workplace

Code Coven is a collaborative workplace with internal mentorship, clear expectations, and individual agency. We are a team of experts in our respective roles and value clear communication and kindness. Staff are spread across time zones, and individuals are expected to be self-directed and work asynchronously to complete tasks, while any necessary in-person meetings over video calls are conducted during our “overlap hours”, which are generally 3 pm-7 pm BST.

To learn more about us, visit our team page on the Code Coven website.

Code Coven welcomes applications from people of any and all backgrounds, but are particularly interested in seeing applications from people of marginalized demographics who can personally empathize and offer guidance to our program participants.

Check out our previous programs:
#IGM2021
#SummerProgram2021
#ELEVATE2020

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Programming & Game Development Instructor

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