EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER, WORKSHOP DESIGN & FACILITATION, MENTORING
SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
2019 - 2021, IL
ROLES: Professor Assistant, Accelerator Program Manager, Curriculum Developments, Workshop Planning and Facilitating, Market/ Trends Research and Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Lecturing, Mentoring & Teaching.
As part of my role as a Program Manager at ACT Shenkar innovation center, I was an assistant professor at the Introduction to The Creative Economic class. In addition to managing the course, I developed the curriculum and facilitated online courses with over 200 students.
Throughout my time at Shenkar, I also facilitated a week-long intensive course at Shenkar's 'Merkaha Week' 2020.
I Managed & Mentored in ‘ACT Venture Design Program’ 2020, leading design-founders start-ups with 20+ Participants.
And I was a leading designer and mentor on the Ha'Haizar hackathon in partnership with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
The role also included: leading a new change management process with Shenkar's management, monitoring and working closely with creative teams in characterization, concept development, and marketing (online and physical) of a new program for creative entrepreneurship, and included collaborations with both private and public sectors such as Ramat Gan Municipality, Designit, CX division at E&Y, and more.
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
2017 – 2018, NY
ROLES: Curriculum Development, Workshop Planning and Facilitation, Mentoring, Lecturing and Teaching.
As a part-time faculty member, I thought of the following courses at the Strategic Design and Management, BBA program at Parsons School of Design.
▪ Integrated Research & Development
▪ Creative Teams Dynamics: Identity and Change.
In addition to developing curriculum and workshops, I taught applied mixed-method research and iterative study processes to propose complex innovations. And the theoretical contexts of organizational settings and the human dynamics of such environments.
Integrative research & dev: This course builds upon the Research and Development Methods course by offering students the opportunity to experiment with various approaches to integrating design and research methodologies. In a semester-long project that spans planning, research, implementation, and testing, students will experience the unfolding of the design process, with special attention given to the use of iteration and prototyping as a means to generate knowledge and/or innovative solutions. Students gain a theoretical and practical understanding of how to organize and optimize the design process and the critical skills to reflect on the design process and its outcomes.
Creative teams dynamic: In this course, students are exposed to organizational settings’ theoretical contexts and the human dynamics within these settings, such as feedback, incentives, and rewards. Students learn effective team-building and collaboration tools, including time-management, leadership, and conflict resolution skills. Students also explore ideation and planning methods that are central to most forms of project management and their application to the practice of design.
