Part-time Instructor in Graphic Design-Adobe InDesign
Last updated: July 21, 2025, 1:26 p.m.
Course Title: Adobe InDesign
Course Code: CEDP 350
Date posted: 21 July, 2025
Application deadline: 11 August, 2025
Format: Online
Schedule
Term: Fall 2025
Term dates: September 15 – October 20, 2025
Day: Mon, Wed
Time of day: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Position description
The Centre for Continuing Education at Concordia University provides part-time employment to a range of subject-matter experts to teach in short-target courses and programs. Teaching tasks include the preparation of course and course plan, delivery of course, evaluating student performance and grading student work and grade submission. Instructors attend departmental meetings and attend professional development training activities related to the program.
Course description and learning outcomes
In this course, you will teach students how to apply the fundamentals of graphic design to create documents with numerous pages and varying layouts using Adobe InDesign. You will guide them in the smooth integration of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat, enabling students to create professional-quality page layouts.
Throughout the course, students will complete concrete projects, producing a variety of documents like magazine layouts, pamphlets, brochures, annual reports, and more. You’ll also introduce them to the digital realm, teaching how to create interactive publications for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Students will learn how to add interactivity, use screen-size reflow, embed audio and video, as well as design eBooks and interactive PDFs for web clients.
By the end of the course, students will be thoroughly prepared for future employment in the fast-paced world of graphic arts or advertising.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Learn how to integrate text, graphics, design, and page layout techniques to produce professional quality documents
- Prepare complex multiple-page documents using style sheets
- Understand how to work with layers to produce print documents including pamphlets, brochures, and magazine layouts
- Use advanced typographic options
- Learn basic pre-press notions to apply through the InDesign interface
- Understand the different formats, screen sizes and requirements for mobile devices
- Convert print publications to digital formats
- Add interactivity to e-publications
Qualifications and assets:
- Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Graphic Design or equivalent.
- Industry Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in graphic design, with demonstrated expertise in Adobe Digital Graphics tools, particularly Adobe InDesign.
- Teaching Experience: Minimum of 3 years of relevant teaching
How to apply
Applications should be addressed to the Centre for Continuing Education, Ms. Michele Wu (michele.wu@concordia.ca) and must include a cover letter clearly identifying the course title and a detailed curriculum vitae. Electronic applications should be submitted by the deadline but will continue to be reviewed until course has been filled. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
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Adaptive measures
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Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtià:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.
Employment Equity
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