Wunderkind Graphic Design Support for Small Multi Award-Winning National Charity

What will you be doing?

You will assist us with digital design support. You'll use your experience and knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop to deliver assets.

Some of the many and varied tasks may include creating and updating the following:

• Being a Muscle Warrior Brand Guardian and making sure the charity's guidelines are up to date and correctly applied
• Social media image design and template creation for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube
• Image design and resizing for example banners and/or header images for the charity's website and email newsletters
• Ad hoc print and digital design for fundraising events, corporate giving, etc
• Design & print of lanyard cards to be given to volunteers & beneficiaries at non-virtual Muscle Dream events
• Help with occasional branding projects for exciting new fundraising events
• Liaison with MHF’s CEO and other Muscle Warrior volunteers
• Occasional comms with those involved with PR and/or social media activity

You will be working with the charity's inspiring CEO, together with other volunteers.

This opportunity would lend itself very well for someone to work remotely ie. from home.   

What are we looking for?

If you have a passion for digital design, then this opportunity is for you. You will have related qualifications and a level of commercial experience of designing in a voluntary or paid capacity or perhaps you're a very ambitious design student looking to put learning into practice. In terms of skills, experience and talents, we are looking for:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - vital
• Have a professional and proactive approach - vital
• Be able to build positive working relationships with others - nice to have
• Must be proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - vital
• Strong attention to detail - vital
• Experience (ideally more than 3yrs) and enthusiasm for digital communications incl social media - nice to have
• Ability to write for example headlines for banners, or applying 2-3 words on a YouTube thumbnail - nice to have

Commitment to sharing, promoting and demonstrating MHF’s charity values

Commitment to MHF's safeguarding practices and policies

What difference will you make?

Listed below are some of the benefits to volunteering with our charity - these include:

• Making an invaluable contribution to a small, multi award-winning UK charity with national reach
• Working with a friendly team of professionals
• Uplifting your confidence and your interpersonal skills
• Gaining valuable digital design experience
• Opportunity to boost your CV by adding new skills
• Opportunity to broaden your contact network
• Foothold into the charity sector
• Access to and occasional communications with our Founder & inspiring CEO

Before you apply

As an MHF volunteer, we’ll make sure you are given all the support you need, including any help with the application process

Front-end ad hoc support will be given by MHF's multi award-winning Brand Guardian and long-standing charity partner

This will include an explanation of our brand guidelines and familiarisation of how we do things

The application will include completion of our Official Volunteer Application form that will include two reference checks in addition to completion of the charity's online safeguarding protocols (quiz)