At a glance

Skills

Graphic design

Where

Brentford, TW8 9DF

Remote opportunity

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-15 hours

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

We are looking for an experienced Graphic Designer to help with our design and creative outputs,

What will you be doing?

We are looking for an experienced Graphic Designer to help with our design and creative outputs, these include:

Website
Social Media content
e-flyers
posters
pamphlets

You will be supported by our Creative Director and Heads of Design and be part of a growing creative team. You will use your design skills to create engaging collateral for both print and digital, including wireframes for our web development team.

All volunteers will be expected to be:

Approachable
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to develop a good rapport with people
Good interpersonal skills
Excellent listening skills
Able to feedback in writing on views heard
Have a commitment to helping others, have a voice and improve local services
Be non-judgemental, open-minded and able to separate your own experiences.

The role is flexible, and the time commitment expected is around 3 hours a week.Please only apply if have regular time available and are looking to be part of an organisation

You will be joining a fast-growing organisation of over 40 volunteers from a variety of backgrounds and skill sets. There are lots of opportunities for you to shape and grow your role and gain skills in other areas.

What are we looking for?

To design and create graphic content as directed by the Charity Director.
To provide appropriate, necessary support and innovative ideas to the team regarding our social media presence
Background in hands-on UI design and adept in Adobe XD and Figma.
Strong understanding of user-centred design principles and research methods.
Confident in collaborating and happy to work with various teams across the organisation.
Excellent organisational and communication skills.
Adobe Creative Cloud experience, designing for both print and digital.

What difference will you make?

Enable young people from all backgrounds to grow, develop and progress in life. We particularly target:

Young people that have special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Young people from disadvantaged or vulnerable backgrounds.

About NU Start Community Enterprise

Causes

Arts

Black, asian and minority ethnic groups

Children / families

Counselling / advice

Criminal justice

Education

Substance misuse

Young people

Organisation type:

Charity

NU Start Community Enterprise supports, encourages and empowers young people and their community to reach and fulfil their potential by tapping into resources that will allow young people to...