Smart Web Designer for Award Winning, Global Nonprofit - Returnship

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UniversalGiving™ is seeking a Web Designer to join our dynamic team. The Web Designer will have a profound impact on helping redesign key aspects of our website, working closely with senior management. UniversalGiving ™ is an award-winning website allowing people to donate and volunteer with top performing projects all over the world. UniversalGiving has been profiled on CBS , FOX Business Network , BusinessWeek , Fast Company , CSRWire , and WomenEntrepreneur and Oprah.com.

You must have experience designing for online marketplaces, with a profound understanding of the user experience.

UniversalGiving's Returnships offer exciting opportunities to those wishing to make a significant impact and contribution to our global communities. Returnships are for experienced professionals, who are returning to the workforce, desiring to gain new skills, change professions, or simply yearning to give back. Join UniversalGiving and work closely with a dedicated international team to tackle global poverty.

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UniversalGiving™ is seeking a Web Designer to join our dynamic team. The Web Designer will have a profound impact on helping redesign key aspects of our website. Join our growing Product Development team, working with senior management, to create clear and effective web-based designs while furthering a worthy cause. Join UniversalGiving and work closely with a dedicated international team to tackle global poverty.

UniversalGiving ™ is an award-winning website allowing people to donate and volunteer with top performing projects all over the world. Our projects are vetted through a proprietary Quality Model™ to ensure the most effective, trustworthy philanthropy possible. Unique to UniversalGiving, 100% of a donation goes directly to the cause. UniversalGiving has been profiled on CBS and in FOX Business Network , and has also been featured in BusinessWeek , Fast Company , CSRWire , WomenEntrepreneur , Oprah.com , NBC News , The Christian Science Monitor , The New York Times , The Financial Times , MarketWatch , CNNMoney.com , Change.org and See Change Magazine . UniversalGiving™ has been voted a top-rated nonprofit on the "Top Rated Awards" list at Greatnonprofits.org .

CEO Pamela Hawley is a winner of the Jefferson Award (the Nobel Prize in Community Service) and was selected as one of 50 leaders to the White House's Next Generation Leadership and Social Innovation event. She is also a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award , and a Colburn S. Wilbur Leadership Fellow at the Global Ethics Institute. Pamela has been chosen as a Fast Company Expert Blogger on CSR.

Responsibilities include:

• Implement key changes from Senior Management Team PD Plans, with an eye to results

• Recommend visual design changes for new website components and existing interfaces

• Create engaging visual concepts and designs that build upon usability and our branding

• Work with senior leadership to finalize solutions, document & manage design project

• Research and provide recommendations on web design standards, guidelines and trends

Qualifications:

• Experience with web-based marketplace and checkout process REQUIRED. Please do NOT apply if you do not have online marketplace and checkout process experience.

• Must have in-depth knowledge of industry standards for online shopping experience

• Strong understanding of user experience

• Proficiency designing for client-side web technologies including JQuery, AJAX, HTML, HTML5, CSS, LESS, and Javascript

• Experience creating and updating designs in Adobe Photoshop

• An eye for clean, concise visual/designs

• Strong desire to expand pre-existing design ideas and create new designs

• Ability to collaborate in fast-paced environment with clear communication skills

• Interest in nonprofit work, international issues, philanthropy

Benefits:

• Applied, hands-on experience owning and leading design projects for a global website

• Experience of working with a dynamic, senior leadership team while tackling global poverty

• Exposure to Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurs, & Global Landscape

• Career mentoring with and recommendation by Pamela Hawley, Founder & CEO

TESTIMONIAL:

"UniversalGiving is a great place to work where your contributions have a direct impact on the success of the organization. There is nothing more rewarding than knowing at the end of the day that the work you do will directly result in getting better donations for the needy. The product development/engineering is both exciting and challenging, as we are set to grow in a big way with the adaption of the latest technologies. Scaling, making the application robust, and devising better processes are our objectives. The management has always been supportive of new initiatives, making it a good learning experience for all of us."

Adithya Raghavendra, Software Engineer

Duration : Minimum 15-20 hours per week for 3-4 months required for the duration of the Returnship. Ideal candidates are available to work out of our San Francisco office 3-4 days a week with possibly some work completed remotely.

*Please note that Returnships are unpaid. In some cases, they can lead to paid positions with positive commitment, attitude, and performance.

TO APPLY:

Please send your resume, cover letter, a brief writing sample (2 pages maximum), and two professional references to volunteers@universalgiving.org . No phone calls please.

UniversalGiving™ is committed to understanding and representing the diverse populations it serves worldwide. Members of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, nationalities, physical abilities or disabilities, religions or beliefs, and cultures are welcome as employees and volunteers in our organization. We believe that a diverse team will best serve our diverse populations.

For more information please visit:

• UniversalGiving’s website

• CEO Pamela Hawley’s Blog: Living and Giving

• Follow Us on Twitter: @ UniversalGiving and @ PamelaHawley

• Follow Us on Pinterest: @ UniversalGiving

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