Use your artistic abilities to communicate ideas, inform donors and volunteers, and solve our biggest problems. As a graphic designer at Morning Star Foundation, you will create visual concepts by hand and digitally to help our target audience interpret the world around them through color, texture, images, and symbols. You will be responsible for all aspects of our design process, including advertising, digital design, illustration, and branding. Whether you currently work in a design studio, a creative agency, or a corporate company, we could use your help!
Job Overview
Come volunteer at the Morning Star Foundation, the leading grant-making foundation benefiting children’s charities in the Spokane, WA area. We're looking for a seasoned Graphic Designer to join our volunteer marketing team. If you're excited to be part of a winning team, the Morning Star Foundation is an excellent opportunity for you.
Responsibilities
Create and design various materials for print and digital collateral
Ensure projects are completed with high quality and on schedule
Establish creative direction for the Foundation as well as brand guidelines
Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications and budget restrictions
Perform retouching and manipulation of images
Work with a wide range of media and use graphic design software
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in graphic arts, design, communications, or related field
3-5 years of experience in graphic design
Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography, print, and the web
Familiarity with HTML and CSS preferred
Knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Sketch, InDesign, and other graphic design software
Compelling portfolio of work over a wide range of creative projects
Strong analytical skills
Excellent eye for detail
Strong communication skills
Benefits
Gain an understanding of local community needs and how they are being addressed
Improving your communication skills
Great personal satisfaction, since you have the opportunity to make a real difference to our beneficiaries and donors’ lives
Please submit your resume and up to three graphic design samples for us to get an idea of your best work. Feel free to include links to your content or portfolio in your application.
Foundation Key Contact
Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and works closely with fellow volunteers to complete assignments and exchange ideas.
How to Apply: Please use the following link to apply: https://formstack.io/0F636
This role is purely voluntary, and this arrangement is not meant to be legally binding or an employment contract.
Out-of-pocket travel costs between home and volunteering places will be offered.
510 W Riverside Ave, Ste 201, SPOKANE, WA 99201, US
Mission Statement
Our vision is to help every kid develop the self-confidence they need to succeed. We're on a mission to fund children’s charities that provide disadvantaged kids with a safe place to call home, a family that loves them, a feeling of community, and opportunities to learn, build self-esteem, and have fun.
Description
Our Mission is Simple We Believe in Kids. We Believe in Our Community. We support programs that are transforming the lives of our community’s most vulnerable youth.
Measurable Impact We believe that success should be measured by the lives that have been changed. That’s a difficult thing to quantify, so we’ve put together a few statistics for you. With the support of our generous donors, we’ve supported over 725 kids, and that’s just the start!
125,000 hours of around the clock care for boys experiencing trauma 550 hours of tutoring services for foster kids who have fallen behind 450 Title One students engaged in land conservation education activities 26 previously homeless children placed in early childhood education programs
Children & Youth
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity, with no fixed address.
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DATE POSTED
January 20, 2021
SKILLS
Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
Brand Development & Messaging
Graphic Design / Print
Graphic Design
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
Driver's License Needed
Background Check
Must be at least 18
Orientation or Training
Time to dedicate to this professional volunteer opportunity (approx 10 hours per month).
Commitment to attend regular meetings
On an ad hoc basis, attend events according to schedule. Events usually take place during lunch breaks,
Orientation and Training
Read the Morning Star Foundation by-laws
Morning Star Foundation Articles of Incorporation
Meet with the Marketing Committee Chair and Chief Executive Officer
