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36 people are interested
User Interface Designer
ORGANIZATION: Animal Help Now
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36 people are interested
Do you have extensive expertise in UI/UX? Are you looking to put your skills to work in a meaningful, supportive environment? Do you care about animals? Animal Help Now (AHNow) is seeking a volunteer to assist in the redesign of our popular web site and phone apps and the design of our new Pet Help and Rescue app, which gives dogs and cats and other animals a better chance to survive wildfires and other disasters.
Our website and phone apps are accessed about a thousand times a day by people looking for help with wildlife emergencies or conflicts or guidance for any number of animal-related issues. We offer our services over four platforms - web, web mobile, iOS, and Android. Most UI/UX improvements are made across all of these.
Currently, AHNow is testing major revisions to the code base of www.AnimalHelpNow.org/mobile, our most popular platform. The next step is to complete and implement the UIUX functional and graphic overhaul.
The work will involve interacting with the full AHNow tech team, which includes volunteer developers, analysts, QA persons, and communications specialists. This is the organization's first major overhaul of its mobile website, since launching more than 10 years ago.
If you care about animals and you believe your UI design expertise can benefit the country's best wildlife 911 service and provide our new Pet Help and Rescue app with an attractive and accessible look and feel, please get in touch!
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About Animal Help Now
Location:
2525 ARAPAHOE, E4-705, BOULDER, CO 80302, US
Mission Statement
Mission: Animal Help Now creates apps that help animals. Animal Help Now is a volunteer-driven organization. AHNow gives first priority to its volunteers when hiring paid positions. AHNow offers equal opportunities and embraces diversity by characteristics including race/ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation and ability.
Description
Animal Help Now (AHNow) creates apps that help animals. The org’s eponymous app provides a 911-type service for wildlife emergencies & conflicts. Each year in the U.S. billions of birds and other wild animals are killed or injured by cats & dogs, window strikes, etc. and hundreds of millions of animals are injured or killed by motor vehicles. This free app directs people who have encountered injured or distressed wildlife or are dealing with "nuisance" wildlife to the nearest, most appropriate help, 24/7. The first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies, it provides instant access to more than 3700 wildlife helpers across the United States, including rehabilitators, rescues & hotlines, veterinarians who treat wildlife & others. AHNow provides expert guidance on how to handle domestic animal issues (lost, found, abuse, etc.).
In 2022, in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire (12/30/2021), which claimed an estimated 1,000 companion animal lives and destroyed Animal Help Now’s headquarters, the organization began development of a new app that people can use to quickly and effectively communicate with their neighbors when disasters threaten and strike. The app provides a dedicated communications channel specifically for pet rescue so people who are not home or who otherwise need help evacuating animals can quickly and easily request such help. PHaR will give pets and other dependent animals their best chance yet of surviving when disasters strike.
CAUSE AREAS
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
September 24, 2022
SKILLS
- Web Design
- Web Design / UX
- Graphic Design
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-4 hours per week, on average
- Excellent communications skills. Experience with GitHub, Slack, and Figma is a plus.