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Graphic Designer: Help Craft the Visual Identity of a Justice Movement
ORGANIZATION: SAN QUENTIN SKUNKWORKS
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San Quentin SkunkWorks is an innovation lab built from inside a prison. Led by incarcerated changemakers and supported by outside professionals, we design bold solutions in justice reform, art, policy, and reentry. Now we’re looking for a graphic designer to help shape our visual voice-and design assets that amplify the dignity, vision, and leadership coming from behind the walls.
You’ll be joining a team that’s not just making materials. We’re making history. Our Chiaroscuro: Light Within the Shadows initiative is already supported by global artists like Faith47, Zio Ziegler, eL Seed, and others-and we’re building a public brand that honors the creative power of incarcerated people.
What you'll design:
Visual systems for internal and external campaigns
Event flyers, posters, and outreach materials
Branded decks and donor packets
Infographics and social media assets
Campaign identities for initiatives like Chiaroscuro, Transformative Gaming, and Pawns to Progress
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
Work in Figma, Illustrator, or Canva
Can adapt a design system across formats and tones
Care deeply about justice, storytelling, and real impact
Can translate complexity into visual clarity
Want to collaborate with people who aren’t usually included in creative processes-but should be
Time Commitment: 3-5 hours/week for at least 3 months (flexible)
We can’t offer bean bags or a "Chief Vibes Officer."
But we can offer the chance to co-create with incarcerated artists, define the voice of a justice movement, and make design that doesn’t just look good-it means something.
Let’s build something that can’t be locked up.
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About SAN QUENTIN SKUNKWORKS
Location:
1 MAIN ST, #484, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964, US
Mission Statement
San Quentin SkunkWorks is a nonprofit innovation lab founded inside prison by incarcerated people. We’re not here to fix broken systems--we’re here to redesign them. Our mission is to unite the leadership and ingenuity of incarcerated changemakers with professionals on the outside to transform the justice system from the inside out. Every project we launch--from restorative gaming to AI-driven sentencing reform--is driven by real-world impact and radical collaboration. We believe incarceration can be a launchpad for growth, not a dead end. Our values--compassion, integrity, justice, and audacity--aren’t just words. They’re the blueprint. Volunteering with us isn’t about service. It’s about joining a team that’s building what’s never been built before. From behind bars, we’re shaping a future that works better for everyone.
Description
SkunkWorks started as a bold idea inside San Quentin: what if incarceration could become a launchpad for change? Founded by incarcerated people and built in partnership with outside professionals, we’ve grown into a nationally recognized innovation lab inside prison walls.
Our goal is simple but radical: transform the justice system by centering the leadership of the people most impacted by it. We design and test scalable solutions-then push to bring them beyond the walls.
Our programs include Transformative Gaming (which brings over 150 people together monthly to change prison culture), RighteousReview (an AI-powered tool to uncover bias in sentencing), and Chiaroscuro (a large-scale art initiative to reclaim prison spaces with color and beauty).
We’ve been featured on the front page of the LA Times and are backed by CDCR. But our biggest achievement? Building a movement where incarcerated people lead-and the world listens.
CAUSE AREAS
Arts & Culture,
Computers & Technology,
Media & Broadcasting
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
1 Main StreetSan Quentin, CA 94964
(37.9429 ,-122.48058 )
DATE POSTED
May 27, 2025
SKILLS
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Graphic Design / Print
- Web Design
- Web Design / UX
- Graphic Design
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 4-6 hours a week for 2-3 months. After the site is live, we’d love your support for 1–2 hours/month as needed—though this is optional and totally flexible.