We’re Hiring a Web Manager and Graphic Designer- Freelance Consulting Position
Generation Citizen Web Manager and Graphic Designer – Freelance Consulting Position
About Generation Citizen
Generation Citizen (GC) is an innovative, quickly scaling nonprofit that envisions a country of young people working as active and effective citizens to collectively strengthen our American democracy. GC’s ultimate mission is to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective Action Civics education that provides them with the civic knowledge and skills to actively participate in our democracy. We work in six sites nationwide: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York City, the San Francisco Bay area, Oklahoma City, and Central Texas and have educated and empowered over 40,000 students since our founding in 2010.
Position Overview
We are actively seeing an experienced independent contractor to support Generation Citizen’s website management. Workload and time commitment may vary month to month dependent upon projects and maintenance needs. This role will report to the development and communications team.
Primary Responsibilities
Ongoing:
- Monitor and ensure website functionality
- Perform software and application updates
- Ensure domain registration and hosting are current
- Test website to identify and resolve technical problems
As needed:
- Assess and report on website performance
- Handle online marketing projects ranging from SEO to social media
marketing - Develop and/or update content and page layouts
- Design digital and print materials including reports and graphics, etc.
- Ensure design materials reflect brand guidelines and organizational language
- Select colors, images, text style, and layout
- Incorporate changes recommended by the organization into the final design
- Review designs for errors before printing or publishing them
Qualifications:
- Experience managing WordPress
- Experience managing integrations such as Stripe and Mailchimp
- Software programming and graphic design skills
- Creativity and imagination
- Adaptable and able to pick up new techniques
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Keep up to date with advances in computer technology and how this affects the business environment
Salary, Hours and Terms
The position will pay $30-50/hour based on experience; hours will vary by project but likely to be 10-15 hours/month. Remote work based in the US okay; located near or in one of Generation Citizen’s regional offices preferred.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates should send a resume and work sample/portfolio to cschuster@generationcitizen.org. Please include “Web Manager” in your email subject line.
Dear Hiring Manager,
I am a cross-disciplinarian, want-to-be social designer, graduating in May 2019 from Hofstra University with three majors (Global Studies, Geography, Design), and high honors status.
My academic variety enables me to design for bigger ideas. Global Studies gives me the lens to dig under the surface of local and global affairs and provide ideological diversity. Geography enables me to explore ethnography and use the tools of GIS to facilitate building source-based arguments. Using design as a tool-kit, I have a unique comprehension of the work we are creating and the diverse audiences we are approaching.
Over the past three years, I have been creating digital solutions, facilitating community-based collaboration and, being an educator-in-training.
During my time at Ronik Design, I conducted social media and consumer landscape researches, created visuals to support digital campaigns and participated in meetings and note-taking. Prior to that, I practiced marketing and event-management at FindSpark by creating marketing visuals such as banners and flyers, organizing and executing events, and stimulating conversations on-site and online.
As an undergraduate student, I was a ‘Peer Teacher’ (teaching assistant) for two semesters to Professor Tom Klinkowstein (also President of Media A in New York City), delivering conceptual and ‘how-to’ lectures to classes of 15-20 students. Topics included web, social media and motion graphics new media technical presentations, as well as concept-building lectures on using triangulation to approach socially ‘wicked problems’ as part of a design brief.
My personal initiative is to create a leveled platform for teens of tomorrow.
Born in China, I was raised by a single mom who strived for an opportunity to go to college and divorced for she did not feel obligated to deliver a male child for her partner. The landscape of parental values and teens culture need to be reimagined especially in less developed communities. It is my inner drive to join Generation Citizen as a vital force in this revolution.
I can combine my inner mission with related experiences in raising social awareness through digital marketing. I would appreciate the chance to further discuss my qualifications with you in a personal interview. Thanks for your considerations and I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Coco Ye
March, 16th 2019