Volunteer Graphic Designer

Why join THRIVE?

When you become a volunteer at THRIVE, you’ll receive:

• Significant references for your work endeavours
• A community experience and sense of belonging
• Shared expertise from other team members
• A greater understanding of how organisations like ours are structured
• Opportunities to learn whole new skillsets with practical experience
• Possibilities to take on leadership roles if you’re interested
• Induction, training, and mentorship sessions
• The opportunity to develop your presentation skills
• A platform to learn and spread awareness about sustainability issues and their solutions

The Role

We’re looking for a motivated, enthusiastic graphic designer with a passion for sustainability to work with our friendly, dynamic team to inspire people around the world to make a better future.

As part of THRIVE, you will have the opportunity to:

• Champion new initiatives.
• Improve existing initiatives.
• Help shape our graphic design workflows.
• Meet regularly with team members.
• Present ideas to people from a variety of disciplines. 

Your efforts will enrich our visual communications and help inspire people to create a thrivable future.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll work with our multimedia team to:

• Create images for our social media channels.
• Create assets for motion graphics outcomes.
• Other digital graphic design work as needed (i.e, publications, our website).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of commercial experience with Canva OR with the Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator).
• 1+ years of commercial experience creating engaging graphics or illustrations within specific guidelines.

Preferred Requirements

• At least 2 years in a freelance or in-studio Graphic Design role.
• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign.
• Fluency in English.
• A desire to make a sustainable world.
• A collaborative team player mindset. 
• Excellent communication and organisation skills. 
• Well-developed problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to learn new skills
• The ability to handle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines.
• The ability to be proactive and self-manage your time.
• A self-driven mindset to make a better future for all.
• Ability to work from brief to completion, including mood boards, storyboards and style frames.