Junior Web Designer

Our vision is to “Create a World Where Giving and Volunteering Are a Natural Part of Everyday Life.”™ UniversalGiving is an award-winning global social-entrepreneurship nonprofit organization who is seeking a Junior Web Designer to design brand new components and redesign pre-existing components for our newly revamped website (http://www.universalgiving.org).  Join our growing Product Development team, working with senior management and website developers, to create beautiful and effective visual designs while furthering a worthy cause.  UniversalGiving™ offers exciting probono opportunities to those wishing to make a significant impact and contribution to our global communities.  Join UniversalGiving and work closely with a dedicated international team, while gaining valuable skills and insight within a social entrepreneurship nonprofit organization.


Testimonial
“The Product Development team at UniversalGiving is a smart, effective, and responsive group of people. Team members constantly offer each other feedback and support. You never feel that your work is being taken for granted. I feel very lucky to be a part of the PD team!” - Jane Lanman, QA Intern

About UniversalGiving
UniversalGiving™ is an award-winning website allowing people to donate and volunteer with top performing projects all over the world. Our projects are vetted through a proprietary Quality Model™ to ensure the most effective, trustworthy philanthropy possible. Unique to UniversalGiving, we take no cut on donations. 100% of your donation goes directly to the cause. Located in the heart of San Francisco, UniversalGiving has been profiled on CBS and in FOXBusiness Network, and has also been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, CSRWire, WomenEntrepreneur, Oprah.com, NBC News, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Financial Times, MarketWatch, CNNMoney.com, Change.org and See Change Magazine. UniversalGiving™ is the 2010 winner of the Opportunity Knocks' Best Nonprofit to Work for Award. CEO Pamela Hawley is a winner of the Jefferson Award (the Nobel Prize in Community Service) and was selected as one of 50 leaders to the White House's Next Generation Leadership and Social Innovation event. She is also a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and a Colburn S. Wilbur Leadership Fellow at the Global Ethics Institute. She has been chosen as a Fast Company Expert Blogger on CSR.

Responsibilities:
● Recommend visual design changes for new website components and existing interfaces experienced by thousands of internet viewers around the world
● Create visual concepts and engaging visual designs that build upon the consistency, quality, usability, and branding of our website
● Implement design improvements that visually captivate our users and increase our results
● Work with senior leadership to prioritize efforts, finalize solutions, deliver results, document key information, and manage projects through to completion
● Research and provide recommendations on web design standards and guidelines
● Contribute to strategic and tactical product planning
● Collaborate with product development team to deliver with both quality and efficiency
● Assist with cross-browser testing and debugging to maintain design integrity across environments

Qualifications:
● 1+ years experience
● Proficiency designing for client-side web technologies JQuery, AJAX, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
● Experience creating and updating designs in Adobe Photoshop
● Knowledge of open source concepts, relational databases, web technologies, the DOM, and cross-browser compatibility issues
● Understanding of basic software development concepts, software testing life cycles, and the Agile process
● Strong desire to both expand pre-existing design ideas and create new designs from scratch
● Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly (written and verbal) with team members
● Proactive, team player who thrives within a small team, fast-paced environment
● An eye for clean, elegant frontend web design and UI
● Strong commitment to usability and user experience
● Passion for visual design of internet websites
● Meticulous attention to detail
● Interest in nonprofit work, international issues, philanthropy
● Full support of the mission and vision of UniversalGiving™

Bonus Skills:
● Experience with Responsive Web Design, a plus
● Experience with web APIs including knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media web APIs
Benefits:
● Applied, hands-on experience owning and leading design projects for a global website
● Experience working at a global, social-entrepreneurship nonprofit
● Collaboration within a positive team environment
● Increased understanding of and alignment with global issues
● Networking with other nonprofit professionals
● Career mentoring with Pamela Hawley, Founder & CEO of UniversalGiving™
● With positive work experience, references provided
● For students, class credit can be arranged according to school requirements

Reports To:
Head of Product Development

Duration: 
This is an unpaid position with a commitment of 15-20 hours per week for at least 6 months. Ideal candidates are available to work in our San Francisco office.

To Apply:
Email cover letter and resume to volunteers@universalgiving.org with “Junior Web Designer” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we have ongoing recruitment. Please no phone calls.
 
UniversalGiving™ is committed to understanding and representing the diverse populations it serves worldwide. Members of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, nationalities, physical abilities or disabilities, religions or beliefs, and cultures are welcome as employees and volunteers in our organization. We believe that a diverse team will best serve our diverse populations.

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