Illustrator
ORGANIZATION: NU (New Understandings)
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We are seeking a passionate and creative graphic designer who is excited at the prospect of using digital design and art to expand sexual health conversations around Newcomer, Immigrant and Second-Generation Youth!
Role Description:
- Produce ~10 illustrations and designs to accompany written nuance submissions and pairing existing visual and written submissions
- Produce ad hoc illustrations to accompany nuance’s social media presence and branding on Medium
- Ability to work virtually with minimal supervision and against tight deadlines
- Collaborate with NU executive members to ensure illustrations align with NU’s core values and mission
Applicant Criteria:
- Minimum 1 year of illustration experience
- Interest in newcomer, immigrant and sexual and reproductive health issues and perspectives
- Comfortable with working with a diverse range of written pieces that may touch on sensitive topics including sexual violence and mental health issues
- Experience using multiple design programs in the Adobe Suite or similar programs
- Experience with Medium a plus
- Portfolio that showcases a diverse range of design skills, especially those that lend to digital art and animation
- Open to peer feedback and collaborating closely with NU executive to develop artwork that pairs well with their written content
More opportunities with NU (New Understandings)
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About NU (New Understandings)
Location:
215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T2C7, CA
Mission Statement
Education: Filling the knowledge gaps of sexual health in a language, cultural, religious, and youth-friendly manner. Access: Providing the local contextual knowledge needed to navigate the system and service landscape to meet one's sexual health needs. Attitudes: Strengthening positive attitudes and behaviours by breaking down misconceptions and providing perspectives from youth of newcomer backgrounds.
Description
NU is a group of newcomer, immigrant, and second generation youth and friends who have grown up in Toronto and the GTA (TGTA) community. We strive to take a holistic perspective to sexual health that would have benefited our younger selves when first learning about sex, and one that continues to be relevant for navigating sex and sexual health. We recognized there was a unique need to explore sexual health decision making, attitudes, and service access from our diverse cultural and religious perspectives.
We are in the process of launching nuance. nuance is our response to a lack of representation of newcomer, immigrant and second generation voices in popular sex and sexual health media. We exist to diversify and expand the sexual health conversation through the power of multimedia storytelling. Our pieces include cultural and spiritual perspectives and explore how sexual health affects not only our physical, but also mental and emotional well-being.
Passionately run by young immigrants from Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Independent publication funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and supported by Planned Parenthood Toronto.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 21, 2017
SKILLS
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Drawing
- Web Design / UX
- Graphic Design
- Web Design
- Visual Arts
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 3-4 hours per week