Graphic Designer and/or Illustrator
West Hampstead Women's Centre
This Graphic Design and/or Illustration role involves designing or contributing elements to our annual report, leaflets, invitations, poetry books, and other publications by creating new designs and using existing WHWC elements. We are happy to hear from graphic designers as well as illustrators as both skills can help us design our publications and reports.
Responsibilities will vary according to the volunteer’s individual skills but may include: • Designing our annual report, leaflets, invitations, poetry books, and other publications using existing WHWC elements and creating new designed elements. • Choosing the appropriate media and style to match the centres’ brand and to create design solutions for a range of projects. • Making use of your Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator skills to work on formatting and lay out, using your original designs or illustrations, and existing WHWC designs. • Helping occasionally to create material for advertising, social media or editorial purposes. • Maintain clear communication with WHWC.
Art & Design
Art & Craft, Creative & Design, Good IT Skills, Language Skills, Photography, Reading & Writing
• Creative flair to produce new ideas and concepts to contribute to design artwork. • A professional approach and experience of design and creative work. • Up-to-date knowledge, of one or all, of the following software: Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. • Have access to Photoshop and InDesign to be able to work from home. • Good listening skills in order to understanding the centre’s need before making design decisions. • Be reliable and committed • Understanding of constraints of printing cost, time, and especially tight deadlines. • Good proofreading skills to produce accurate and high-quality work
Meet and support women in your local community, help a charity benefit by using your illustration or graphics skills, gain experience, learn about the third sector, work to a brief, .
Flexible commitment according to each task.
NW6 2NP
Home working combined with visiting us at West Hampstead Women's Centre, 26 - 30 Cotleigh Road, London, NW6 2NP.
Close to West Hampstead tube, overground and Thameslink stations. Buses 139 and 328 stop 'Woodchurch Road' is at the top of our street.
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