Volunteer Opportunity Details:

As featured on CNN, United Planet (UP) is a leading international, educational, humanitarian, and peace-building, non-profit organization based in Boston, USA. United Planet is a highly innovative and entrepreneurial non-profit organization devoted to fostering cross-cultural understanding and friendship and supporting communities in need worldwide.

Benefits:
• Gain experience working on an international team.
• Work in a friendly and dedicated environment with regular and fun team-building activities.
• Learn what it is like to work for a fast-growing organization with contagious energy!
• Gain valuable and transferable skills.
• Office located in a beautiful part of Boston, across from the renowned Public Garden in a historic building.
• Work closely and be mentored by experienced Managers.
• Help build a global non-governmental organization which will make an increasingly more positive impact in the world for many years to come.
• After completion of your time on staff at UP, you will receive the opportunity to participate in United Planet’s International Volunteer (Quest) Programs at cost for life!

United Planet is seeking a part-time graphic design volunteer to join our international team for 6 months, beginning in September. The graphic design volunteer will have the opportunity to build a professional design portfolio and gain real-world experience.

Job Responsibilities:
• Manage development of organizational collateral to ensure that brand style standards are maintained (posters, brochures, advertising flyers, stickers, postcards and more)
• Update brand style guide to incorporate newly developed collateral and web style standards
• Design layout for new web pages and improve design on existing pages
• Maintain United Planet’s flickr photo galleries
• Develop new style and collateral for Cultural Awareness Presentations program
• Develop special marketing campaign materials to reach new markets (older active adults, families, etc.)
• Assist with development of web & multimedia graphics
• Conceptualize new potential UP brand products (T-shirt designs, other apparel, travel gear, etc.)
• Other duties, as assigned

Please send a cover letter, resume and a sample portfolio to team@unitedplanet.org.
(Please note that this is a volunteer position.)

**July-August - the position will require either two days per week of only graphic design; or two days per week of graphic design and additional hours for other marketing functions.

September - the position will be a full-time graphic design position (with other duties as assigned).

Qualifications:
• Working knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop (Adobe Creative Suite)
• Knowledge of PowerPoint and other standard office software a plus
• Multimedia and web design experience a plus (flash, director, html)
• English fluency required
• Ability to work independently, and in a team environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively

This opportunity is sponsored by: United Planet

We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekdays This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Individual Adults (55+)

Contact Person: Jonathan Hass, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

11 Arlington Street Boston, MA 02116 (See a map)

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Arlington Station,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5 For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com/schedmaps/index.cfm

Web Site: http://www.unitedplanet.org

Last updated on August 9, 2009