Graphic and Web Designer

GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGNER
The goal: brand a 21st century, data driven, values-led voting organization that's out to change the world.  

We're looking to transform youth voter registration in America, and we need a graphic designer with talent, pop, adaptability, and a commitment to social justice.  Diverse candidates of all stripes encouraged to apply—we're smarter as an organization (and a nation) when we embrace diverse perspectives and voices.

BEFORE YOU APPLY: Please, read the requirements below and ONLY apply if you meet ALL qualifications.   If you meet some but not all you are welcome to apply for an unpaid DEMOCRACY DESIGN INTERNSHIP by emailing us at info@lifteveryvote.org, with “Democracy Design Internship Candidate” in the subject line.   

QUALIFICATIONS for our GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN Position (If you have completed your sophomore year, and want to apply as a Democracy Design Intern, read on) 

1. B.A. or B.F.A in graphic or digital/visual design.  If you do not have color, typography, and 4 or more graphic and visual design courses DO NOT APPLY.
2. GPA = 3.5 + 
3. UX/UI certification, with a portfolio that contains examples of both apps and websites you've designed.
4. A demonstrated commitment to civic engagement or social justice—we want a candidate who wants to change the world!
5. GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK EXPERIENCE
6. ATTENTION TO DETAIL i.e.:
   1. Your resume is named Lastname_Firstname_Resume
   2. Your resume is TOTALLY free of spelling and grammar errors and design glitches
   3. Your Handshake profile contains working links to your resume and portfolio, and it is fully fleshed out
   4. Your portfolio is a website, not a google drive
      Hint: 

An ideal candidate might also have some motion design or ed tech.  

DELIVERABLES by October 1: 
→ Logo(s) that convey a scrappy, creative, civic design-focused startup 

→ Typography + consistent graphic elements that can be repurposed across platforms: social, digital, web, lessons, deck, print, swag

→ Website refresh: engaging home page motion, plus interactivity, optimism, power, agency (www.lifteveryvote.org)

CONTEXT: 
Lift Every Vote, a civic education nonprofit, was founded as an activist group in 2016 to work on structural voting projects that yield permanent, transformational change. Over 5,000 activists have worked on our projects, contributing nearly $1M to execute them.  In 2024, we transitioned to a 501(c)3. 

Our North Star: Voting equality for all Americans, including universal adult citizen eligibility and registration; equal access; equal voting power.

Our Mission: To create and launch public education project that help citizens to , collaborate on, and contribute to projects that advance voting equality, resulting in permanent gains in eligibility or registration.  To design public education efforts that empower citizens to participate in elections, advocate for their needs, and design the democracy they want. 

Our 2025-26 effort, The Largest Generation Project, is a comprehensive civic ignition program to empower our nation’s largest generation of voters to register, vote, advocate, design change, and claim their political majority.  Our goal is to make Massachusetts a nationwide model by creating and launching a program for universal voter readiness education and universal automatic or mandatory registration. 

TO APPLY FOR AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP: If you don't meet the paid-job requirements but have some qualifications, and want to apply to become a Democracy Design intern: Please send a message with subject line “Democracy Design Intern Candidate" through handshake, containing a cover email and a link to a resume with filename lastname_firstname_resume".  Please note, we also have paid interns but we choose them from those who have succeeded at an unpaid internship.