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Job Type: Full-Time Contract Position (Remote/Hybrid Model)

Are you a creative designer with a passion for storytelling, social impact, and connecting with diverse communities? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your designs can make a real-world difference? If so, this is the role for you!

We’re looking for an innovative Web & Graphic Designer to join our team and help bring the Resilience in Action project to life through compelling visuals, intuitive web design, and engaging multimedia content. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is passionate about creating meaningful change, and has a keen eye for culturally sensitive and inclusive design, we’d love to hear from you!

What Will Your Typical Day Look Like?

No two days are the same! In this exciting and impactful role, you’ll design user-friendly web interfaces, create multimedia content for social media campaigns, and develop culturally inclusive marketing materials that connect with survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), particularly immigrant, refugee, and non-status women. You’ll collaborate with a diverse team of developers, researchers, and community partners to ensure the Vesta website and outreach materials align with trauma-informed principles and reflect the voices of those we aim to serve. Applicants with lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

You’ll thrive in this role if you…

• Have a passion for design: You love creating interactive, and intuitive experiences with a strong visual design sensibility. Your attention to detail turns good designs into great content.
• Are user-centric: You’re empathetic and deeply committed to understanding users, ensuring that every experience is designed to inspire hope, build trust and increase engagement.
• Own your work: You take pride in ownership, bringing a proactive and solution-oriented approach to every project.
• You have a critical-thinking mindset and the ability to imagine the future while considering the implications of your design decisions.
• Collaborate effortlessly but can work on your own: You work well in a team, valuing collaboration, shared creativity, and collective success, while at the same time are able to manage your own time.
• You understand multilingual themes: You consider how your designs will be interpreted in different cultural contexts and languages.
• You enjoy creating and maintaining live websites with interactive content and design.
• You are excited about working to make social change and impact and can draw on past interactive design and development experience to craft high-quality designs that solve real problems for those experiencing intimate or gender based violence.

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What You’ll Be Doing

Web Design & Maintenance

• Build and maintain a responsive wordpress website that performs seamlessly across all devices and browsers, ensuring an optimal user experience on any platform.
• Work closely with Communication and Awareness team members to post new content on a monthly basis.
• Implement SEO best practices to optimize websites for search engines, including proper markup, fast-loading pages, and on-page optimization.
• Use monitoring tools to track website performance, uptime, and load times. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a timely manner, ensuring seamless website functionality.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues on the website, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1).
• Document development processes, workflows, and best practices for internal use.

Graphic Design & Multimedia Creation

• Create high-quality visual content, including social media graphics, infographics, digital banners, posters, guidebooks, toolkits, and print materials for in-person events.
• Develop multimedia assets such as animations, short videos, and culturally relevant illustrations for outreach and awareness campaigns.
• Work with the communications team to produce engaging, multilingual materials that resonate with diverse audiences, particularly immigrant, refugee, and non-status women.

Social Media & Campaign Support

• Collaborate with the communication and outreach team to create visually compelling content for email marketing campaigns and social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
• Design campaign assets to amplify the Resilience in Action project’s messaging and engage survivors and community organizations.
• Ensure all materials reflect trauma-informed principles, are culturally sensitive, and foster trust and empowerment.

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Work closely with the Communication and Awareness team, UX/UI developers, researchers, and community partners to ensure designs meet survivor needs and align with project objectives.
• Maintain a consistent brand identity across all platforms and materials.

Enough About Us, Let’s Talk About You!

Experience & Education

• 2+ years of experience in graphic design, web design, or multimedia content creation, or less with an exceptional portfolio.
• Diploma or degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• Must be currently eligible to work in Canada.
• International experience and/or designing in multiple languages are assets.
• Human-centric or trauma-informed design experience is a strong asset.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a successful background check prior to commencing employment which may include verification of identity with photo ID, criminal record, vulnerable persons and background check with previous employers and given references.

Creative & Technical Skills

• Proficiency in design tools like Adobe Creative Suite (Express, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc), Canva, or similar.
• Experience with WordPress and Elementor for website management and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of creating responsive web designs and optimizing for performance across devices.
• Familiarity with video editing and animation tools like After Effects, Premiere Pro, Jasper.AI, Playground.AI, Opus Clip or similar.
• Experience creating multilingual and culturally inclusive content is a strong asset.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) and trauma-informed design principles.

Soft Skills & Work Ethic

• Empathy and Sensitivity: A deep understanding of the experiences of survivors of GBV and marginalized communities, with a commitment to creating designs that foster empowerment and safety.
• Creativity and Innovation: A strong sense of storytelling and visual communication to create impactful, survivor-centered designs.
• Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team and community partners.
• Adaptability: A proactive mindset and ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to Detail: Precision in design execution, ensuring all work aligns with the project’s mission and goals.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a transformative project and innovative small social enterprise that is working to empower survivors of GBV and drive systemic change.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive environment that values creativity, empathy, and innovation.
• Flexible remote work options with occasional in-person collaboration.
• Salary range $45,000-$52,000 + benefits
• 15 days paid vacation plus summer and winter holiday break
• Opportunities for professional growth, including training in trauma-informed and culturally sensitive design practices.
• While the contract is project-specific, there may be opportunities for extension or other roles depending on future funding and organizational needs.

To Apply:

Please email your resume, portfolio, and a cover letter explaining why you’re excited about VESTA to ContactUs@vestasit.com with the subject line “Web & Graphic Designer – Resilience in Action.”

Application Deadline: May 30, 2025

About Vesta Social Innovation Technologies

At VESTA, we’re not just a tech social enterprise; we’re passionate advocates dedicated to making a difference in the fight against gender-based violence. Our mission lies at the exciting intersection of prevention, innovative technology, and access to justice.

We pride ourselves on being both advocates and innovators, bringing fresh, unconventional ideas to the table. Our core values of integrity, commitment, and resourcefulness guide us in everything we do. Together, we’re working to create a safer, more equitable world for everyone.

We are committed to the creation of a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified persons, including those with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know.

We encourage newcomers and those with lived and/or international experience to apply.

We are committed to safeguarding all individuals in the communities where we work from deliberate and unintentional harm or abuse caused by Vesta staff. We have zero tolerance towards any behavior violating our Code of Conduct, including workplace violence, harassment and sexual harassment, any form of exploitation and abuse, corruption, and fraud.

Join us and use your expertise to make a real-world impact. Together, we can create meaningful, lasting change.