Creative Labs Digital Product Design Intern (Strategy and Innovation)

Creative Labs Digital Product Design Intern (Strategy and Innovation)

Work Location:

Remote - USA

Job Type:

Full time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this person designs digital experiences for all who encounter InterVarsity’s digital presence. This ranges from custom products and content to purchased platforms. Successful candidates know design thought, product design, and user research. They model collaborative working patterns with excellent communication. They continuously remind product and project teams of the importance of creating great audience outcomes.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal:         

• Maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world
• Be a lifelong learner who prizes the discipleship of the mind and stays current on design thought, product design, and user research.

Digital Product Design Methods & Activities

• Project Analysis & Discovery: Discover requirements through stakeholder interviews, user research, and other problem-space techniques.
• Data: Analyze data, present data to stakeholders, handle data with sensitivity, and make decisions based on user-generated data and digital analytics.
• User Research: Conduct generative and evaluative user research utilizing various user research techniques and present insights to stakeholders.
• User Flows, Wireframing, and Prototyping: Work towards a solution, creating user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to test digital experiences with the target audience.
• Content and Visual Design: Collaborate with the Editorial and Design teams as needed. Provide copy guidance and write copy. Work within and contribute to InterVarsity’s Digital Design System and our established brand.
• Software Development: Collaborate with software developers and maintain knowledge of content management systems, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Provide functional specifications and make sure they are understood and developed as designed. Stay current on emerging technology and consider its use within the ministry.
• Client and team engagement: Collaborate with others to find a way forward among organizational goals, stakeholder desires, user needs, and resourcing capabilities.

Organizational Collaboration & Design Mindset

• Partner with and respond positively to the coaching of your supervisor and national leaders.
• Exercise creativity and self-motivation to contribute to a culture of professionalism and exceptional production.
• Adopt a user-focused mindset: working with a focus on the audience and openness to audience feedback.
• Adopting a designer’s mindset: becoming more humble, adaptable, embracing productive conflict, and continuously learning.
• Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships.
• Strong written and presentation skills for sharing thought processes and explaining decision points.
• Be proactive in bringing the right people into conversations.
• Proactive in asking questions.
• Comply with all InterVarsity policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain a funding base and prayer support

• Raise a portion of salary in an amount or percentage agreed upon with Supervisor
• Communicate regularly with current and potential donors, churches, prayer support team members, friends and family regarding ministry with InterVarsity

QUALIFICATIONS (common to all levels of Digital Designers)

• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement). Abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct. Believe and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s Human Sexuality Theological Paper. Affirm and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s “Women in Ministry Statement of Affirmation”
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Digital Media, Computer Science, or comparable degrees required
• Familiarity with at least one digital design tool: UX Pin, Axure, Figma, Adobe XD, etc.

Pay Range: $7.25 - $14.29 per hour

Pay: This position is funded through personal fundraising. Accordingly, compensation will vary based on the ability of the individual to secure a donor team to fund the cost of his/her salary. The anticipated salary range for this position on a full-time basis (40 hours/week) is dependent on a variety of factors, including location and cost of living. The actual salary received, including any geographic adjustment to account for location and cost of living, is subject to the individual’s ability to raise funds necessary to cover the full amount of such salary within the range set forth in the job posting details.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package, including health care and retirement savings with a match. Eligibility is based on employee type and hours worked.  Benefits include the following:

• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

• 403(b) matching contributions

• Dental insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Employee discounts

• Flexible work schedule

• Flexible spending accounts

• Health insurance

• Health savings account

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Parental leave

• Professional development assistance

• Vision insurance

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

 

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment.  Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a)) InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement: Purpose and Doctrinal Basis because InterVarsity believes that each and every staff plays a vital role in advancing InterVarsity’s mission and purposes. 

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