Remote Volunteer Graphic Designer Role (Part Time)

Job Overview

Job Description

About SkilledUp Life

At SkilledUp Life, we empower individuals to gain valuable real-world experience that accelerates their careers, while enabling tech startups to grow with the support of skilled Volunteers. Our global community has grown to over 63,000 Volunteers across 149 countries, helping hundreds of startups primarily in the UK and USA scale sustainably.

Purpose of role

To create visually compelling graphics for SkilledUp Life’s marketing, social media, startup case studies, opportunity posts, and campaigns. This role supports consistent brand visibility, audience engagement, and the promotion of startup volunteer roles through well-crafted, on-brand design.

Key activities

Design engaging graphics for social media (e.g. LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, etc), including opportunity posts, copy articles, and motivational tips.
Develop visual assets for startup case studies, founder features, and internal campaigns.
Apply branding guidelines consistently across all platforms, using Figma, Illustrator, and Canva.
Collaborate with team members (marketing, HR, content creators) to align visuals with messaging.
Maintain and update design asset libraries and content calendars.
Receive and apply feedback from leadership to refine deliverables.
Maintain a reusable social media design kit for new and future designers.
Archive and organize design assets for scalable content reuse and referencing.

Disclaimer: This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.

Endorsements:
Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:
* Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
* Allow you to add Company Name to your Linkedin Profile.
* Provide a Letter of Recommendation (LoR).
For Volunteer team mates who deliver exceptional results:
* Provide a Linkedin testimonial, when requested.
* Write a Linkedin Post thanking you for your contribution.
* Provide further references, when required (we have the right to reject these)