Graphic Designer Volunteer - Volunteer

MindSpark Team; City of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic educational organization in London seeks a creative Graphic Designer to craft visually engaging accreditation badges for schools and coaches. You'll leverage your design expertise to enhance brand identity and ensure accessibility across various platforms. The role emphasizes collaboration and impactful design, contributing significantly to community engagement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in brand/identity and badge/icon design for print and digital.
• Strong typography, composition and colour skills with an eye for accessibility.
• Ability to translate a brief into clear visual systems.

Responsibilities

• Design badges for MindSpark School Accreditation and Coach Training.
• Create a coherent visual system showing progression across tiers.
• Produce scalable vector assets and web-optimized files.

Skills

Graphic Design

Illustration / Iconography

Typography

Accessibility in Design

Print & Production

Digital Asset Delivery

File Management / Versioning

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

We’re looking for a creative Graphic Designer to help us design a set of MindSpark School Accreditation badges (three tiers) and a Coach Training badge that our coaches can proudly display across print and digital channels.

What difference will you make?

Your designs will give schools and coaches credible, consistent recognition of practice and excellence; help MindSpark communicate quality and progress across our three-tier framework; and enable partners to promote achievement on websites, certificates, newsletters, and social media—amplifying our impact with families, schools, and communities.

What are we looking for?

• Demonstrable experience in brand/identity and badge/icon design for print and digital.
• Strong typography, composition and colour skills with an eye for accessibility (contrast, legibility at small sizes).
• Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator (or equivalent vector tools) and preparing print‑ready artwork.
• Ability to translate a brief into clear, simple visual systems and produce concise usage guidance.
• A collaborative, hands‑on approach and understanding of the non‑profit/education context.

Skills

• Graphic Design
• Illustration / Iconography
• Typography
• Accessibility in Design
• Print & Production
• Digital Asset Delivery
• File Management / Versioning

What will you be doing?

MindSpark is entering an exciting stage of growth, supporting young people overcoming disadvantage and scaling our operations as a social enterprise.

You will help us:

• School accreditation framework: Design three badges and a resource pack aligned to MindSpark’s brand:
  • MindSpark School (Tier 1)
  • MindSpark Accredited School (Tier 2)
  • MindSpark Flagship School (Tier 3)
  • Information pack about the accreditation framework
• EF coach training: Design one badge and a social media template aligned to MindSpark’s brand:
  • MindSpark Coach Training badge (for individual coaches). Designed for email footers and websites.
  • Social Media template (e.g., LinkedIn).
• Create a coherent visual system showing progression across tiers (shape/colour hierarchy, iconography) while remaining accessible and inclusive.
• Produce scalable vector assets (SVG/AI/EPS) plus web‑optimised (PNG/WebP) and print‑ready files (CMYK/PDF with bleed).
• Provide usage guidance (mini one‑pager) covering clear space, minimum sizes, colour palette, do’s/don’ts, and example placements (web, email signature, certificate, social banners, lanyard/ID).
• Supply certificate header lockups and small “verified” marks for websites/social profiles.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom