Graphic Designer Homeboy Art Academy

Overview

Graphic Designer
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Reports To:

Program Director– Homeboy Art Academy.
Classification: Full-Time, Non-Exempt.

The Graphic Designer will support the mission of Homeboy Art Academy by using design as a tool for storytelling, empowerment, and transformation. This position requires a culturally responsive approach in working with formerly gang-involved and system-impacted populations. The Graphic Designer will integrate their creative expertise with restorative and community-based practices, contributing to arts education, healing through the arts, and the development of transferable skills that connect participants to the creative economy.

• Self-taught designers with strong transferable skill sets encouraged to apply.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA) or Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 3+ years of professional experience with a portfolio demonstrating expertise across print, digital, and branding.
• Knowledge of arts education and healing through arts practices.
• Experience with culturally responsive and restorative, community-based education.

• Create visual text and imagery concepts by hand or using computer software to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate.
• Develop layouts, illustrations, logos, branding, and production design for events, advertisements, brochures, magazines, and other media.
• Design for web, digital, and social media platforms.
• Collaborate with formerly gang-involved and system-impacted populations to support their graphic design needs as part of the Creative Economy track.
• Support curriculum development that connects graphic design with transferable career skills.
• Assist Art Navigators and staff with production, space design, and creative needs.
• Communicate in advance (day of or day before) if unable to attend work.
• Schedule vacation in advance to ensure coverage and coordination.
• Arrive on time and maintain consistent attendance.
• Participate in staff meetings as required.

• Strong visual communication and creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate in a healing-centered, community-based environment.
• Culturally responsive and respectful approach to diverse lived experiences.
• Reliable, punctual, and organized with excellent follow-through.
• Passion for the mission of Homeboy Art Academy: healing, transformation, and empowerment through the arts.

Pay Range: $31-$33 an hour