Strata and Story
Volunteer Brand Identity Designer - Volunteer
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Join Strata and Story C.I.C. to design our founding logo! We bridge Earth science with community storytelling for climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and heritage preservation. We need a creative illustrator for a flexible, remote project (10-15 hrs) to build our identity.
What difference will you make?
As a newly incorporating Community Interest Company, establishing a professional, cohesive brand identity is vital to building trust with local communities, local environmental and cultural societies, decision makers, and funding bodies.
A compelling, approachable visual identity will ensure our public educational tools, digital story maps, and community resilience workshops are accessible, engaging, and non-alarmist. By volunteering your creative skills, you will directly help us launch our enterprise with a strong visual presence, enabling us to reinvest 100% of our operational surpluses into place-anchored research and local climate adaptation initiatives.
What are we looking for?
Required Skills & Qualities
Illustration & Logo Design
Experience creating clean, versatile brand logos and visual marks that translate well across both digital platforms (websites, social media, digital story maps) and print (reports, toolkits, banners).
Conceptual Visual Storytelling
Ability to take rich, multi-layered ideas—such as landscape, geological strata, local heritage, and community narrative—and distil them into an approachable visual identity.
Design Software Proficiency
Proficient in standard vector graphics software (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or Affinity Designer) to deliver production-ready vector master files (.AI,.EPS,.SVG, .PNG).
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Collaborative Communication
Comfortable taking part in an initial briefing conversation, receiving constructive feedback, and refining concepts through 1–2 review rounds.
Grounded & Reassuring Aesthetic
Understanding of how to visually represent climate resilience and hazard awareness in a way that feels empowering, place-anchored, and reassuring.
Self-Motivated & Reliable
Able to manage a short-term, project-based workload (approx. 10–15 hours over 3–4 weeks) independently and meet agreed milestones.
Remote
What will you be doing?
Overview & Organisational Context
As a new Community Interest Company (CIC), Strata and Story is currently led by our Founder, operating alongside a close-knit network of community leaders, academic collaborators, artists and cultural/heritage societies. Because we are establishing our visual identity from the ground up, you will work directly with our Founder in a collaborative, agile, and high-impact capacity. There are no heavy corporate hierarchies or lengthy approval loops - your creative expertise will directly shape our core brand from day one.
Key Responsibilities & Priorities
We are looking for a Volunteer Illustrator or Graphic Designer to lead the creation of our founding logo and brand mark. As a geosocial enterprise, our work lives at the dynamic intersection of deep time, physical landscapes, community heritage, and climate adaptation. Your primary responsibility will be translating these multi-layered themes into an approachable, memorable visual identity that resonates with both local community members and institutional stakeholders.
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Your key priorities will include
- Creative Discovery Participating in an initial kick-off call to discuss our mission, explore visual references, and define the core aesthetic balance between physical Earth science ("strata") and qualitative human narrative ("story").
- Concept Development Drafting initial logo concepts and visual marks that communicate safety, place-based heritage, and community empowerment without feeling alarmist or overly technical.
- Iterative Refinement Gathering feedback over 1 to 2 light-touch review rounds to hone the chosen direction into a polished, final design.
Core Deliverables
By the end of this short-term project (approx. 10–15 hours total over 3–4 weeks), you will provide a complete, production-ready brand package, including
- Primary Logo A full-name logo incorporating our registered title, Strata and Story C.I.C., for use on official reports, proposal covers, and public exhibitions.
- Secondary Mark / Icon A simplified graphical emblem or avatar suitable for social media profiles, website favicons, email signatures, and small print items.
- Master Asset Suite High-resolution vector files (.AI,.EPS, or.SVG) and web-ready raster formats (.PNG with transparent background, .JPEG).
- Mini Brand Style Sheet A simple 1-page guide specifying exact color codes (HEX/CMYK) and typography recommendations to ensure brand consistency across all future digital story maps and community toolkits.
This is a focused, high-priority project that will give you full creative ownership over a founding social enterprise identity.
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