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Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation
6 - 9 weeks
Can be done remotely
Chicago, Illinois
Website design

Posted March 22
Member since 2023-07-12

Project Overview

Our nonprofit is seeking a web designer to create structure and design options for our nonprofit website.

We are currently using WIX. The volunteer should assess and incorporate our goals and needs and consider our key audiences, while keeping our technical capabilities in mind. The project's deliverable is a draft of architecture and design concepts that we can easily share with a web developer volunteer or a member of our team who will use the guide to create our new site.

Our work will take place over multiple meetings in six to nine weeks. In our first meeting, the volunteer should interview us about our desired features, our web capabilities, and our technical expertise. Then, they'll synthesize the information into a requirements briefing. We'll engage in various check-ins, where a member or members of our team will provide feedback. The volunteer will audit our current site to create a draft of site architecture and design options, including wireframes, site structure, and other visual elements.

We are a small nonprofit located on the West Side of Chicago and are growing rapidly. Our website feels outdated, but we don't have the funding to hire somebody to help us improve it. We have a Communications Manager who is tech savvy and can provide great assistance, but doesn't have the bandwidth to do it herself as she also handles our Social Media platforms and communications. We would love to have somebody with expertise in this area help us revitalize our website!

We have already thought about and are prepared to brief you about our current website platform, budget restrictions for the build, our branding collaterals and norms, and information about our stakeholder groups and target audiences. We've also compiled some photos and have some language developed that we will share with you and samples of sites we like.

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Nonprofit Overview

Urban Autism Solutions (aka The Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation) is dedicated to changing outcomes for young adults with autism through an integrated community life that advances social and vocational opportunities.

Since our founding in 2012, UAS has served more than 1,000 young adults and provides a multitude of social and vocational opportunities for individuals through innovative, community-based programs, including our West Side Transition Academy, Life Lab, and our 1.2-acre Growing Solutions Farm.

Skills

Graphic design web
User experience design
Wix
User interface design