Graphic Design Fellowship

Graphic Design Fellowship, Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Wisconsin residents will be voting again this Spring in a number of elections at the state and local level. Statewide elections for the Supreme Court and Superintendent will be on the ballot in addition to a number of local municipal elections.

The majority on Wisconsin’s State Supreme Court is also once again on the ballot. And, the past year has shown how consequential the court’s role is in protecting the rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites. Since 2023, they have: 

• Ordered new state legislative maps to be drawn to combat our previous Un-democratic gerrymandered maps that gave Republicans 70% of the state senate and 61% of the state assembly, despite the tight statewide margins
• Restored the use of ballot drop boxes for the 2024 election
• Ruled against Act 10, an Anti-union law that eviscerated public sector unions and the right to organize

In the near future, the Justices will release their ruling on the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s 1849 Abortion Ban. 

For all of these elections, it’s important that the over 300,000 college voters in Wisconsin are educated and aware of these spring elections.

Building on work started during the April 2023 Supreme Court Election and in the 2024 election, we’re building a scrappy and innovative team that will organize and inspire thousands of college students to vote in the upcoming Spring elections, including the Supreme Court Election.

What Will You Do?

You will work with the creative team to design everything from social media graphics to stickers and posters that will be seen across campus and help build on and expand enthusiasm and engagement for the upcoming elections. Fellows will work with the Creative Director to support Campus Organizers in their work to build a movement on campus to mobilize students for Wisconsin’s 2025 elections. This is an excellent opportunity to get an inside look at how campaigns work, while contributing to critical elections in 2024. 

The Graphic Design Fellowship will start in February and run through April 2nd.  

The Graphic Design Fellow will spend 15 hours a week mainly working with the Creative Director to brainstorm and create designs for us to use in our statewide campus voter mobilization efforts. An additional part of this role will include talking to students about the importance of the upcoming elections. Tactics include high traffic canvassing, tabling, door-to-door canvassing, class/student organization visits, and text/phone/DM banks. This is a paid fellowship.

Who Are You?

As a successful candidate for this job, you will: 

• Be proficient in Adobe Illustrator and experience creating designs.
• Ability to draw on inspiration and your own creativity to manage and/or execute clever and impactful content production such as sourcing imagery and creating graphics.
• Be in tune with the current trends and be able to draw on those trends to design on-trend work. 
• Have a passion for progressive politics and inspiring young people to get involved
• Be excited to think outside the box and to ideate and innovate to find the most exciting and effective way to bring young people into our organization with our creative brand
• Be scrappy and flexible; able to manage several tasks simultaneously
• Be a self-starter, exceptionally well-organized, and have strong time management skills
• Be enrolled at a Wisconsin college or university

Job Details: Campus Organizing Fellows are paid a monthly stipend of $1,000 and are expected to work 15 hours a week.

To Apply: Please submit this short application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with interviews starting in February.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law.

We see diversity of all kinds as essential to doing our work well. We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse composition of America itself. We strongly encourage applications from structurally marginalized and under-represented communities and experiences to apply.