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BWB is a holistic creative agency, and certified female-founded business, focused on female entrepreneurship and initiatives that support equity.

We actively works to disrupt how traditional branding and marketing often centers and reproduces harmful dominant systems, ideologies and oppressive norms. We understand the importance of representation, and the power that our stories and design have to shape culture, and impact real lives.

We take a midwifery approach that we call, Creating from the Center, and highly value attuned intuition, alternative ways of seeing, out-of-the-box thinking, and creative risk taking. Anti-racism, intersectional feminism, non-hierarchical leadership, and a commitment to investing time and resources in learning and developing in these areas is imperative to the work we do. 

We are committed to having a creative voice with perspectives from a wide range of intersecting identities and backgrounds, and growing our team in a representative way. We highly encourage BIWOC and LGBTQIA+ to apply. 

BWB is looking to expand our creative team.

Job Description

Graphic Designer

BWB is looking for a strong graphic designer to join our creative team as a project-based independent contractor. We are seeking a versatile and driven graphic designer to bring additional strength and vision to our print and digital assets. This role will support a wide range of graphic design projects on an hourly basis. 

A sound understanding of the creative process, general marketing landscape, and experience in client service is required. Previous experience as a designer for an agency or creative collective, as well as strong production skills and knowledge of the printing process is desired. 

Timing & Compensation

  • Desired project start date: July - August 2024

  • 10-20 hrs/month 

  • $50-$100/hour, depending on the project scope

Responsibilities

  • Visual branding:

    • Logo concepts 

    • Color systems

    • Font explorations

    • Inspiration boards 

  • Graphic design:

    • eNewsletter templates and design

    • Social media templates

    • Print and digital assets 

      • Postcards, business cards, posters, flyers, ads, etc.

      • Client reports and presentation decks 

      • Visual maps 

      • Branded merchandise (T-shirts, stickers, posters, etc.)

  • Website design (no build or development skills necessary):

    • Website page mockups (Squarespace and Wordpress)

    • Style guides and direction 

    • Web-ready custom graphics

Desired Skills 

  • Connection and commitment to the creative process

  • Developed interpersonal skills 

  • 2+ years of relevant experience

  • Strong emotional intelligence and leadership

  • Genuine care and respect for others 

  • Self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit and vision

  • Motivated to transform systems of oppression, and contribute to something greater than yourself

  • Ability to manage time and budgets

  • Comfortable working directly with clients and building relationships of trust

  • Familiarity with systems and tools, such as: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, Mailchimp, Instagram, Facebook, Excel, Word, Sheets, Powerpoint

  • Knowledge of Squarespace and Wordpress platforms is a plus, but not required

  • Photo, audio and video editing is a plus, but not required

Commitment to Equity & Inclusion

When one of us rises, all of us rise is our equity lens. It is our rally cry as we commit to the life long journey of dismantling systemic oppression, and white supremacy. This work is never about one person, it is always about the collective liberation of all people.

We acknowledge how branding, marketing, and personal development often center and reproduce harmful dominant systems, ideologies and oppressive norms. This is one of the main reasons we started BWB. There have been, and continue to be many great teachers who inform our principles and practices. Some have modeled exactly what we don't stand for, and others are the guiding light as we navigate becoming who we need to become.

We continue to do our own decolonization and anti-racist work on our journey toward accomplice-ship and re-imagining branding and marketing as tools for healing and liberation.

Through our own identity work, specifically in unpacking notions of "femininity", "white femininity," and how it shows up in branding and marketing, we stay in constant reflection about the impacts of having “woman” in our company name. BWB strives to embody and uphold the principles set forth by Black Feminist Theory and intersectionality - a concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1992.

As a company co-owned by two white women, we acknowledge, and actively work, to repair the hurt and fractures within the feminist movement in the United States.

This includes the harm perpetuated by white women throughout history - especially toward women of color, people of color, and gender non-conforming folks.

We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. Racist, sexist and elitist actions and beliefs (ideologies, attitudes, interactions and microaggressions) have no place here. If a concern arises, we will engage in dialogue. We reserve the right to terminate contracts immediately if this is violated.

Our Agreements

  • We lead all of our interactions with the awareness that everyone is doing the best they can, and we ask that you offer us the same consideration. We honor y/our commitments. We honor y/our time. We honor y/our truth. We honor that there is a whole lotta' life and other circumstances outside of work that will impact how we show up on any given day. We respect everyone's unique journey and commit to showing up to our fullest in every moment.

    In the client service industry, harmful power dynamics are often modeled and reinforced. We do not stand for any kind of subservient relationship structure and will speak up if we feel these boundaries get crossed, and always welcome you to do the same. This often comes in the form of "order taking," micro-managing, belittling and control tendencies.

  • We promise not to go should-ing on you and ask that you don't go should-ing on us either.

  • Listening is the single most important thing we can do for each other, and for our businesses. We strive to listen to the said and to the unsaid, with a focus on listening with our whole body. This is truly what sets our practice, process and product apart and what will most help us set your brand apart, too.

  • Sometimes we strike a chord, and touch on tender edges of the process. We make space for this discomfort and look at it as one of our wisest teachers.

  • Putting y/our well being at the center is one of the most important ways we challenge the status quo and model new ways of being and doing business. When you're feeling good, resourced and that your wellbeing is prioritized, the creative process and end product shows it. Same goes for us. On the flip, when we're working from a place of drain, scarcity or dis-ease, it shows.

  • To us, work is not just a J-O-B and fun is not just for after hours. In the joy, play, curiosity and aliveness is often the greatest magic and where the greatest strategies can be revealed. Our goal is not to take ourselves too seriously, and remember that joy in the process is an act of resistance.

  • At BWB, Fridays are reserved as "do not schedule" days. This means that we do not schedule calls or respond to emails (unless it's urgent!). This makes space for us to have uninterrupted time to work on projects, create together and/or take time off the computer to connect with ourselves, the community and each other.