Volunteer: Accessible Website Redesign

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit creating social change through pro bono connections.

We are looking for a web designer to rework our site design with accessibility front and center! The volunteer should assess and incorporate our goals and needs and consider our key audiences. The designer should also assess our technical capabilities. 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. Out of scope activities: -Web development (implementation of designs) -Website messaging

An accessible, attractive website will help the organization better showcase artists’ work and reach a wider, more inclusive audience. Volunteers’ design and accessibility expertise will directly support our mission to serve artists and people who appreciate art and create a space for all abilities in the arts.

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.

We Are Artistic Mission: We Are Artistic is a creative collective, welcoming individuals with a passion for expressing their authentic selves through media, thought, and presentation. We make it easy for artists to connect with one another, whether through our active community or at the in‑person events we host across the DMV. We also offer virtual programming, ensuring creativity can shine from anywhere.