Art Director
Deliverance Charities · United States
- Hybrid
- Volunteer
- United States
Job highlights
- Lead creative vision for storytelling and digital content.
- Develop art style and visual narrative guidelines.
- Oversee creative production and manage diverse teams.
- Adapt stories into engaging visual formats.
- Build unified creative identity for the charity.
About the role
Art Director - Volunteer Position
Deliverance Charities is seeking a passionate and visionary Art Director to lead the creative vision, style, and emotional direction of our storytelling initiatives. This is an unpaid, volunteer position ideal for someone looking to make a significant impact through their creative skills.
Position Overview
The Art Director will ensure all creative content—visual, audio, ads, and digital—effectively reflects Deliverance Charities’ mission to develop, inspire, and empower individuals and communities. You will guide the storytelling style for our book series, Tales from the Unfortunate series, social campaigns, and digital content, transforming real journeys of transformation into powerful visual and narrative experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Creative Leadership & Vision: Establish and maintain the creative direction for all visual and audio storytelling projects. Translate the nonprofit’s mission into emotionally resonant stories, visuals, and campaigns. Ensure consistency across all visual art, video, and promotional content.
- Storytelling Art Style Guidelines & Development: Build and maintain comprehensive Storytelling Art Style Guidelines to define visual narrative development and music background. Shape how real and fictional stories are presented to align with Deliverance Charities’ values.
- Manage Creative Production: Oversee illustrators, designers, music producers, and digital creators. Review drafts, artwork, scenes, and scripts for quality, tone, and alignment. Provide clear direction and feedback to multi-disciplinary teams to produce content such as digital illustrations, scene-based marketing visuals, short emotional videos, graphic novels, and story-driven social media campaigns.
- Develop Content from Existing and New Stories: Adapt written stories into various visual formats, including illustrations, scenes, teasers, and animated snippets. Convert stories into social media visuals, PDF designs, web content, teaser trailers, and character profiles.
- Project Planning & Workflow Management: Organize creative timelines, ensure deadlines are met, and manage multiple storytelling projects simultaneously. Collaborate with Content Strategy and Resource Development teams for campaign and fundraising visuals.
Goals of the Role
- Build a unified creative identity for Deliverance Charities’ storytelling.
- Increase audience emotional engagement through powerful, visually driven content.
- Expand the storytelling universe with new books, episodes, and character side stories.
- Support fundraising, awareness, and community building through compelling story content.
- Create repeatable guidelines to enable confident volunteer contributions of high-quality visual content.
Work Environment & Schedule
Our team is collaborative and supportive, utilizing Google Workspace (Gmail, Chat, Space) for efficient communication and workflow. This is a self-determined schedule, requiring a minimum of 5 hours per week, with additional hours greatly appreciated. Monthly updates and check-ins are submitted via email or chat. This is a volunteer role for at least 3 months.
Diversity and Inclusion
Deliverance Charities is committed to fostering a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Key skills/competency
- Art Direction
- Creative Leadership
- Storytelling
- Visual Development
- Graphic Design
- Digital Illustration
- Project Management
- Team Collaboration
- Content Creation
- Nonprofit Marketing
Skills & topics
- Art Director
- Volunteer
- Creative Direction
- Storytelling
- Visual Design
- Digital Marketing
- Content Creation
- Nonprofit
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight volunteer experience and creative leadership.
- Showcase your portfolio: Emphasize storytelling and visual development skills.
- Express passion for the mission: Connect your skills to Deliverance Charities' goals.
- Prepare for a collaborative interview: Discuss your creative process and leadership style.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time commitment for the Art Director volunteer role at Deliverance Charities?
- The Art Director role at Deliverance Charities requires a minimum of 5 hours per week, with a self-determined schedule. Additional hours are appreciated, and the workflow can be adjusted early on. The commitment is for at least 3 months.
- Is this Art Director position paid or unpaid?
- This Art Director position at Deliverance Charities is a volunteer, unpaid role. It is an excellent opportunity to contribute your creative talents to a meaningful cause.
- What tools does Deliverance Charities use for collaboration?
- Deliverance Charities utilizes Google Workspace tools, including Gmail, Chat, and Space, for team collaboration and efficient workflow management. This ensures seamless communication among team members.
- What kind of creative projects will the Art Director oversee?
- The Art Director will oversee a variety of creative projects including social media content, digital ads, design and audio production, book series illustrations, short emotional videos, graphic novels, and scene-based marketing visuals.
- How does Deliverance Charities approach diversity and inclusion in its volunteer roles?
- Deliverance Charities is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. They ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.