Web Design Fellowship at WASH United India

Description

Its no secret that the internet is an incredibly powerful tool for social good. Via the internet, humankind has been quickly filling in the gaps between people all around the globe, and through that process of connection we are learning just how much we can help each other. In that spirit, this fellowship has been designed for a computer lover, dreamer, and Wordpress expert who has a strong desire to apply his or her skills to the activation of innovative and high-impact campaigns which will help those who lack basic human rights like access to a toilet. 

Without engaging and visually compelling web presence, the programs detailed earlier in this brochure will struggle, or fail, to reach their potential for transforming India’s sanitation and hygiene crisis. Imagine: through what other medium would we be able to get soccer moms in the USA to adopt a team in our slum soccer league? Or to get young professionals to sign up for our WASH certification service for maids? Or hold the government accountable to the $450 million it fails to spend on hygiene education each year?

As the Wordpress Developer Fellow, you’ll join our writers and graphic designers and innovation experts to ideate, design and launch websites which will see high amounts of traffic from a global audience. This is not for the weak of heart. 

For much more information on the fellowship (remuneration etc), WUI, and our past and current work, please take a spin through the following presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/maxbearak/washunited-...;

At first, you’ll need to:

• Understand WASH United’s mission, operating structure, and most importantly, our target audiences. Some websites will be geared towards users in India, and others will cater to a more global audience. Some will be used by WASH sector professionals, and other by minimally literate users. You’ll need to be an open-minded fast learner.
• Take part in, and eventually lead, the brainstorming and iterative processes that will lead to wireframes and website design
• Become familiar with how web design is used in the non-profit landscape, so as to be aware of which designs come off as authentic, yet eye-catching

And then, drum roll please,

• You’ll create three to five fully functional program-specific Wordpress-based websites, with full content support from the rest of the WASH United India team

Required Qualifications and Character:

• A robust Wordpress portfolio, preferably from diverse and/or challenging environments
• High level of comfort with themes, plugins and widgets
• Great, but not required: fluency in PHP programming, and strong knowledge in additional coding languages and data and content management systems(MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery)
• You must have a sense of adventure, but also the patience to live in India, where the internet’s speed is sometimes like that of a tired window shopper, and to work with a start-up social enterprise, with only medium-level previous experience in website development. A sense of humor and a kind, generous attitude will be essential.

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