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Job Description
Location: IslamicFamily Hub (Street)
Report to: Foundations Manager
Salary:$17
Number of position: 1
Posting Close Date: May 30 2025
Position Start Date: June 11 2025
Position End Date:August 11 2025
Purpose
The Illustration Intern at IslamicFamily will play a key role in developing visual content for a legal education project aimed at supporting newcomers to Canada. This internship focuses on creating accessible culturally sensitive illustrations for a series of legal guides while also contributing to the development of a brandwide illustration guide and organizational illustrations as secondary tasks.
Impact
Your illustrations will help transform complex legal information into clear engaging visuals that make it easier for newcomers to understand their rights and responsibilities in Canada. Your work will support equity and access to justice and contribute to welcoming informative resources that reflect IslamicFamilys commitment to dignity and empowerment.
How youll benefit
You will be in a supportive and healthy work environment where you will gain:
- Experience applying illustration skills in a meaningful communityfocused project
- Insight into legal education and nonprofit communications
- Mentorship and professional development opportunities
About the Role
- Legal Guide Illustration (Primary Focus)
- Create a cohesive set of illustrations for newcomer legal education modules
- Collaborate with content developers to translate legal concepts into clear visual elements
- Ensure visuals are culturally appropriate and accessible to diverse newcomer audiences
- Brand Illustration Guide (Secondary)
- Develop a visual style guide outlining consistent standards for future illustrations
- Define character styles color schemes and use cases that reflect IslamicFamilys tone
- Organizational Illustrations
- Produce illustrations for general use in communications and community engagement
- Ensure all visuals align with IslamicFamilys mission and values
About You
- Empathetic Visual Communicator You are thoughtful about how your illustrations represent and serve diverse communities
- DetailOriented & PurposeDriven You enjoy refining visuals that have realworld utility and impact
- Collaborative You take feedback well and enjoy working with a team to develop consistent highquality outputs
- Curious & Motivated You want to use your design skills for positive change
- Accountable You manage your time well and deliver work with care and responsibility
Key Responsibilities
- Create illustrations for newcomer legal guide modules based on provided scripts and themes
- Participate in design planning and reviews to ensure illustrations align with communication goals
- Develop a visual guide for illustrations used across IslamicFamilys projects
- Contribute to general visual content needs as time and priorities allow
- Ensure all illustrations respect cultural and accessibility considerations
Work Plan
This work plan offers a rough outline of the internship and is subject to change based on project needs feedback cycles and organizational priorities. Well remain flexible to ensure the experience is both impactful and supportive of your growth.
Week 1:
- Learn about IslamicFamilys mission values and the communities we serve
- Familiarize yourself with the legal guide project and its goals
- Meet with the communications and content teams to understand project priorities
Week 2:
- Develop the visual direction for the legal guide project
- Begin drafting the illustration guide specific to the project (style tone characters color palette)
- Share initial concepts for feedback
Week 3 to 4:
- Finalize the illustration guide for the project
- Begin developing illustration assets for Module 1 (the largest and most detailed module)
- Review and revise based on team feedback
Week 5:
- Begin illustrations for Module 2
- Meet with project leads to ensure visuals align with content goals
Week 6:
- Complete Module 2 illustrations
- Start initial concepts for Module 3
Week 7:
- Complete illustrations for Module 3
- Conduct a projectwide review of all illustrations and ensure consistency across modules
Week 8:
- Begin working on a broader organizational illustration guide
- Draft visuals that reflect IslamicFamilys brand identity and values
Week 9:
- Begin developing general illustrations for use across IslamicFamilys platforms
- Final review and feedback sessions
- Present the completed project illustrations and guides to the team
Education/Qualifications:
- Enrolled in a program in Illustration Visual Arts Graphic Design or a related field
- Strong illustration portfolio ideally including work in education storytelling or social impact
- Proficient with digital tools such as Adobe Illustrator or Procreate
- Awareness of or interest in newcomer issues and legal rights is an asset
Why IslamicFamily
- Keep learning forever We have weekly team meetings and provide immediate feedback to ensure were always learning from one another.
- Be treated right We understand that the best ideas and the most refined work is completed in a respectful and collaborative environment. Negativity has no place here.
- Remote friendly Want to head out on an adventure Grab your laptop and head off on a workation just make sure to take some pictures!
- Excellent benefits Our benefits package covers everything from dental to massages. You shouldnt spend any time worrying about essential medical costs. Its covered. After passing your threemonth probation we will sign you up for your benefits plan.
About Islamic Family
IslamicFamily supports the mother fleeing abuse without asking her to compromise her identity or safety. We support the man seeking counselling that honours his values. We support youth in search of creative platforms that amplify their voice. We support families starting over amidst hardship. We are IslamicFamily created to serve. For over 30 years we have been driven to disrupt systemic inequity reflect a rich tradition with beauty innovate and serve with excellence.
Rooted on Treaty 6 IslamicFamily serves people from all walks of life. We run one of Edmontons Food Banks largest depots provide urgent financial relief support survivors of genderbased violence empower refugees and offer youth programming.
IslamicFamily is an Imagine Canada & Great Places to Work accredited charity and a proud recipient of the Government of Albertas Inspiration Award for its work combatting domestic violence (2020) the Canadian Mental Health Associations Professional Service Award (2020) the Justice Innovation Award (2022) and the YEG Startup Community Award (2022).
How to apply
Please submit your application via our Collage portal including:
> Your resume
> Your portfolio
> A link to 5m video or cover letter telling us:
- How would you use illustration to support newcomer understanding of legal rights
- Share a time you created visuals for an educational or missiondriven project
Confidence (or the lack thereof) can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. Well let you in on a secret there is no such thing as a perfect candidate. IslamicFamily is open for innovation. As long as you are continuing to push your growth and development then consider applying even if you dont check all the boxes on our posting. Questions & engagement are encouraged.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
