Youngwilders are looking for a Visual Lead to document and share the progress of our youth-led nature recovery projects across England and Wales, and to produce content to engage and empower young people in relation to nature recovery.

Salary: £13,000 per year + expenses
Working hours: 2 days (15 hours) per week
Contract type: Permanent Part-Time
Location: London office approx once per week, occasional travel required to sites in England and Wales, some remote work

The Role

In this role a successful candidate will:

• Produce photo and video content which documents the progress of our nature recovery projects
• Develop compelling creative concepts for each of Youngwilders programmes of work, and produce content for each of these projects (i.e. poster series for Wayfinders, our Field ID skills sessions)
• Attend and create engaging videos and stills from our youth-led volunteering efforts
• Help realise the creative vision of Overgrowth - our Youth Rewilding Summit held in the South and North of England, and online
• Deliver regular online social media content aimed at young people through our various platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, etc.)
• Support the management of relationships with other creative contributors to Youngwilders, such as our Artists in Residence programmes.
• Work within Youngwilder’s new visual identity.
• Produce and design professional style documents, such as our annual impact report.
• Design and organise the production of physical materials to promote Youngwilders at various events, banners etc

Experience / Skills Required

This role is well suited to a range of creatives who are also interested in nature, environmental work, rewilding, or any associated field. In particular, we are looking for candidates who recognise the importance that creative content can play in engaging young people with nature. We are open to candidates with a range of experience, but our preference will be for a candidate who meets as many of the following criteria as possible:

• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite – Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

• Experience producing graphic designs and illustrations

• Experience producing high quality photo and video content

• Experience producing social media content across a variety of platforms

• Track record of keeping to deadlines, being punctual, consistent, disciplined and proactive.

• Some knowledge / understanding of nature conservation / rewilding and the value of youth engagement / volunteer engagement

The role will require access to a personal computer and reliable internet, please get in touch if you have any problems in this regard and we will try to accommodate. Ability to drive and/or access to a vehicle would be useful but is not essential, please include reference to this in your cover letter

Working with Youngwilders

Youngwilders was formally established in early 2022 as a non-profit organisation focused on accelerating the nature recovery of the UK and involving young people in the movement. We do this through facilitating youth-led ecological restoration projects across the UK, as well as a mix of experimental youth-engagement and platforming programmes oriented around upskilling, energising and amplifying the voices of the next generation of environmental stewards. We currently run 10 active small-scale youth-led nature recovery and rewilding projects across England and Wales and an annual youth rewilding summit held at the Knepp Estate.

Terms and additional information
The role would be two days a week as a permanent part-time contract. Youngwilders operates out of an office in London, which we would be keen for the Visual Lead to attend in person at least once per week. The successful candidate will also need to attend Youngwilders events, which are often at Youngwilders’ project sites. These are currently focused in the South East and Wales, although the organisation is actively looking for projects in the Midlands and North of England. Youngwilders often run weekend volunteer efforts, which would be included in the candidate’s set hours of work per week.

How To Apply

How to apply
To apply for this role please email Noah - [email protected] with a short covering letter (less than one page) explaining why you think you would be a good fit for Youngwilders, and with a link to your portfolio of work.

The deadline for applications is the 14th January 2025, and we will be inviting candidates for interviews in the following two weeks.

If you have any questions at all please do get in touch.