Creative Design and Digital Media Specialist (Part-Time)

Organization: New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC)
Location: New Mexico, United States (Remote)
Employment Type: Part-time, nonexempt
Working Hours: 19 hours per week
Contract Duration: 12 months
Compensation: $30 per hour

About the Position

The New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC) is seeking a Creative Design and Digital Media Specialist to strengthen its visual identity and digital communications. The successful candidate will help create engaging content, manage social media platforms, maintain website materials, produce photography, and support digital campaigns that advance the organization’s immigrant-rights advocacy work.

This position is suited to a creative professional with strong graphic design and visual storytelling skills, experience managing digital communications, and an interest in immigrant rights, public-interest law, advocacy, or nonprofit communications.

Working collaboratively with the Communications Director and other team members, the specialist will help ensure that NMILC’s communications are visually consistent, accessible, accurate, and aligned with the organization’s mission and brand identity.

Key Responsibilities

1. Graphic Design and Content Development

• Create engaging and visually compelling content for social media, websites, email campaigns, reports, presentations, outreach materials, and digital campaigns.
• Develop graphics, templates, layouts, infographics, digital toolkits, and other visual materials in accordance with NMILC’s branding guidelines.
• Produce accessible, audience-appropriate materials that communicate legal, policy, advocacy, and community information clearly.
• Format and prepare materials for digital distribution, presentations, internal use, and professional printing.
• Proofread and review communications materials for grammatical accuracy, spelling, working links, visual quality, consistent formatting, and brand alignment.
• Organize and maintain digital files, photographs, design assets, templates, and completed communications projects.

2. Social Media Management and Digital Campaigns

• Manage NMILC’s social media presence across multiple platforms.
• Create, schedule, and publish content in coordination with the Communications Director and approved content calendars.
• Help develop social media calendars supporting advocacy campaigns, organizational priorities, community education, events, fundraising, and client-resource promotion.
• Repurpose existing content for different communication channels, including social media, email, websites, print materials, and presentations.
• Monitor audience engagement and flag comments, direct messages, emerging opportunities, and potential concerns for the Communications Director.
• Keep up with digital media trends, platform developments, best practices, and successful nonprofit and advocacy communications strategies.

3. Photography and Event Documentation

• Take, select, edit, caption, organize, and archive photographs for organizational communications.
• Document community events, training sessions, outreach activities, advocacy events, staff gatherings, and other organizational activities.
• Follow organizational procedures concerning photography permissions, consent, confidentiality, privacy, and respectful representation of community members.
• Help maintain photo releases, consent documentation, and organized image archives.

4. Website Management and Maintenance

• Assist with maintaining NMILC’s Squarespace website, including uploading and formatting content, updating pages, checking links, and making basic layout adjustments.
• Support search engine optimization (SEO) and website accessibility through appropriate page titles, headings, descriptive links, image alt text, and readable formatting.
• Review website content to identify outdated information, broken links, inconsistent formatting, and accessibility issues.

5. Reporting and Administrative Support

• Track social media, website, email marketing, and digital campaign performance.
• Prepare concise reports and dashboards covering audience engagement, content performance, campaign reach, and emerging trends.
• Maintain communications project trackers, content calendars, digital asset libraries, and related records.
• Participate in organizational meetings, training sessions, and cross-functional collaboration as required.

Qualifications and Requirements

Applicants should demonstrate the following qualifications and experience:

• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, as well as Canva for producing social media and digital communications materials.
• Experience taking, selecting, editing, and organizing photographs for social media, websites, email campaigns, reports, and other communications.
• Sound judgment regarding photography consent, privacy, confidentiality, and respectful representation of community members.
• Experience managing organizational social media accounts, including content strategy, creation, curation, calendar planning, scheduling, audience engagement, and moderation.
• Familiarity with Squarespace website updates and maintenance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and communication styles.
• A portfolio or work samples demonstrating relevant experience in graphic design, social media content, photography, campaign materials, or other digital communications projects.
• Availability and willingness to attend and document organizational events, including occasional local and in-state travel and occasional evening or weekend work.

Preferred Qualifications

The following experience and skills will be considered an advantage:

• Experience preparing and delivering design files for professional printing, including knowledge of print specifications, file formats, proofing processes, and coordination with printing vendors.
• Experience supporting nonprofit fundraising and donor communications, including development campaigns, event promotions, annual appeals, donor stewardship materials, and grant-related communications.
• Ability to translate complex legal, policy, and advocacy information into clear and accessible communications for different audiences.
• Familiarity with community-centered storytelling and ethical photography practices, particularly when working with immigrant communities and individuals affected by public policy.
• Understanding of messaging and strategic communications approaches used in nonprofit organizations and policy advocacy.
• Previous experience with issue-based organizations, advocacy groups, political campaigns, candidates, public-interest legal services organizations, or other mission-driven institutions.

Compensation and Employment Terms

The Creative Design and Digital Media Specialist will be employed on a part-time basis for a 12-month term.

The position offers:

• Hourly compensation: $30.00.
• Working schedule: 19 hours per week.
• Employment classification: Part-time, nonexempt employee.
• Contract duration: 12 months.

The selected candidate must accurately record all hours worked and obtain advance approval before working beyond the established 19-hour weekly schedule.

Eligibility for employee benefits, if applicable, will be determined in accordance with NMILC policies and relevant employment laws.

Important Application Considerations

Interested applicants should be prepared to demonstrate their graphic design, photography, social media management, and digital communications experience through a professional portfolio or relevant work samples.

Candidates should also be comfortable working remotely while collaborating with a larger team and attending occasional organizational events in New Mexico.

Note: The original vacancy information provided does not specify an application deadline, application procedure, or official application link. Applicants should consult NMILC’s official recruitment information for current application instructions.