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UX / Product Design Volunteer – Community Event Experience
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Organization: I Want To Mow Your Lawn (501(c)(3))
Location: Remote
Time Commitment: Flexible (project-based, ~5–10 hours)
Skills Needed: UX/UI, product thinking, wireframing, journey mapping, service design
Category: Technology / Design / Community Impact
About the Opportunity
I Want To Mow Your Lawn is a volunteer-driven nonprofit connecting neighbors in need with people willing to help — primarily through lawn care and outdoor assistance. What started as one-on-one service requests has grown into a national network of volunteers across all 50 states.
As demand has grown, we’ve seen a new opportunity emerge:
👉 Community groups, schools, companies, and volunteer teams want to serve together — but there’s no simple system to coordinate that.
We’re looking for a volunteer with UX, product, or service-design experience to help us conceptualize and storyboard a new “Community Service Event” experience that would allow groups to organize and offer help more efficiently.
This is a design and thinking role — not coding — and your work will directly shape how communities serve one another at scale.
What You’ll Help Design
You’ll help us explore and visually map a new feature concept, including:
- A “Community Service Event” or “Service Day” flow
- How a group (company, school, club) would:
- Post availability (date, location, number of volunteers)
- Indicate equipment or transportation availability
- Define what kind of help they can offer
- How residents or neighbors could:
- View available group service days
- Request help from a specific group
- Understand expectations and next steps
- How a volunteer coordinator might:
- Approve requests
- Assign homes
- Track completion and impact
Think of it as designing the experience layer — not the software itself.
What You’ll Create
This can be lightweight and conceptual. Examples include:
- Simple wireframes or flow diagrams
- User journey maps
- A one-page concept sketch or storyboard
- Notes outlining how users move from:
- Group → Availability → Match → Service → Completion
Your work will be used as a reference for our product roadmap and future development, not as final UI.
Why This Matters
Most volunteer platforms focus on:
- Organizations posting needs
- Individuals signing up
What we’re building is different:
- Groups offering help
- Residents requesting support
- A shared, community-first model
Your contribution will help shape something that doesn’t really exist yet — and that could be replicated by nonprofits nationwide.
Who This Is Great For
- UX / Product Designers
- Product Managers
- Service Designers
- Salesforce / nonprofit tech professionals
- Students or professionals looking to contribute skills for social good
- Anyone interested in civic tech or community-based platforms
No prior nonprofit experience required.
Time Commitment
- Flexible and remote
- Roughly 5–10 hours total
- Can be completed asynchronously
What You’ll Gain
- Portfolio-worthy work tied to a real nonprofit
- Exposure to product thinking in the social impact space
- A chance to shape a feature with national reach
- A meaningful way to give back using your skills
How to Get Involved
If interested, simply reply through Benevity or message us with:
- A short note about your background
- Any relevant experience (design, UX, product, etc.)
- Whether you prefer sketching, wireframing, or conceptual planning
We’ll provide context, examples, and a short kickoff overview.
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Thank you for your interest in supporting our mission! We’re looking for volunteers who enjoy thinking through systems, user experience, and how technology can better serve communities.
If you’d like to be considered, please include the following when you reach out or submit interest:
- A brief introduction
- Your background (product, UX, Salesforce, design, engineering, etc.)
- What drew you to this opportunity
- Any experience with nonprofit, volunteer, or civic-tech work (helpful but not required)
- Relevant experience or examples
- Links to past work (wireframes, workflows, product docs, UX samples, or portfolios)
- OR a short description of similar projects you’ve worked on
- (especially anything involving forms, workflows, CRMs, or user journeys)
- Your availability
- Approximate time you can contribute (e.g., 2–5 hours/week)
- Preferred collaboration style (async, occasional calls, written feedback)
- Areas you’re most interested in helping with
(You can choose one or more)
- UX / workflow design
- Storyboarding or wireframing
- Volunteer or user journey mapping
- Event or group-service flow design
- Salesforce or CRM experience
- Product thinking / feature scoping
Optional but helpful:
- Any thoughts or ideas you already have after reviewing our mission or site
- Whether you’re interested in short-term contribution or ongoing involvement
What to Expect
This is a collaborative, low-pressure volunteer role focused on helping us think through and design better systems — not heavy development work. Your input will directly influence how we build future tools for volunteers and communities nationwide.
We value clarity, kindness, and practical thinking. If you enjoy solving real-world problems with thoughtful design, you’ll feel right at home here.
