MAP In-House Artist (Volunteer)

Description

MAP In-House Artist (Volunteer)

Organization: Mentor A Promise (MAP)

Location: Remote with NYC-based collaboration as needed

Type: Volunteer (Creative Core Team)

About Mentor A Promise

Mentor A Promise (MAP) is a NYC-based nonprofit serving children and youth ages 5–18 experiencing housing instability through mentorship, literacy, social-emotional learning, and creative expression. Art is not decoration at MAP — it is how children process, heal, imagine, and tell their stories.

MAP’s visual identity, educational materials, books, media, and spaces all rely on thoughtful, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive artwork.

Role Overview

The MAP In-House Artist is a central creative role responsible for bringing MAP’s mission to life visually across programs, publications, and platforms. This artist works across children’s books, curriculum materials, digital media, social campaigns, and physical spaces to ensure MAP’s visual language is warm, dignified, joyful, and emotionally safe for the children and families we serve.

This role sits at the heart of MAP’s creative ecosystem and collaborates with editorial, education, communications, and film teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Create original artwork for MAP’s children’s books, curriculum, and storytelling projects
• Design visual assets for digital media, social campaigns, newsletters, and community outreach
• Support visual development for films, podcasts, and youth storytelling initiatives
• Maintain MAP’s visual style, tone, and character consistency across projects
• Ensure all artwork reflects trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and child-centered values
• Collaborate with writers, educators, filmmakers, and communications teams
• Support production-ready files for print and digital distribution

Qualifications

• Strong illustration, digital art, or visual design skills
• Ability to work in warm, expressive, child-friendly visual styles
• Sensitivity to trauma-informed, culturally responsive storytelling
• Reliability, creativity, and comfort working in a collaborative nonprofit environment
• Alignment with MAP’s mission and commitment to dignity-centered work

Preferred Skills

• Experience creating art for children’s media, education, or publishing
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, Procreate, or similar tools
• Ability to adapt style across different audiences and formats
• Experience working with writers or creative teams

Commitment

• Volunteer role
• Approximately 5–10 hours per week
• Minimum 6-month commitment preferred
• Fully remote with optional NYC-based collaboration

What You’ll Gain

• A meaningful creative role with real-world social impact
• Opportunities to see your artwork used in books, classrooms, and media
• Collaboration with writers, educators, and filmmakers
• Professional references and letters of recommendation
• The chance to help children feel seen, safe, and inspired through art

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply directly through Idealist.

Help shape the visual world that welcomes children into stories, learning, and hope.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with our organization. At this time, volunteer opportunities are limited to individuals based in the United States due to legal, safeguarding, data-privacy, and programmatic requirements. We appreciate your interest in our mission and your understanding of these constraints.