Chacruna Institute

WHO WE ARE:

The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization co-founded by Brazilian anthropologist Dr. Bia Labate and American psychologist Dr. Clancy Cavnar, based in Northern California and with strong ties to Brazil and Mexico. We promote reciprocity in the psychedelic community, and support the protection of sacred plants and cultural traditions. We advance psychedelic justice through curating critical conversations and uplifting the voices of women, queer people, Indigenous peoples, people of color, and the Global South in the field of psychedelic science.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Chacruna Institute is seeking a Visual Art Designer to create art materials necessary for Chacruna social media, chronicles, site pages, conferences, courses, workshops, and other offerings. These materials should follow our social justice spirit, and heavily enhance our image and branding systems, so having a good eye for aesthetics and interpretation of content is of the utmost importance.


This position requires understanding of the psychedelic landscape, great attention to detail and the capacity to define and execute mid and long term plans involving multiple actors.

This is a part-time, remote position with a commitment of 4-6 hours per day from Monday to Friday. We are looking for candidates from the US, with preference for California, ideally located in the Bay Area. 

COMPETENCIES:

  • Excitement for the mission, vision and values of the organization
  • General understanding of the contemporary psychedelic landscape
  • Proven experience of of design skills and adequate portfolio
  • Relevant work experience is a plus
  • Excellent organizational and self-management skills
  • Ability to speak Spanish or Portuguese a plus
  • Preferred backgrounds in art, design, marketing, branding, or related fields

DUTIES:

  • Create templates for Opening Images in Chacruna
  • Create opening images for Chacruna Chronicles
  • create opening images for Chacruna Latinoamerica
  • Create powerpoints, flyers, t-shirts and other marketing and educational materials
  • Create any other materials as requested by the ED

PARAMETERS

  • Each image should have 1920x01080px a 150 dpi and follow Chacruna’s branding standards
  • Chacruna offers a payment by image or product
  • Designers bio and photo will be published in the Who We Are section on Chacruna’s site
  • Designer are required to work by Slack
  • Images need to be approved before publication (maximum 2 rejections, or new price is charged. Rejections normally do not occur)
  • Designer gets credits on the images published
  • Chacruna owns the image
  • Note on AI:
    • Use of AI by Chacruna designers is discouraged. If used the designer must disclose and acknowledge AI software used in the image credit.

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