Graphic Design: Email Newsletter Template

We’re seeking a volunteer to create an eye-catching email newsletter template that will capture a reader’s attention and get them to click on various topics. Our organization currently uses MailChimp, but we are planning to switch to Constant Contact. So, we would need help migrating our subscriber list over to the new platform as well. This template design may include the following:

-Header image
-Definition of standard font type, size, and color
-Call to action button design
-Footer design, complete with links to our social media channels, unsubscribe method, address, etc.
-Instructions on how to use the template effectively to produce a monthly newsletter

An updated newsletter template will strengthen our outreach efforts and increase awareness of our work.

Operation Dignity (https://operationdignity.org/ ) is a 501c3 nonprofit that has been serving Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley since 1993. Our organization works to house and serve the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness, including veterans and people living in encampments. Operation Dignity has conducted street outreach to unsheltered people in Oakland since 2001 and is the City of Oakland’s primary outreach provider. We are also the largest Veterans Administration Grant & Per Diem (GPD) provider in the Bay Area and the only provider in Alameda County to offer transitional housing to women veterans and veterans with children.

Despite our amazing and impactful work, however, we’re practically unknown in the area due to a prior lack of focus on our website, social media, newsletter and other communication tools. We desperately need to improve our visibility in order to attract new supporters and funders and allow us to further expand the number of individuals and families that we can serve. This is a perfect, limited duration project for a volunteer who’s interested in homelessness and/or veterans causes, and who wants to help make a real difference to a nonprofit organization.

We are ready to switch to Constant Contact once we’ve secured experienced help with the project, and we have a dedicated staff member who will provide you with examples of emails we’ve sent previously, as well as our logo, colors, and brand guidelines. Once the template is completed, we hope to be able to use it on our own to continue to produce quarterly newsletters.