Web Designer / Brand Designer

Project Overview

The Center for Election Science is seeking proposals from qualified web development firms to update and enhance our current website. The goal of this project is to improve the user experience, modernize the design, and incorporate new features that align with our organization's mission.

The Center for Election Science is a national, nonpartisan, 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to empowering voters with approval voting. We study and advocate for this new type of voting that let’s people “hedge their bets” by supporting multiple candidates. The result is a greater sense of empowerment and consensus.
We are in the process of redesigning our web presence. The present brief is to outline our objectives and wants on the topic of our website.

Objective

Design a modern, visually appealing, easy-to-navigate website that increases brand awareness and engagement. 


What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a freelance or contract-based web designer. You will work directly with the communications director in our organization to design various web pages and page sections.

Notably we are looking to develop our landing page, a ‘what is approval voting’ page, nav menu design, a ‘supporter wall’ page, contact and donors forms, a research library, and ‘about us’ page. We’d like it to have the functionality to present live streams and show visualizations of polling. Designers should have experience with SEO strategy and experience developing a branding/color palette template.

We will provide copy, images and assets when available, produce them when not available.

The project leader is based in Washington, D.C. The project can be managed asynchronously, but we request the designer to respond to written comments within 1 business day. An understanding of/interest in U.S. politics and/or this subject matter would be ideal.

Project Scope: the selected web developer will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Website Redesign:

  • Develop a modern and user-friendly design for the Center for Election Science website.

  • Ensure responsiveness across various devices and browsers.

  • Testing and QA/QC

• Optimization

  • Ensure accessibility and optimize for search engines.

  • Implement security measures to protect against potential threats.

  • Ensure compatibility across various devices and browsers.

  • Create documentation for future reference and troubleshooting.

Project details

The project has 4 phases : Discovery, Design, Copy, and Development.

Our aim is to have a fully functional prototype in Figma by the end of March 2024. The website needs to be fully responsive. and we expect all page design requests to be designed for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile.

We will provide specific requests to design sections of a given web page, and commit ourselves to being available to answer questions you may have.

How we will decide who we will work with

The job will be available for 1 week from the time of posting. At the end of this week, we will evaluate all submissions, choosing based on your portfolio of completed websites, and your personal interest in the project. If working with an agency, we expect to have a dedicated point of contact. 

Compensation

$15,000 for website +$5,000 for CES branding

We will require a detailed invoice. 
Payment through online portals, Payment schedule as follows;

Initial payment; $5000 upon fully executed contract. Additional payments to be made upon competition of design phase and final close out of the contract.