Community Resource Specialist – Graphic Design

POSITION: Community Resource Specialist – Graphic Design
REPORTS TO: Director, Outreach & Engagement (O&E)
JOB TYPE: Part-Time Position, 5-24 hours / week
TERM LENGTH: September 2026 to April 2027
HIRING SALARY: $20.50/hour

About us
The University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) is the official student government for more than 41,000 students at the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus in the heart of downtown Toronto. We lead on service provision, program development, advocacy, and the development and support of student leaders. UTSU is a competitive employer focused on creating a culture of belonging, community, and shared leadership.

The Role

The UTSU is seeking for a CRS, Graphic Design to join our Outreach & Engagement Team. Community Resource Specialists (CRS) are students who work to support the UTSU in its various efforts to serve the student community. CRS work collaboratively and cross-functionally, and are critical to the UTSU’s ability to uphold a broad commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

The Community Resource Specialist, Graphic Design will use current digital design methods and technologies to help communicate the UTSU’s goals and objectives and engage students in UTSU’s activities, advocacy, and programs. They assist in the development of promotional materials as required to support the work of all teams across the organization. 

The CRS, Graphic Design is supervised by the Coordinator, Digital Marketing, reporting to the Director of Outreach & Engagement.

Key Responsibilities 

The key responsibilities outlined below are interpreted as being descriptive in nature and are not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. This role is asked to respond in an environment with rapidly shifting priorities, while delivering against a core set of critical tasks:

• Effectively communicate ideas through visual, graphical, and textual/ typographic designs/ layouts based on the requirements, objectives, strategy and messaging of a project (eg. an event, campaign, social media initiative, publication, etc.)
• Design, produce, and maintain visual assets such as: social media posts (eg. Instagram), website graphics, branding, signage, logos, wordmarks, brand marks, advertisements, sponsorship packages, reports, and resources such as: directories, annual report, booklets, etc.
• Implement brand standards and ensure accuracy and consistency with respect to brand compliance.
• Occasionally appear on camera for the UTSU’s social media promotions as needed. 
• Prioritize incoming tasks in order to meet multiple deadlines while paying close attention to detail. 
• Collaborate with team members and internal stakeholders to ensure that projects are delivered effectively in a coordinated manner and on time.
• Collaborate with other staff members in the development, implementation and evaluation of outreach and engagement initiatives in a way that supports the work of other teams.
• Work with colleagues (specialists, coordinators, managers, directors, Executives, volunteers) to execute on UTSU’s strategic objectives. 
• Maintain high performing and positive working relationships across all teams within the UTSU to deliver high-impact outcomes. 
• Actively support an environment of teamwork, cooperation, performance excellence, and organizational success. 

About You

• You are a U of T student enrolled in an undergraduate or a professional program at the St. George Campus.
• You utilize a strong equity and inclusion perspective to gain insights into the challenges that students encounter.
• You are diligent with attention to detail with a demonstrated customer service focus with previous experience in dealing with the public.
• You can collaborate effectively with a team or work well independently.
• You have effective problem-solving, multitasking, and organizational skills.
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, spoken and written.
• You have proficiency with standard office and computer skills.

In addition, the following qualifications are requested:

• Completion of one year or more of post-secondary education in Graphic Design, Design, Communications or Visual Arts, in a program at the University of Toronto.
• Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator and/or other graphic design, video or animation software.
• Demonstrated ability to design and create a wide variety of graphic materials including video and social media posts for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms, posters, infographics and technical illustrations, as well as motion graphics, report layout designs, etc.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to balance multiple priorities, to deliver products on time and on budget in an emergent, fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

In addition, the following qualifications are considered to be an asset: 

• Knowledge of a language other than English.

Availability: minimum requirement of 5 hours/week, and potentially requiring up to 24 hours/week during periods of high organizational need. General availability during the core hours of operations (9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday), though hours may vary depending on need. 

This is a hybrid position (with online and in-person work) much of the work may be completed remotely with an occasional requirement to work in-person at the Student Commons at 230 College Street (or attend meetings/events/initiatives offsite as applicable).

Compensation: $20.50/hour

Term length: September 2026 to April 2027 

Please note that the UTSU is an independent non-profit organization operating within the University of Toronto community; this is not a University of Toronto position.

How to Apply

Submit a cover letter, resume and a link to a digital portfolio, or include sample design materials in your application by email to apply@utsu.ca, referencing the title “CRS, Graphic Design” in the subject line.

Applications will be considered and interviewed on a rolling basis, and are being accepted until August 24, 2026 at 11:59pm. 

We thank all candidates in advance for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

Equity & Accessibility Statement

The University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) is committed to fulfilling its mission in an environment that embraces and actively works towards equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. The UTSU seeks to be proactive in attracting candidates who are members of equity-seeking groups, including but not limited to: women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, racialized people, and people with diverse sexual orientations or gender identities/expressions. 

In order for us to assess all applications in a fair and equitable manner, please indicate to apply@utsu.ca at the time of your application of any requirement for accommodation, or if you would like someone to contact you about individualized application support.