26775 Web Design and Development Sage

Opportunity

ArtsPond is seeking volunteer Web Design and Development Sage(s) to help us strategize, design, and deliver a meaningful transformation of our website and online communications.

The role is both strategic and hand’s-on. The Sage(s) will help shape how our organization connects with a diverse national and international audience through a more interactive, accessible, and multilingual digital presence with Deaf, Disabled, and other justice-deserving groups at the center.

Historically, our WordPress website, hosted on Microsoft Azure, has served as a living archive. It includes blog articles, education and research resources, portfolios, surveys and reports documenting our work and activities with diverse justice-deserving communities in the aristic, creative, and cultural industries.

After more than 12-years in use, the theme that has driven our website has reached the end of its life. We are seeking help to implement a short-term solution that will help stabilize the website and improve its visual integrity while collaborating on a longer-term transformation.

As ArtsPond evolves, we are working toward a website that not only shares information, but also delivers community-centered services that are both dynamic and accessible. These future services may include:

• Work
  Job listings, marketplace for gig workers, crowdfunding tools, impact evaluation dashboards and interactive business intelligence reports, e-learning platforms, and Creative Commons e-book publishing.
• Play
  Events listings and a social network for creatives and cultural workers.
• Live
  Real estate and space listings, along with a shared knowledge base.
• Care
  Mutual aid networks and online journals focused on arts, care, and social change.

The Web Design and Development Sage(s) will play an important role in helping us lay the foundation for this next stage of growth.

Responsibilities

The Sage(s) will provide guidance and support as they are available, including any of the following:

• Assess the current WordPress site and hosting environment on Microsoft Azure
• Recommend and help implement a short-term solution to stabilize the website, address theme end-of-life issues, and improve usability and visual consistency
• Support planning for a longer-term website transformation aligned with ArtsPond’s mission, values, growth, and commitment to accessibiility with Deaf, Disabled, and other diverse groups
• Contribute to design and technical decisions that prioritize accessibility, plain language, and inclusive user experience
• Help lay the groundwork for multilingual content delivery, including English, French, ASL, LSQ, and selected Indigenous languages
• Explore ways to increase interactivity and community engagement through the website
• Collaborate on documentation, workflows, and knowledge-sharing practices that support sustainability
• Work respectfully with artists, cultural workers, technologists, and community partners

Responsibilities will scale with availability and capacity. Not all tasks are expected to be completed by one person.

Qualifications

Our desired qualifications include one or more of the following:

• Experience with web design, web development, or full-stack web projects
• Experience working with WordPress, or willingness to learn within an existing system
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, or modern web frameworks, at a level appropriate to your experience
• Comfort working with open-source tools and collaborative development processes
• Interest in multilingual websites, internationalization, or translation workflows
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly with both technical and non-technical collaborators

You do not need to meet all qualifications to be considered.

Fit

This opportunity might be a good fit if you:

• Enjoy working at the intersection of technology, arts, culture, and social impact
• Care about accessibility, care-based design, and justice-oriented community work
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving requirements
• Are motivated by collaboration rather than hierarchy
• Value knowledge-sharing and sustainable, human-centered technology
• Are interested in shaping platforms that support work, play, living, and care

We welcome volunteers at different career stages, including students, emerging practitioners, mid-career professionals, and experienced mentors.

Commitment and Compensation

This is a volunteer, unpaid position only. The time commitment and schedule are flexible and shaped by mutual availability and capacity. Reimbursements are available for pre-approved expenses. This opportunity is likely to lead to a paid role, pending availability of funding to be confirmed in Fall 2026.

Apply

The desired deadline to apply is May 8, 2026. The posting will remain open until filled.

Please send a cover letter and curriculum vitae (or a 2.5 to 5-minute video) outlining your skills and interests related to the opportunity to:

Jessa Agilo, Founder, CEO
ArtsPond / Étang d’Arts
jobs@artspond.com

Please reference “26775 Web Design and Development Sage” in the subject line.

About Us

ArtsPond is a changemaker of a different kind. Our mission is to nurture thriving ecosystems of care in all realms of life via the wisdom and creativity of arts and culture. Join our team and help deepen the power and promise of arts and culture-led social change and care in Canada. For more information, visit https://artspond.com/volunteer/

Our Impact

Sharing stories | Shaping wisdoms
Through collaborative storytelling, we shape and share wisdoms rooted in the lived experience of justice-deserving groups from the edge. Creative expression helps people navigate challenges and deepen empathy, care, and understanding. Examples include Access Art, aHa!, Caring Cultures, Gentrification Survey, I Love My Gig Ontario, Groundstory, and Together There.

Sustaining ecosystems | Seeding platforms
With collective impact, we sustain mutual aid ecosystems and seed open-source tools and technologies that help people, communities, and systems to thrive. Cooperation helps strengthen pathways to reciprocity, prosperity, and belonging. Examples include DigitalASO, Hatch Open, and Groundtrust.

Settling crises
In moments of uncertainty and urgency, we support creative solutions to complex challenges, from personal emergencies to global crises. Supporting basic needs helps impacted groups to survive while nurturing hope by adapting alternative futures that are vibrant, strong, and resilient. Examples include I Lost My Gig Canada and ThisSpace.

Access

We are committed to make this opportunity accessible to all regardless of circumstances. If you have access needs in order to apply for this opportunity, please let us know what you require at jobs@artspond.com.

ArtsPond is an equal opportunity organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for engagement without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, creed (religion), colour, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity or expression, place of origin, or race, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial, or local laws. We particularly encourage equity and justice-deserving groups including 2SLGBTQIA+, Deaf, Disabled, Indigenous, Newcomer, New Generation, Outside the Core, Racialized, Women/Trans/Nonbinary, and other diverse identities, cultures, and origins to apply.

While we thank all who take the time to apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.