The Project
Match With Arts and Culture was a 2-year European project (2021–2023) bringing together 6 partner organisations across Spain (2), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1) and Bulgaria (2) around a shared goal: promoting cultural mentoring as a tool for the social inclusion of young people.
The project aimed to empower marginalised youth by connecting them with volunteer mentors and meaningful cultural experiences — building culturally aware communities and developing new skills and interests among participants. The programme targeted 100 young people as volunteer mentors and 140 as cultural activity participants.
Scope & Responsibilities
Web development: Built the project website following the visual identity developed by the project’s lead communications partner — applying the graphic line consistently across information architecture, layout and content.
Social media support: Produced social media content and designs in support of the project’s communications — working within the established graphic line and coordinating with the lead communications colleague who defined the visual identity.
Reporting templates: Designed a branded report template aligned with the project’s graphic identity, used to present project results and outcomes to partners and funding bodies.
Partner meetings & project coordination: Participated in ongoing project management and follow-up meetings throughout the two-year programme, including in-person partner meetings in 3 countries across the partnership.
What This Project Demonstrates
Working within a defined visual identity — rather than creating one — is a distinct skill: it requires understanding the logic behind someone else’s design decisions and applying them consistently across different formats and contexts.
This project also reflects experience working in genuinely international partnerships, where communications materials need to serve audiences across multiple languages, institutional cultures and national contexts simultaneously.
Impact
- Website and social media content delivered across a 2-year project lifecycle
- Branded reporting template created for results dissemination
- 6 partner organisations across 4 countries
- In-person partner meetings attended in 3 countries
- Project reached 240 young people across the partnership (100 mentors + 140 participants)