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GoSafer.Online CIC
‘We are net gainers from the Valley and Big Tech. The problem is with the word “net.”’ — Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business 
Description

GoSafer.Online's goal is to inform people about online risks, ranging from hacks and scams to grooming, radicalisation, and the psychological effects of AI chatbots. We are especially interested in vulnerable individuals, such as the young, the old, and those with limited English. We often reach them through intermediaries such as teachers, parents and carers, and voluntary groups. Our work is supported by a web site and we are planning a social media launch.

There's a continuing need for graphics elements on the site and for all of the other material we create for our public education campaign.

Since we operate in the field of online safety, we're well aware of the negative effects of artificial intelligence. We were called out by some of our UCL volunteers for having AI images on our site, most of which we've now removed. Given that we're not going to use AI for new images, we'll have a continuing need for someone to create them for us.

 

Duties

You'll help us to develop an aesthetic for the graphics on our site, and on printed material and other educational and marketing assets. The style need to be cheap to create since our volunteer resources are limited.

Negative perceptions of finely detailed "uncanny valley" AI images may allow room for a naïve approach (children's drawings perhaps) to work well.

The ongoing task is to find images that deliver a message, or amplify a text.

Training
We'll give you an induction session covering the ideas, technology, politics, and law that determine how consumer technology and online risks evolve. Our site will provide you information about online safety. If there's something you'd like to know about which you can't find on the site, we can research it and add the information to the site.

Time commitment

The role is "as required" so the hours per week will vary. Quite likely it will be at least two hours a week on average. We'll discuss an average weekly commitment with you, along with any end date you may have in mind. This is not formal or binding, but will be useful to both of us in scoping the amount of work involved and the level of commitment you can make.

Causes

UCL Departments

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.