DotGov Design, an initiative of AIGA DC, has long focused on supporting designers working with or inside government and civic tech initiatives.

2025 is proving to be a crucial time for civic designers, and we’re ready to jump back in, building space and elevating resources for the changemakers that bridge design and impact.

And we want you to help us make it the best it can be by joining the committee that puts it all together!

This year, civic design is under immense upheaval, with lots of those shifts happening right here in the District. AIGA DC’s DotGov is ready to jump in and help support, amplify, and celebrate the creatives and changemakers who call our city and region home. 

DotGov will be building up to a Fall 2025 Conference (the first in several years!), with a rollout and smaller events throughout the spring and summer (think hosting fun parties, informative panels, and interactive workshops).

If you’ve gone to a recent AIGA DC event before — say, incredible panels like All the President’s Designers, or AI X Design: Innovation Meets Ethics — and asked yourself how it happens? Now’s the chance to find out. We’re recruiting for a number of positions to help bring DotGov’s voice back to life (in big and small ways), and we think you could be the perfect fit.

Joining the DotGov volunteer committee is the perfect opportunity to both grow as a professional and give back to our community. You’ll be able to learn new skills, develop leadership experiences, and build your network. But you’ll also be spending your time providing something really amazing for the civic designers and changemakers in our region: a space that celebrates and supports them during a crucial moment of uncertainty. As an added bonus, committee members gain access to every event for free!

If you’re interested in joining the committee, tell us about your skills and interests – and commitment to civic designers in the DMV area – via this short form. Questions? Send a note to dotgov@dc.aiga.org.

Who We’re Looking For

DotGov is planned by a group of dedicated volunteers. We plan, market, and execute a once-a-year conference, as well as smaller individual events throughout the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region (though some events and activities may be virtual). It takes a lot of time, energy, and commitment.

This is a five-month commitment, running from the beginning of April through the end of September, and much of it is a sprint. Our committee will have a mandatory full day kick-off (on a weekend), and each team will have regularly scheduled check-ins. We’re primarily looking for people who are collaborative, clear in communication, flexible, patient, responsible, and accountable.

You don’t have to be a designer, but an interest in celebrating our creative community is a must. It’s important to our chapter that the DotGov volunteer committee be diverse and representative of the DC design community. We aim to have a committee with diversity in industry, age, gender, professional experience, race, background, education, income, physical ability, and more. Applicants are encouraged but not required to offer this information when applying – all are truly welcome.

We’re specifically looking for the following open roles and responsibilities:

• Programming. You are a planner extraordinaire. You’re ready to take on conceiving of, planning, and executing some of the events that fill our calendar during spring / summer 2025, and that comprise the Fall 2025 DotGov Conference. Depending on your interest, this role could include planning just one big, high-profile event or managing multiple smaller — but still amazing — events. (Depending on interest and availability, this role may be singular and a member of the DotGov executive team, or consist of several folks contributing to our programming team.)
• Communications. All you want in the world is concise language and to tell a consistent story. You have a passion for figuring out how all our different communications channels can work together to tell our brand story, sell tickets, and extend the reach of our events. (Depending on interest and availability, this role may be singular and a member of the DotGov executive team, or consist of several folks contributing to our communications team.)
• Sponsorship. You care about managing important relationships/partnerships and exhibiting clear expectations, and you thrive in getting to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s to make sure these things happen without a hitch. You are excellent at prioritization, communication, and holding teams accountable. (This position will likely be on the executive team.)
• Design. You are detail-oriented and creative. You love finding new ways to visually convey the same concepts to make sure content is never stale, and you love bringing brands to life with the next new tool. You are experienced, willing to learn, and flexible about jumping in to fulfill communications strategy or content needs as they come up. (Depending on interest and availability, this role may be singular and a member of the DotGov executive team, or consist of several folks contributing to our communications team.)

Have any questions? Shoot us a note at dotgov@dc.aiga.org.