Job description
Brand Purist is looking for a freelance brand designer to help small businesses and startups bring their vision to life through design. Your responsibilities will include generating concepts based on brand strategy, creating mock-ups for brand touchpoints, and delivering finalised design assets and templates.
Responsibilities
- Create new visual identities based on existing research and strategy
- Design for existing brands within strict constraints
- Produce moodboards to reflect brand values and desired positioning
- Generate logo ideas and design concepts to match brand strategy
- Define colour palettes and typographic styles
- Mock up visual identities on a range of items to a high standard
- Draft content and create visuals for brand guidelines
- Design layouts, artworks and icons to fit the agreed visual identity
- Create brand collateral such as presentations and social media assets, in keeping with guidelines
- Create design templates for clients without design experience
Experience
- Ability to bring brand strategy to life through design across varied touchpoints
- Clear understanding of how design fits into the branding process
- Highly skilled at using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and preferably After Effects
- Confidence communicating ideas clearly in English, both verbally and in writing
- Fully set up as a self-employed freelancer or company
- Knowledge of HTML and CSS is a bonus
Qualities we value
- Strong work ethic and self-reliance
- Attention to detail and precision
- Speed and adaptability in responding to new challenges
- Resilience to stay creative under pressure and meet deadlines
- Natural tendency to underpromise and overdeliver
Remote working
Brand Purist currently operates fully remotely and this will remain so for the foreseeable future. You are expected to have a fast internet connection and the right software tools to collaborate. We welcome applications for freelance roles from all parts of the world.
How to apply
- Share three examples of your best work
- Describe the process and your specific involvement in the projects
- Supply a brief overview of your work history
- Tell us your day and/or hourly rate and at what stage you normally invoice for projects
- Provide a sample proposal for a visual identity design project
- Send your application to jobs@brandpurist.com
We aim to acknowledge receipt of your application within two working days and assess your application within two weeks. If successful, we will be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting.