Freelance Graphic Designer

About the Role
The company is seeking a versatile, highly skilled Graphic Designer to join the Tendem project and create high-quality visual assets for real-world use cases. This role is part-time and remote, making it ideal for creative professionals with hands-on experience in visual communications, layout design, and creating diverse marketing materials.

In this freelance position, you will engage in a variety of visual design tasks with a focus on logo design, brand identity, and visual concept development. Your responsibilities may extend to layouts, infographics, social media templates, one-pagers, and other marketing and communication assets. We are looking for a designer who can translate ideas and brand concepts into clear, distinctive visual solutions, while maintaining a high level of craft and consistency across different formats.

Key Responsibilities

• Design distinctive, professional logos and visual identity concepts based on brand requirements and creative briefs.
• Explore and develop multiple logo directions, using strong conceptual thinking to translate brand ideas into effective visual symbols and systems.
• Apply branding principles across different assets to maintain a consistent and recognizable visual identity.
• Create clean layouts, modern infographics, and clear visual hierarchies to ensure readable and engaging content.
• Design reusable templates for social media channels, marketing materials, and impactful one-pagers.
• Elevate everyday materials by working deeply with advanced typography, grid systems, and thoughtful composition.
• Transform raw data and concepts into polished visual assets tailored to specific marketing and communication goals.
• Enforce design quality standards through systematic verification of visual alignment, color usage, and layout consistency prior to delivery.

Requirements
Educational Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in graphic design, digital design, or visual communications is desirable.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or related creative fields is a plus.

Academic and Professional Experience

• A strong portfolio demonstrating professional graphic design work, specifically in logo design, branding, or visual identity development, is essential.
• Interest in designers who can create original logo concepts and effectively translate brand ideas into visual solutions.
• A broader portfolio showcasing formats such as social media graphics, marketing collateral, infographics, and one-pagers is highly valued.
• Exceptional grasp of typography, visual composition, color, and grid systems.
• An adaptable, fast-paced, and detail-oriented approach is essential, with the ability to work independently to solve visual challenges.

Technical Skills (Essential)

• Logo & Identity Design: Proven ability to develop original logo concepts and visual identities, from initial exploration through final execution.
• Branding: Strong understanding of brand identity principles, including typography, color, visual language, consistency, and practical application across different formats.
• Concept Development: Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate abstract brand ideas into distinctive, relevant, and visually effective concepts.
• Layout & Typography: Exceptional understanding of typography, precise grid systems, and visual composition to elevate materials.
• Visual Asset Creation: Proven ability to structure information cleanly through modern infographics and compelling social media templates.
• Design Tools: Deep proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Figma to manage a wide spectrum of visual tasks.
• Format Versatility: Ability to seamlessly switch between designing impactful one-pagers and engaging digital templates, adapting to the constraints of each medium.

Additional Requirements

• An adaptable, fast-paced, and detail-oriented mindset.
• Strong dedication to delivering visually polished, professional-grade assets.
• Self-directed work ethic with the ability to manage diverse visual tasks simultaneously.
• Your CV must include a link to your portfolio with graphic design examples. Applications without relevant graphic design cases will not be considered.
• English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2) or above (required).

Project Time Expectations
Tasks are estimated to require around 10–20 hours per week during active phases of the project. This is an estimate and applies only while the project is active.

Compensation
Contributors can earn up to $45 per hour, depending on their level and pace of contribution. Compensation varies across projects based on scope, complexity, and required expertise.