Visual Illustrator

Remote

May 10, 2025

Full Time

Application ends: August 10, 2025

Job Description

About the Role

We’re looking for a Visual Illustrator who can think narratively, sketch rapidly, and deliver with precision. This is not a logo factory or a pixel-pushing role. You’ll be part of a team that designs product walkthroughs, editorial visuals, campaign storyboards, and UI-adjacent graphics that guide, inspire, and delight. If your idea of illustration includes wireframing a story, layering metaphors, and moving comfortably between static and animated compositions, you’ll thrive here.

What You’ll Be Doing

Create original illustrations for product tutorials, marketing campaigns, and in-app visual stories — nothing stock, all expressive.
Translate complex product concepts into clear, visually engaging narratives (often without relying on text).
Collaborate directly with product designers, content strategists, and animators — you won’t be working from briefs, you’ll help shape them.
Storyboard product moments that balance function and emotion (e.g., a user pausing a timer gets a micro-moment of calm — what does that look like?)
Develop and maintain a visual metaphor system that spans across touchpoints without becoming rigid or corporate.
Contribute to evolving our illustration style guide — adding nuance, not sameness.

You’ll Need

A portfolio that shows a clear point of view, range of styles, and conceptual clarity — we want to see thinking, not just rendering.
Strong sketching ability (we care more about idea speed than brush finesse).
Fluency with vector-based tools (Figma, Illustrator) and a working understanding of After Effects or Lottie is a plus.
A firm grasp of narrative sequencing — how visuals can build or subvert expectations in a flow.
The ability to switch between individual exploration and team critique without losing momentum.
Comfort illustrating without text — you can communicate visually, not decorate copy.
Bonus: Experience in editorial, product design, or motion graphics.

Who You Are

You find flat illustration styles limiting and want to bring depth, irony, warmth, or tension into your work.
You look for patterns in user behavior and turn them into moments of visual communication.
You’re suspicious of overly sanitized visual systems — you’d rather make something memorable than merely “on brand.”
You treat visual storytelling as a functional tool, not just an aesthetic one.
You can describe your decisions clearly and aren’t precious about iteration.

Are you interested in this position?

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