Senior Illustrator (Contract Role)

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United States

London

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and dynamic tech company. Picsart is the world's #1 creative platform and social editing app with a huge 150+ million monthly active users and an install base of more than 1 billion.

Job Type: Full-Time, Contractual Role, 6 months

Picsart is looking to hire a skilled illustrator for a 6-month project with the possibility to extend.

At Picsart, we’re on a mission to democratize creativity. We believe that everyone should have access to tools that help them create professional-level designs and content—no matter their experience level.

We are seeking a highly skilled and creative Illustrator to develop and design an illustration system that will work seamlessly across our product and marketing initiatives. This is a contract role, ideal for a passionate and experienced illustrator who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will

• Develop and implement an illustration system that enhances the overall user experience and brand consistency across product and marketing.
• Design custom icons, loading states, and other illustrative UI elements that bring delight and clarity to our users.
• Work closely with product designers to ensure illustrations align with UI/UX goals and technical considerations.
• Inform and contribute to marketing illustration efforts, ensuring a cohesive look and feel.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and marketers, to bring ideas to life.
• Adjust work by incorporating input from data and A/B tests.
• Ensure consistency and adherence to brand guidelines.

About you

• Proven experience as an illustrator, preferably with a focus on digital products.
• Strong portfolio showcasing illustration systems, UI/UX-related designs, and marketing assets.
• Ability to build illustration systems in Figma, ensuring it integrates seamlessly with broader design systems.
• Understanding of product design principles and the ability to collaborate effectively with a product team.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present and articulate design decisions.
• Experience working on contract-based or freelance projects is a must.
• Ability to scale from simpler illustrations to larger, more detailed illustrations.
• Must be able to produce a consistent style, and adhere to brand guidelines.
• Someone who works with vector in mind and has proficiency in digital visualization tools.
• Ability to optimize illustration assets for optimal performance and produce a consistent style.

What we seek and value most in our candidates

• If you like to create things with a user mindset, take ownership and have a natural bias for impact while having fun, you’re our person!
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.