Freelance Conceptual Designer + Illustrator (Funny and Culture Forward!)

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TYPE OF WORK

Part Time

SALARY

negotiable

HOURS PER WEEK

10

DATE UPDATED

Sep 18, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

{Ongoing freelance · Social-first creative}

I'm looking for a designer/illustrator to help me build a distinctive visual language around my personal work online, primarily on LinkedIn.

And to be clear: I am NOT looking for someone to make my LinkedIn look MORE polished. I'm a little funny, unhinged, and fun - honest yet authentic in my content.

I want to make things that make people stop scrolling because my stuff won't really look like LinkedIn content at all and feels like something they have to read.

My work sits around culture, entertainment, fandom (particularly music/entertainment), human behavior, the internet, work, motherhood and the deeply important question of why people care SO MUCH about things.

I'm looking for someone who can help me turn those observations into visual ideas.

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THE KIND OF CREATIVE THINKING I'M AFTER

Think less: “social media graphic.”

More:
> editorial illustration
> conceptual art direction
> visual essays
> unexpected data visualization
> diagrams and maps
> mixed media and collage
> hand-drawn annotation
> fake institutional / academic visual language
> beautifully designed cultural artifacts
> the occasional visual that is objectively ridiculous

Some things should be funny. Some should be smart. Some should be beautiful. (Ideally a lot of them are more than one of those things at once.)

The execution should follow the idea, which means I DON'T want every post using the same template, border, type treatment or layout.

One piece might feel like it came from an old science textbook. Another could feel like an editorial spread, research notebook, instruction manual, annotated photograph or something we completely invent.

I want recognizable visual DNA, not recognizable templates.

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WHAT I NEED FROM YOU

This is the important part: I'm not looking for someone who waits for me to hand them finished copy and then makes it pretty.

I'm looking for a creative partner who can help make the idea itself better.

I'll bring observations, stories, research, cultural things I'm noticing, half-formed theories, screenshots and probably a lot of voice notes that start with “okay wait I noticed something weird.” Then I want someone who can hear the idea underneath that and start thinking visually.

Maybe it's an illustration. Maybe it's a diagram. Maybe it's a piece of fake research (these are fun!). Maybe it's a photograph we annotate.

Maybe you have a significantly weirder idea. GOOD!

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THE VISUAL WORLD

Some references for the level of thinking, not aesthetics to copy:
> &Walsh
> editorial illustration
> visual journalism
> information design
> independent magazines and zines
> internet-native creative
> great advertising art direction
> cultural work that makes you wonder who approved it (complimentary)

I'm especially drawn to work that takes something ordinary, specific or deeply human and gives it an absurd amount of creative attention.

I don't want corporate infographics, generic LinkedIn carousels, motivational graphics, Canva-coded social templates or “personal branding” aesthetics (vomitttt)

And I definitely don't need someone to put my name in the bottom corner of the same graphic 12 times a month.

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YOU MIGHT BE MY PERSON IF

> You're a designer who illustrates, an illustrator who understands design, or an art director who likes actually making things.
> You have strong conceptual instincts.
> You understand typography and composition.
> You have an internet-native sense of humor without making everything look like a meme.
> You're culturally curious.
> You're proficient in art direction
> You can move between funny and emotionally intelligent.
> You have opinions.
> You can take a half-formed thought and come back with something I didn't think of.
> And occasionally you're willing to say, “your idea is fine but I think this would be better.” (Honestly, that last one is kind of the dream... we need to be able to collaborate to make sh*t the world loves.)

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THE GOAL
I'm trying to build something recognizable enough that eventually someone sees a piece without immediately seeing my name and thinks: this feels like a thing authentic to her.

Not because every piece looks identical. Because the brain behind them does.

If that sounds like the kind of creative problem you'd have fun solving, send me your portfolio, rates / preferred engagement structure, and 2–3 pieces that best show how you think.

Bonus points for self-initiated work, editorial work, weird experiments, or something you made simply because you couldn't stop thinking about the idea.

SKILL REQUIREMENT
Photoshop Illustrator Illustration
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