Freelance Graphic Designer Remote
Job description
About Crunch:
Crunch is a multi-award winning Software as a Service (SaaS) company born in the heart of Brighton with a brilliant team of 130, over 17,500 clients and 50,000 Crunch Chorus members. Together, we single-handedly pioneered a complete online accounting solution to empower self-employed contractors, freelancers and micro-businesses in the UK, helping them to grow their business and create the lives they want as part of a powerful community.
We’re looking for a talented freelance Graphic Designer to support our remote first team with a number of exciting growth projects.
Purpose:
At Crunch we are on a mission for growth, our website and social media channels are evolving and we’re enhancing and simplifying our customer journeys with amazing results so far.
We’re looking for an experienced and forward thinking freelance Graphic Designer to create striking and impactful designs to engage and inspire our audience. The work will be ad-hoc as required during an initial 3 month period, with potential scope for future assignments.
About You:
- This role is open to applicants with the right to live and work in the UK.
- Please note that we’re unable to offer sponsorship to overseas candidates for freelancer roles.
- The usual working hours are as agreed during Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30.
- You need to be able to work from home in a comfortable, private and distraction free environment, with a solid internet connection (a minimum of 10-12 Mbps upload speed).
Project Services to be carried out:
- Champion and showcase the Crunch brand in all design work.
- Produce eye-catching messaging, design images and iconography that tell a story and skilfully convey the Crunch brand ethos.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of a component library.
- Design social media collateral including images and animation for video content.
- Create beautiful images and illustrations for web pages.
- Liaise with key stakeholders to scope out project brief requirements and review progress.
- Constantly consider user-experience and accessibility when producing impactful and engaging designs.
Experience and capabilities required for assignment:
Essential:
- 2-3 years of hands-on experience of graphic design work in an employed or freelance capacity.
- Available on an ad-hoc basis, to pick up project work as and when required.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working autonomously and a self starter with a remote team.
- Fluent in Figma (preferred) and/or Adobe XD.
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop.
- Can share a portfolio of projects, which demonstrate experience and skills.
- Stakeholder management and strong presentation and problem solving skills.
- Previously designed with mobile first in mind (Android & iOS).
- Understand the importance of accessibility and inclusive design.
Desirable:
- Awareness of the features of a ‘FinTech’ business and topical issues within the wider business landscape.
- Knowledge of design systems and automatic designs.
- Insight of the challenges faced by freelancers, contractors, and small businesses.
What you’ll get in return:
We’re very proud of our collaborative and inclusive working environment - you’ll be working as part of a fun and vibrant Marketing team on an exciting website transformation project.
The time commitment is ad-hoc at present, more details on this would be discussed with candidates shortlisted for an initial call. We expect a high volume of applications, so we may not be able to speak to all applicants with the experience we need, but we will speak to as many as we can. The day rate for the assignment will be £250-£300 per day.
If an applicant for a freelancer role discloses any disability or learning difficulty, we will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to participate in any meetings with our team, which are usually carried out remotely on video calls. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and would like to discuss additional support available, please let us know.
Crunch is committed to equal opportunities in every aspect of our company and the community, embracing and promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our team members, those who apply to work for us as freelancers or employees and our client base, without exception.
We believe that the key to our success is our people, we value the contributions and experiences of all who make up our community. Supported by our company policies and procedures, we will take every possible step to ensure that no person will suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, age, neurodiversity or disability status.
Job Type: Freelance
Salary: £250.00-£300.00 per day
Benefits:
- Company events
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Experience:
- Graphic design: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Remote
