Part-time Graphic Designer - 21438

Role: Part-time Graphic Designer

Priority Location: South Africa, Latin America, Philippines

Working Hours: At least 4 hours overlapping 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Central Time (CT), Monday – Friday

Type of Contract: Independent Contractor

Type of Job: Remote

The final offer is at the client’s discretion and will depend on the candidate’s interview result, skills, and experience.

High-Volume Static Ad Production

• Produce 20 to 40 static ads per week for Meta and TikTok across standard placements (1:1, 4:5, 9:16).

• Efficiently swap hooks, offers, headlines, and school variants across ad batches.

• Work closely with the media buyer to analyze weekly winning/losing ads, identify performance patterns, and iterate on winning concepts for the next batch.

Design System & Asset Library Management

• Build and maintain a scalable ad design system in Figma using master components, auto layout, and variants for layouts, headline styles, badges, price blocks, and school color palettes.

• Manage and organize the asset library in Kive.ai, tagging product photography, lifestyle shots, and UGC stills by school, collection, and usage.

• Leverage Kive.ai to generate, iterate, and build concept boards rapidly.

Shopify & On-Site Graphics

• Keep the Shopify store on-brand by creating and updating homepage tiles, collection banners, product images, and promotional graphics.

• Pull accurate product titles, pricing, and links directly from Shopify to ensure total accuracy across all collateral.

Licensing & Brand Compliance

• Strictly enforce licensing guidelines by using only approved school marks, logos, and color codes provided in brand kits.

• Ensure all required trademark lines and legal elements are included on every asset prior to deployment.

• Experience: 2+ years designing paid social static ads for an e-commerce/D2C brand, with a portfolio of live, performing ad concepts.

• Figma Mastery: Expert-level skills in Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, and maintaining shared team libraries.

• Asset Organization Tools: Hands-on experience using Kive.ai (or a close equivalent) for asset tagging, organization, and AI-assisted concepting.

• Shopify Knowledge: Working knowledge of Shopify for editing theme sections, product/collection imagery, and promo banners.

• Speed & Production Focus: Ability to turn a brief into 10+ polished variants in a single day while maintaining high quality across sustained sprints.

• English Proficiency: Strong written English skills capable of drafting clear, native-sounding ad headlines and offer copy.

• Schedule: Availability for at least 4 hours of daily overlap with 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Central Time (CT), Monday through Friday.

• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for photo compositing/cleanup, and basic motion design skills in After Effects or Canva (GIFs/short video).

• Prior experience working with licensed goods, sports brands, or team-identity products where color precision and mark accuracy are critical.

• Familiarity with Meta Ads Library and TikTok Creative Center for trend research and competitive analysis.

• Passion for or familiarity with U.S. college sports and fan culture.