Graphic Design/Art/Brand help for Small Biz Making Electronic Musical Instruments

MicroKits, a small Charlottesville based team making educational electronic kits and electronic musical instruments, invites a local designer to join on a contract basis. This onsite collaboration offers real opportunities to shape our brand, craft lesson materials, refine packaging, and enhance our online presence. The role is paid hourly, between $25 and $35, and emphasizes hands-on impact over marketing fluff. AI-generated content is not accepted for final deliverables.

Location: Charlottesville, VA (onsite). Job type: contract. Compensation: USD 25 - 35 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Understand MicroKits brand and contribute to its development over time on a contract basis.
• Work locally or semi-locally to enable occasional in-person collaboration, ensuring alignment with product goals.
• Operate with Affinity and DaVinci Resolve; familiarity with the Adobe suite will help you pick up processes quickly.
• Support a variety of small to medium tasks as needs arise, including lesson plan formatting, email design, website improvements, and packaging concepts.
• Collaborate on new directions as the brand grows and adapts, contributing your creative perspective.
• This is not a sales or marketing role; engage as a local designer to assist on projects as they come up.
• Example projects include formatting and designing lesson plans for a new product, with later packaging design to follow.
• MicroKits does not accept AI generated writing or art in any final delivered product.

Requirements

• Local or semi-local to Charlottesville with the ability to meet in person as needed.
• Experience with Affinity and DaVinci Resolve; familiarity with the Adobe suite is beneficial and can be picked up quickly.
• Availability to assist with a range of tasks such as lesson plans, emails, website improvements, and packaging design.
• Not a sales or marketing specialist; a local designer or artist available for project-based work is preferred.
• Ability to contribute to formatting and designing lesson plans for new products, with packaging design planned for later in the year.
• MicroKits does not accept AI generated writing or art in any final delivered product.

Technologies

• Affinity
• DaVinci Resolve
• Adobe suite

Overview

We are a small team in Charlottesville with a downtown workshop where we assemble our educational electronic kits and musical instruments. The owner, David, dedicates significant time to circuit design while also creating instructions, packaging, and marketing content. As we grow, we aim to hand visual design tasks to someone who understands our mission. This listing starts with a few hours of work but could expand as our needs evolve. Our work style is hands-on and collaborative, and our design direction reflects a pragmatic, craft-oriented approach. Learn more about our aesthetic at MicroKits.net.