Illustrator for Coloring Books

Hi,

We are searching for an illustrator to work from home for our US-based publishing company.

Company

Our company publishes coloring books from multiple artists under the Jade Summer brand. View our products on JadeSummer.com. We are a family-owned small business.

https://jadesummer.com

Impact

Your work will play an important role in with the success of our company.

Daily Activities

You will be working as a colorist who is responsible for digitally coloring our black-and-white line art for use on book covers, Amazon A+ content, and other marketing materials.

Assets must be colored manually (eg. Clip Studio, Photoshop) and not generated with artificial intelligence.

Example #1: https://jadesummer.com/shop/spooky-moments-coloring-book/

Example #2: https://jadesummer.com/shop/country-autumn-coloring-book/

It's possible to expand this position in the future to one where you also work on sketching and inking. This will likely be in the style of our "bold and easy" and "comfy and cozy" books.

Example #3: https://jadesummer.com/shop/100-bold-and-easy-coloring-book/

Example #4: https://jadesummer.com/shop/comfy-and-cozy-coloring-book/

Qualifications

- Excellent use of color to show emotion.
- Outstanding attention to detail.
- Superb organizational and communication skills.
- Love to learn and improve every day.
- Previous experience with coloring books (optional).

Team

We have a small team of remote workers in the United States and in the Philippines. We will collaborate by Slack, Google Meet, and Dropbox. This is entirely a work from home position in the Philippines.

Why You Will Love Your Job

You will get to work for small business owners who appreciate your hard work and have a large fanbase of passionate customers.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

2+ years paid full-time work experience.

Getting Started

We are ready to start immediately or in the next month, but are willing to provide you an additional 14 days if you need to provide notice to an employer.

When You Apply

Please answer all of the questions below.

Candidates who do not answer every question will not be considered. This helps us eliminate candidates who apply to everything and do not read the job description.

Questions

1. What experience do you have with coloring books?
2. How many hours would it take to color the cover image for "Spooky Moments"?
- Assume we gave you the black-and-white line art.
- https://jadesummer.com/shop/spooky-moments-coloring-book/
3. Provide one link to your portfolio. We do not download PDFs.
4. What compensation are you expecting? Provide an hourly rate in USD.

What Happens Next?

We will shortlist our favorite candidates soon after you apply. If selected, we will message you soon.

Good luck,

Eric