Digital Artist (Contract)
Fast Facts
Amplify is seeking a Digital Artist on a contract basis, responsible for creating engaging narrative illustrations that enhance K-12 education materials and collaborating with a diverse design team to bring educational content to life.
Responsibilities: Create age-appropriate narrative art, collaborate with team members for art specifications, produce illustrations from sketches to final artworks, and follow established style guides.
Skills: Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects, InDesign) and Figma, strong illustration skills, excellent communication, and ability to adapt to various styles.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 3+ years of illustration experience, with expertise in at least three specified areas such as Figma, animation, or print layout design.
Location: This is a fully remote position based in the United States with no travel requirements.
Compensation: $40 - $40 / Hourly
A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.
Job Description Summary:
Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.
Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.
Digital Artists at Amplify create beautiful and meaningful experiences that delight our young learners and their teachers, inside and outside of the classroom. As a member of Amplify’s design group you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, developers, and curriculum experts to extend and improve Amplify’s Art Content.
*This is a contract role.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Create age appropriate narrative art that brings the literacy curriculum to life through illustrated characters and storytelling
- Collaborate closely with the art director or design lead to gather requirements for art specs, and produce illustrations from sketch to final vector art
- Collaborate with interaction developers, user experience designers
- Follow established visual style guidelines, and be able to work across a variety of styles
- Articulate concepts and creative solutions visually and verbally
- Develop and refine deliverables by obtaining feedback from stakeholders and designers
- Contribute to at least 3 of the following workflows, based on qualifications: asset production in Figma/Adobe suite, animation in AfterEffects, print layout design in InDesign, graphic design in Figma/Illustrator, iconography, photo research, photo retouching in Photoshop
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in graphic arts, design, illustration, communications, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in illustration
- Ability to draw by hand
- Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects and InDesign
- Experience with creating rapid sketches and thumbnails for review and feedback
- Experience with creating rich, high-fidelity vector art illustrations
- Ability to follow style guides, and adapt to multiple illustration styles
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Superb visual and conceptual skills to solve problems and create novel solutions
- At least 3 areas of expertise in the following must apply:
- Expertise with working in Figma
- Expertise with photo retouching and image creation in Photoshop
- Expertise with animation or motion graphics in AfterEffects
- Expertise with typography, graphic design, print layout design and print production in InDesign
- Ability to design icons in Illustrator and/or Figma
- Ability to do photo research
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with storyboarding or sequential storytelling
- Experience with animation or motion graphics
- Experience with visual design in education technology or a related field
- Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of education
- Experience with working with mobile game assets
- Experience with Design Systems
- Experience with A11Y in visual content
Compensation:
The hourly rate for this role is $40.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.
Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email [email protected].
.
If you are selected for employment, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination, or submit to enhanced background screening, such as fingerprinting.
Amplify is an E-Verify participant.
Average salary estimate
If an employer mentions a salary or salary range on their job, we display it as an "Employer Estimate". If a job has no salary data, Rise displays an estimate if available.
Amplify is hiring a contract Producer for K–12 Digital Editions — Mathematics to author and update Desmos-based digital assessments and lessons for grades K–12.
Lead Amplify’s recruiting and onboarding strategy to scale mission-driven talent across K–12 curriculum, assessment, and support functions.
Creative and commercially focused Visual Merchandiser wanted to implement H&M brand visual standards, coach store colleagues, and drive an elevated in-store customer experience at the Topanga location.
Lead the creative vision and seasonal execution for A&F Mens knits, guiding a team of designers to deliver trend-forward, commercially strong products.
Lead Jasper’s brand and creative vision as a hands-on Director, managing a team of designers to deliver bold, enterprise-focused campaigns, design systems, and AI-driven creative workflows.
Experienced Staff Designer wanted to lead interaction and accessibility-driven consumer experiences at Visa, shaping product strategy and execution across digital platforms.
Lead visual design and digital communications for DFER and partner entities, producing high-quality creative assets, managing social and email campaigns, and maintaining web content to expand our digital impact.
A fast-moving Figma Graphic Designer is needed to produce large volumes of high-conversion static ads and brand assets for a growing DTC holding company operating in a hybrid remote/in-office model.
Architectural Summer Intern role at AECOM’s Columbus studio supporting design visualization, documentation and collaborative project work for a variety of building types.
Senior Product Designer role focused on designing high-impact acquisition, onboarding, and conversion experiences for M1 Finance’s web and mobile products.
Lead high-velocity, conversion-focused web and UI design initiatives for a remote, experiment-driven team to improve acquisition and conversion across digital touchpoints.
Experienced freelance digital/email designer needed to produce animated and static ads, HTML emails, and landing pages for higher-ed and client campaigns at a competitive hourly rate.
🔮
Hi, I'm Risa! Your AI Career Copilot
you, just ask me below!
