Design Critic (Graphic, Web, Product, Interactive, Gaming, Brand)

About the role

This role can be summarized as a design critic. We are looking for mid-senior level designers, professionally trained, with degrees in design or similar fields, and who understand not just how to execute, but why certain creative choices resonate. Designers who thrive in this role are great both at crafting and, especially, at providing structured feedback and direction.

What You'll Do

• Critique & evaluate assets: structured reviews, QA, and clear articulation of what separates good from great to teach models how to judge quality
• Vote & rank your preferences: compare outputs, pick what's best, and help train models on what "great" looks like
• Design & build from scratch: design example "amazing" outputs from scratch, or creative briefs for them

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional design
• Experience giving design feedback in a professional setting (design critique, design awards jury, creative direction, management)
• Strong eye across traditional design fundamentals (typography, color, spacing, grids, etc.)
• Comfortable with professional design vocabulary: leading, tracking, kerning, cap height, color relationships, grid systems, visual hierarchy. You should write the way you would speak to another senior designer.
• Fluent in English & strong ability to provide deep written expertise as it pertains to design theory and concepting

Qualifications

We are seeking a variety of styles and specialties and designers from various different backgrounds both in industry and skillset.

• Brand & Identity Design: Print Design, Logo, SVG, Illustration Design, & Comms (Presentations, Documents, PDFs)
• Digital & Web Design (static, social, email)
• UI/UX Design & Product Design
• Interactive, Motion, Responsive
• 3D / Generative Media
• Game Design (especially web-game)

Our Process

• Apply to the opportunity (<10min)
• Complete a design critique assessment (<45min): this is built to gauge your critical design thinking and ability to have clear opinions and a high bar.
• A successful assessment results in an offer to join an active project, and to kick off your onboarding process (MFA, SOW, Background check) as well as your project onboarding.
• You become an official member of the community! You'll gain access to events, other creative technologists and other perks! You'll also become eligible for other paid projects!

Pay & Schedule

• All projects with TasteMakers are Remote, Work from Anywhere, and paid hourly via Independent Contractor.
• We hire globally, and pay competitive rates in USD.