Illustrator

Illustration Consultant (Brand & Design Systems)

📍 Remote (UK) with occasional London workshops

💰 £300 per day Umbrella PAYE (£221.03 PAYE Direct)

📅 8-Week Contract initially

⏱ ASAP Start

📄 Inside IR35

We're partnering with a leading global consumer brand to find an experienced Illustration Consultant to help evolve and define a distinctive illustration language as part of an ongoing brand transformation.

This is not a blank-sheet creative project. You'll build upon an existing illustration direction, refining it into a scalable visual system that can be adopted across marketing, digital products, CRM and customer experiences.

What You'll Do

• Develop and refine a distinctive illustration style and visual language.
• Create illustration principles, guidelines and governance documentation.
• Define composition, shape language, colour usage and levels of complexity.
• Produce exemplar illustrations demonstrating the system in practice.
• Collaborate closely with brand, design and stakeholder teams.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience developing illustration systems or visual languages for recognised brands.
• Outstanding portfolio showcasing branded illustration work.
• Strong vector illustration skills.
• Advanced Figma experience.
• Experience working across both marketing and digital product environments.
• Ability to create scalable frameworks, guidelines and design systems.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted creative workflows.
• Previous consultancy or freelance brand-system engagements.
• Experience working with technology, fintech or digital-first brands.