The Freelance Senior Designer will evolve a branding system and create a web experience focused on an upcoming event, emphasizing typography and design direction.
Instrument is a digitally native design and technology company built to help brands unlock their full potential. Since 2005, our team of makers, thinkers, and storytellers has partnered with leading brands like Google, Nike, Uber, ŌURA, and Eventbrite to craft digital experiences that create impact and drive results.
Unlike traditional agencies, we don’t just design—we build. Our work lives at the intersection of taste and technology, powered by curiosity, thoughtful curation, and a commitment to delivering the most fitting solution for every brief. We bring this to life across three core offerings: Brand, Marketing, and Product.
As a member of our freelance network, you’ll collaborate with our teams to bring bold ideas to life—whether launching new brands, building digital products, or shaping experiences that move people. We welcome collaborators from all backgrounds and experiences who share our curiosity, creativity, and care for craft.
We believe great work comes from diverse perspectives and shared purpose. If you’re passionate about learning, experimenting, and making work that matters, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a Freelance Senior Designer to join us on a fast-moving project focused on branding and a web experience for an upcoming event. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in highly expressive visual systems and can translate bold creative direction into thoughtful, production-ready design.
You’ll be working within an established creative direction—cyberpunk-inspired with glitch art influences—and helping bring it to life across both brand and digital touchpoints.
Engagement Details
Start: ASAP
Duration: Through April 24
Hours: 40 hours/week
Type: Contract (W2)
What You'll Do
- Evolve and execute on a defined event brand system, with a strong focus on typography, composition, and art direction
- Design a single-page immersive web experience, including:
- An interactive hero moment
- A flexible, reusable component system for the page
- Translate brand direction into scalable digital design systems
- Prepare production-ready assets and specs for development handoff
- Collaborate closely with design and development partners to ensure high-quality execution
What You Bring
- Strong experience in brand design and art direction, with a portfolio that showcases expressive, visually-driven work
- Experience designing for web, including landing pages or campaign-style experiences
- Understanding of how to translate brand systems into digital experiences
- Familiarity with design systems and component-based thinking for web
- Ability to create clean, organized, developer-ready files
- Strong experience with Figma
Pay Range
- The expected pay range for this position is $61-78/hr for our base US Region 3 on a W2 temporary engagement*. We have three regional pay ranges that are adjusted for cost of living (US1 +15%, US2 +7.5%, US3 Base), *learn more about our pay philosophy and cost of living adjustments.
Top Skills
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