Aboriginal Australian Illustrator

Location: 100% remote work-from-home position (You must permanently live and have the right to work in Australia to apply for this position)

Pay: AUD 28 per hour

Hours: 37.5 hours a week Monday-Friday

Contract: 6-month contract with an extension highly likely. Self-employed contractor. Responsible for own taxes. No benefits.

We are looking for an illustrator of an Aboriginal Australian background who is confident in their ability to create traditional and contemporary styles of Aboriginal art, to join our Australia team. You will be responsible for creating the images used on Twinkl’s resources and will need to be able to adapt to fit with the current artwork style of the company’s brand. We are looking for someone who is creative and passionate about illustration and who can work quickly and independently to create fun and child-friendly images.

Joining us, you’ll be working with a capable team of writers, editors and designers to create a huge variety of learning resources that are in use by educators in Australia. Whether it be an illustration to increase engagement levels of students or to demonstrate a principle crucial to the student’s understanding, you’ll be contributing to Twinkl’s mission to ‘Help those who teach,’ and helping give learners worldwide a step up in life.

How you’ll spend your week:

• Creating illustrations for Aboriginal Australian resources produced by the Australia team.
• Creating general illustrations for educational resources.
• Skillshare workshops and other related training activities.
• Weekly team and line manager meetings

Requirements

We're interested in anyone who meets one, or a combination of the following:

• Relevant experience in illustration/other art and design-based subjects (a degree is nice to have but not necessary)
• Experience in educational illustration.
• Experience in illustrating for children.
• Essential for remote working-access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6MB down and 1MB upload. We recommend you use speedtest.net to check.

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Have the ability to draw to a predefined style.
• Be creative and imaginative.
• Be proficient in the use of Adobe Photoshop.
• Have the ability to research and pull out relevant information & ideas.
• Have strong draughtsmanship skills.
• Be confident in creating both traditional and contemporary Aboriginal art.

In this role, you will learn:

• How to illustrate beautifully for a fast-paced ever-changing professional environment.
• How to make your contribution to a team count.
• You won’t just learn to be efficient, but also to be effective.
• A variety of Twinkl brand styles to service all ages of learners.
• Advanced and highly valued Photoshop skills.

You’ll work with:

• An in house illustration team with over 100 illustrators.
• The Australia product team of writers, editors, copywriters, marketing assistants and designers.
• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content Advisor

Please apply using your CV and a covering letter that contains a link to your online portfolio.

In portfolios, we are looking for candidates with a variety of illustration styles that really showcase basic drawing skills. In particular, we want to see strong examples of line drawing and a good understanding of how to draw people and proportion/anatomy. We also need evidence of flexibility and adaptability to demonstrate that candidates would be capable of adopting the Twinkl brand styles which can be seen on the website.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application/selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements please include this at the foot of your covering letter. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

Equipment Checklist:

Twinkl will provide:

• Twinkl Google account (access to Gmail, Google calendar, sheets, etc).
• Access to Adobe account.
• Access to Microsoft Office.
• Twinkl Account.

What you will need to provide:

• Reliable internet connection.
• Adequate working space.
• Computer/laptop.
• Webcam and headphones including microphone.
• Graphics tablet (no iPads)

Computer or laptop, minimum spec to allow all necessary programs and systems to run optimally:

• Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700.
• 16Gb RAM.
• 256GB SSD Hard drive.

Drawing tablet:

• You will need a graphics tablet with or without a screen.
• iPads and iPad pros are not suitable due to our workflow.

When working it is essential that you have:

• Good working environment free from distractions
• Boundaries in place to separate work from home life

Nice to have but not essential:

• Due to the detail of the illustrations we create, it can be beneficial to have a second screen.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.

Here’s a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:

● A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before the process.

● Flexible working with opportunities to work from home.

● Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.

● Continuous Professional Development (CPD) - Our ever-evolving program includes: Monthly progression reviews, Twinkl’s Management Scheme, commercial awareness training, leadership coaching quads, career chats and mentoring.

● Collaboration across continents! You’ll plug into a global team working to help improve the lives of educators around the world.