Here's a full breakdown of what a graphic design company expected to see after I applied to a job on Linkedin. Full-time Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. The pay is $5.19CAD/hour. No mention of additional pay for remote work. For anyone not wanting to read through everything, they basically expect you to do logo design, package design and social media design and that all of this work should take around 4 to 6 hours to complete.
Which means that I'm getting, at most, $35 CAD for it on that day.
Here's the introduction
ABOUT
This test focuses on your creativity and problem-solving ability using graphic design. We want you to be creative and innovative without any limits. Show us what you’re capable of!
GOAL
To showcase your skills, we’re giving you a few briefings to choose from, and you’ll only have to work on one of them. We will evaluate your skills based on essential criteria that every graphic designer must master.
You must fulfill all of these criteria; they are of utmost importance.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Fulfill all the test requirements; Correct file delivery; Graphic design skills; Alignment, balance, and contrast of the layout; Consistency of the designs; The overall look of your work
Here are the instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Choose one briefing for this task.
Fulfill all the requirements.
Create a presentation to show your designs.
Upload all files + the presentation on an online drive (Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.)
Inform us of the time spent to accomplish the job.
Show us your best work.
Here is one of the briefings you can choose
BRIEFING 2
Company’s Name: Aloe & Co
About: Aloe & Co is a company that specializes in skincare products. Their products are vegan, cruelty-free, preservative-free, and additive-free. They have just started large-scale production and need to work on communication to showcase their products. For this, we need to structure their brand and visual identity.
Target: 15–60 year-olds who like skincare and look for products with less environmental impact.
Style/Image: Modern, neo-brutalism, natural, vegan, cruelty-free, and recyclable.
Task 1
Goal: Create a new logo for Aloe & Co.
Requirements: You will submit two options: one design must have an icon and a wordmark, and the second will be the wordmark only. Both should be unique and represent the business model and style—you can pick the colour palette and typeface.
Deliverables: .Ai, .Eps, .Svg, .Jpg, and .Png.
Task 2
Goal: Create a package design.
Requirements: We need to propose a new model for the packaging. The first product is a 75 ml skin cream in tube packaging. We need to show a mockup that will be applied to the other packaging. We need one version for each logo you created in Task 1.
Copy: Dry Skin Face Cream. Up to 48h hydration. Suitable for babies and adults. Dermatologist tested. 75 ml – 2.53 oz
Elements needed:
• Signal that the product is vegan, cruelty-free, and preservative-free.
Deliverables:
• Package 35 x 120mm, printable PDF @ 300dpi – CMYK colour.
• Digital mockup of the package.
Task 3
Goal: Create Instagram posts and stories.
Requirements: We need to develop a model of social media posts focused on the new
product. Please create two posts and two stories, one option for each of the brands you
made in Task 1.
Copy: We help the world and your skin. Our cream makes your skin hydrated for up to 48h without causing any harm to the earth.
Elements needed:
• Signal that the product is vegan, cruelty-free, and preservative-free.
Deliverables:
• Post: 1080×1080 pixels, .jpg u/72 dpi – RGB colour.
• Story: 1080×1920 pixels, .jpg u/72 dpi – RGB colour.
Fuck this shit!