Graphic Designer - Industrial Outdoor Apparel Logo Design

Looking for a skilled graphic designers/vector illustrators to design a clean, iconic logo mark for Cairn Outfitters, an emerging outdoor apparel brand. We are carving out a distinct space in the industry. Cairn Outfitters owns the market on uncompromising utilitarian durability paired with radical authenticity. We build rugged, high-performance gear designed to outlast the trail. We believe deeply in protecting the wild spaces we explore, and honoring a deep respect for both people and the outdoors. Core Requirements: The Mark: A distinctive, 3-stone cairn. It must be iconic and recognizable enough to stand entirely on its own (for garment tags, hardware, packaging, and website favicons) while also locking up cleanly with our company name and slogan ("Break Trail"). The final logo mark and typography must be clean and solid-vector based. Do not include any raster effects, drop shadows, distressing, texture overlays, or gradient fills in the core mark itself—it needs to look sharp and crisp at any scale. The Vibe: Rugged, utilitarian, and built to last. When people see three stones, we want them to immediately associate it with our brand. We want a clean, modern, and structural aesthetic Deliverables: Clean, manually built vector files (⁠.ai⁠, ⁠.eps⁠, ⁠.svg⁠) with zero messy auto-traced paths. Must look stellar in solid black/white and across our core color palette. Versatility & Scalability: The final logo must be clean, professional, and easily adaptable across a wide range of mediums. It needs to look sharp and distinct whether it's shrunk down to a tiny woven garment tag, printed on packaging and stickers, or scaled up for website headers, social media profiles, large-scale signage, and billboards. Typography & Wordmark: We invite you to create or suggest custom typography and font treatments for the company name and slogan that pair naturally with the new cairn mark. Feel free to explore bold or artsy text styles, ensuring the typography complements the mark rather than competing with it, so that the text and logo enhance each other. Keep the aesthetic clean, modern, and structural rather than overly distressed or textured—we want timeless and refined utility, avoiding overly boxy shapes or heavy vintage textures. These font styles should also be versatile enough to carry over into our broader marketing materials and website design. When applying, please share your portfolio links, specifically highlighting any minimalist, geometric, or outdoor/workwear brand identities you've designed. Thanks so much for taking the time to review this project. Were all excited to collaborate with talented creatives and see what we can build together! Below is attached our official company color pallet for reference :)