Logo Designer Needed — App Icon Polish + Wordmark Design (No AI)

We're a trust-first local marketplace that connects parents with verified neighbors for school pickups, errands, and short-term childcare. We're pre-launch and finalizing our brand identity ahead of going live. We're looking for an experienced, hands-on logo and icon designer to deliver a polished, production-ready set of brand assets. THE SCOPE Four deliverables, in this order: 1. App icon — refinement and professional formatting We already have an app icon concept designed. We need it refined, vector-perfected, and professionally formalized — not redesigned from scratch. The final mark should hold up at every size from 1024×1024 down to 40×40. 2. iOS app icon — Icon Composer for iOS 26 (Liquid Glass) The refined icon must be properly built and exported in Apple's Icon Composer for iOS 26, with all required layers and treatments for Liquid Glass rendering across light, dark, tinted, and clear modes. You should already be familiar with Icon Composer and the iOS 26 icon system — please reference past work if you've shipped Liquid Glass icons. 3. Android adaptive icon The same icon, properly formatted as an Android adaptive icon (foreground and background layers, correct safe zones, tested across circle, squircle, and teardrop masks). 4. Favicon The icon adapted into a clean, legible favicon set (16×16, 32×32, 48×48, plus standard PWA and Apple touch sizes). Must remain recognizable at the smallest size. 5. Wordmark / text logo for the website (ground-up design) This is a from-scratch design to accompany the icon. We have loose direction — clean, lowercase, modern sans-serif, lightweight (not bold), to feel modern and trustworthy — but no locked design. We want a designer with a strong typographic eye to bring it to life. Custom letterforms or thoughtful refinement of an existing typeface are both welcome. Lockups (icon plus wordmark, horizontal and stacked) included. ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT: NO AI This is non-negotiable and will be verified. — No AI-generated icons, favicons, or wordmarks. — No Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly, Recraft, Looka, or any generative tool used in the creation of the marks. — Hand-drawn / vector-built work only, in Figma, Illustrator, Glyphs, or equivalent. — We may ask to see process files (sketches, vector iterations, version history) before final payment. If you use AI in any part of the icon, favicon, or logo creation, do not apply. DELIVERABLES — Source files: .ai or .fig (editable, organized, named layers) — Vector exports: .svg, .pdf — Raster exports: .png at all required sizes for iOS, Android, web, favicon — Icon Composer file (.icon) ready for Xcode — Android adaptive icon assets (foreground and background layers) — Wordmark in all standard formats and lockups (horizontal, stacked, icon-only, wordmark-only) — Brief usage guide (1–2 pages): clear space, minimum sizes, color values, what not to do ——— TO APPLY, PLEASE INCLUDE 1. Portfolio links — specifically: app icons you've shipped to the App Store or Play Store, and wordmark / logo work. 2. Icon Composer experience — confirm you've shipped icons using Icon Composer for iOS 26 / Liquid Glass. Link to a live example if possible. 3. Confirmation of no AI use — please state this explicitly in your application. 4. Estimated timeline and fixed price for the full scope above. 5. One sentence on what you'd want to know before starting. Applications without portfolio links or that don't explicitly address the no-AI requirement will not be considered. TIMELINE AND BUDGET Looking to kick off within the next 1–2 weeks. Open to your fixed-price proposal — please include milestones (concept → refinement → final delivery). We value thoughtful work over speed, but we are pre-launch and time-sensitive. Looking forward to seeing your work.