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Joohee P.

Visual Branding Design Specialist

Seoul, South Korea
$35 per hour
2 jobs
$900+ total earnings

If your brand exists but no one remembers it, you're losing opportunities every single day. I'm Joohee Park, a brand identity designer with 15 years of experience — specializing in premium positioning for food, beverage, beauty, and lifestyle brands. I don't just deliver assets. I work with you from the start to define what your brand should feel like, then build the visual system that makes it impossible to forget — logo, packaging, and everything in between. If you have a project in mind, message me now.

Zhanerke Z.

Branding Designer | Brand Identity | Graphic Design

Daejeon, South Korea
$35 per hour
48 jobs
$40K+ total earnings

Brand Designer | Visual Storyteller | Branding Expert Hi, I’m Zhanerke, a creative and passionate brand designer with over 3 years of experience helping brands stand out through impactful design. Currently based in Nice, France, I work globally with US, European, and Asian brands, bringing a unique, cross-cultural perspective to every project. My expertise includes: - Brand Identity Creation: Crafting thoughtful and strategic brand identities that reflect the soul of your business. I’ve worked with a European noodle brand, a US coffee roastery, and designed the visual identity for luxury products like candles. - Naming & Visual Storytelling: I specialize in connecting brands with their audience through meaningful, visual narratives that inspire trust and loyalty. - Luxury Branding: With a strong interest in the luxury sphere, I excel at delivering sophisticated, high-end designs that leave a lasting impression. In addition to my professional experience, I currently work as a marketing designer for UMMA, a beauty wholesaler in South Korea, and offer free branding consultations to help businesses discover their full potential. If you're looking for a designer who can elevate your brand’s story and connect with your audience on a deeper level, let's collaborate. I look forward to helping you make your vision a reality!

Minjeong J.

Korean Creator Sourcing & SEO | K-Beauty Brands Entering Korea

Seoul, South Korea
$40 per hour
4 jobs
$2K+ total earnings

Korean consumers have a radar for "translated content." They know instantly when copy was written by a foreigner or fed through a translation tool — and the moment they feel that disconnect, they scroll past. In beauty and wellness, you can't just translate words; you have to translate the culture. I make global brands sound like they were born in Korea — and make Korean content that travels the other way. I'm a Korean-native content strategist with a Food Science degree and 4.5 years as a certified yoga instructor. I don't write about products from the outside — I read the ingredient list, I live the routine, and I know which efficacy claims get an ad flagged in Korea. ◼️ WHY MY BACKGROUND MATTERS • The Scientist: A Food Science degree means I turn ingredient lists into copy customers actually feel — and I know where the legal line sits on efficacy claims (KFDA and platform ad rules), because I write inside it every week. • The Yogi: In yoga, I diagnose what a student's body really needs. In marketing, I do the same — I find what your customers secretly crave and show them why your product is the answer. • The Strategist: I plan content as connected series — not random posts — so each piece builds on the last and strengthens your brand's authority over time. ◼️ WHAT I DO 1) Korean Creator Sourcing & Direction Brands entering Korea struggle to find, brief, and manage Korean creators. I source nano and micro creators matched to brand fit, write briefs that clear KFDA ad-claim rules before a single frame gets shot, and manage usage rights and delivery end to end. A beauty-brand client expanded my contract to cover this role after seeing my SEO results. 2) Short-Form Scripts & Content Strategy (K-Beauty · Wellness) Viewers decide to stay or scroll in under 3 seconds. I design for that moment: curiosity-driven hooks, retention-focused scripts, and Problem → Empathy → Solution story flow. Currently writing 10 short-form ad scripts per week (English + Japanese) for a global supplement brand. I also edit (CapCut / Premiere Pro) when the project calls for it. 3) Korean SEO & Market Adaptation (Naver + Google) Native Korean copy with the cultural context transplanted — not translated. Long-form SEO built on real Korean search intent, on both Naver and Google. This is the work Upwork clients have already hired me for, twice. ◼️ PROVEN RESULTS • Ran an ongoing Naver SEO blog program for a Canadian beauty brand — results led the client to expand my role to Korean creator sourcing & direction. • Won ₩90M (~$65,000) in Korean government funding for an SME sports enterprise — wrote the application, then ran the budget, the meetings, and a freelancer team through execution. Went on to lead the full digital launch for premium Korean wellness brand "Ritamville" — +30% social followers, +20% web traffic. • Writing 10 short-form ad scripts a week (English + Japanese) for supplement brand "Hautuki." I don't guess what works — I go through 40–50 of the brand's reels a month and turn the winning patterns into a repeatable hook formula. Five proven angles now at 24K–77K views each; channel peak 220K+. • Ran a 3-month Xiaohongshu (RED) market-adaptation program for a verified Korean beauty influencer (71K followers) — strategy, native Chinese copy, and ad-compliant claims for the Chinese market. • Korean on-page SEO for a leading self-storage brand in Asia — 20 keywords across 5 intent clusters, 17 pages, delivered in Korean with English review copies. ◼️ NICHE K-Beauty · Skincare · Wellness · Supplements · Food · Yoga & Fitness Based in South Korea, I work in real time with Korean and Asian markets, and I deliver in English. Let's make your brand sound like it belongs in Korea.

Areum H.

Korean Freelancer | AI Projects, Localization & Graphic Design

Seoul, South Korea
$20 per hour
13 jobs
$500+ total earnings

I am a native Korean freelancer with a diverse professional background in graphic design, marketing, localization, and AI-related projects. Over the years, I have worked with global brands on a variety of projects, including recruitment page design, PlayStation product localization for the Korean market, and seasonal marketing materials for Brazilian footwear brands such as Ipanema. In addition to my design and localization experience, I have participated in several Korean voice recording projects for AI training. I am interested in continuing to work on Korean-language AI projects, content evaluation, localization, and other projects where native Korean language and cultural understanding are valuable. With my combined experience in design, content, and localization, I am comfortable working across both visual and language-related projects.

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