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Taylor C.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$5/hr
5.0
1 jobs

Hello! I'm still in college and so I'm looking for extra work and experience! I am a graphic designer, and I am very proficient in traditional mediums for illustration and also started work in computer illustrations as well. I'm also a writer for fun! So my typing skills are very proficient as well! Thank you for your consideration!

  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Graphite
  • Writing
  • 3D Printing
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Word
James D.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$40/hr
5.0
3 jobs

I help businesses, startups, agencies, and authors with graphic design, whitepaper design, editorial design, document formatting, and brand identity systems to transform complex information into clear, structured, and visually professional communication. Specializing in whitepapers, annual reports, publication design, book layout, ebook design, presentation design, and branding, I create designs that improve readability, strengthen brand perception, and communicate ideas with clarity and impact. My services include: • Graphic Design for Business & Marketing Materials • Whitepaper Design & Professional Document Formatting • Editorial Design & Publication Layout Systems • Annual Reports, Business Reports & Corporate Documents • Book Layout, Ebook Design & Interior Formatting • Presentation Design & Pitch Decks • Branding, Logo Design & Brand Identity Guidelines • Print Design & Structured Layout Solutions I focus on layout design, typography, visual hierarchy, and consistent branding systems to ensure every project is not only visually appealing but also easy to understand and professionally structured. Why clients choose me: ✔ Clean, modern, and professional graphic design ✔ Strong expertise in editorial and document layout design ✔ High-quality whitepaper and publication formatting ✔ Print-ready and digital-optimized file delivery ✔ Consistent branding and structured visual systems ✔ Reliable communication and detail-oriented execution Whether you need a whitepaper, annual report, ebook, presentation, publication layout, or complete brand identity system, I deliver design solutions that make your content look credible, polished, and impactful.

  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Logo Design
  • Print Design
  • Layout Design
  • Typography
  • Branding
  • Brand Identity & Guidelines
  • Annual Report
  • Editorial Design
  • Brochure Design
  • Print Marketing Materials
  • Ebook
  • Book Layout
  • White Paper
  • Presentation Design
  • Document Formatting
  • Publication Design
  • Ebook Design
Haven F.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$45/hr
5.0
20 jobs

As an experienced graphic designer, I thrive on creative challenges and enjoy finding inventive solutions. With a solid foundation in marketing, branding, and design, I bring a diverse skill set to my work. I excel both in collaborative environments and when working independently. I have a knack for developing and leading projects from start to finish, leveraging my organizational skills and strategic planning abilities to deliver exceptional results. My strong communication skills and interpersonal agility allow me to effectively navigate team dynamics and cultivate lasting client relationships. I am dedicated to continuous growth in my career and am passionate about making a positive impact through my design work.

  • Graphic Design
  • Social Media Design
Robert W.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$30/hr
4.9
79 jobs

Hey there, fellow indie author! I’m so glad you stopped by—I’m honestly thrilled to connect with someone who’s pouring their heart into their stories, just like I love doing with my design work. I’m a Top Rated Seller on Upwork with a 100% success score, and my mission is to help independent authors like you turn your manuscripts into beautiful, reader-grabbing books. Whether it’s crafting a book cover that screams your story, formatting your pages to look pro, or brainstorming ways to get your book noticed, I’m here to cheer you on and make the process feel less overwhelming. I’ve been in the design game for over 20 years, working with everyone from indie authors to big-name publishers. I’ve helped over 10,000 authors (yep, ten thousand!) launch their books, and every single project feels like a new adventure. Whether you’re nervously publishing your first novel or adding another gem to your series, I’m all about bringing your vision to life—no cookie-cutter stuff here. What makes working with me different? I’m not just slapping together a design and calling it a day. I want to hear your ideas, your dreams for your book, and even your worries about the publishing process. We’ll chat, brainstorm, and make sure your book’s cover and vibe feel authentically you. It’s a team effort, and I’m here to make it fun and stress-free. You can ping me any time—weekdays, weekends, even if you just want to toss around a wild idea or ask, “Is this crazy?” I’m up for messages, video calls, or quick chats to talk through your project. Publishing can feel like a maze, but I’ve got your back, and I’m genuinely excited to help you navigate it. Here’s a bit about what I bring to the table: ⭐ Adobe Wizardry: Two decades of creating with Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, making covers and layouts that pop. ⭐ Publishing Know-How: I get the indie author life—marketing, finding your readers, and standing out in a crowded market. ⭐ Book Cover Magic: Designed over 10,000 covers that blend your story’s heart with what readers love. ⭐ Upwork Rockstar: 100% client happiness, glowing reviews, and that shiny Top Rated badge. ⭐ Formatting Pro: I make your book look polished and professional, whether it’s for print or e-readers. ⭐ Award-Winning Vibes: Recognized for creative designs that tell stories and turn heads. ⭐ Global Collaborator: I’ve worked with authors all over the world, and I love how every project teaches me something new. ⭐ Dependable Partner: I’m all about clear communication, hitting deadlines, and making sure you’re stoked with the results. Beyond book covers, I can whip up graphics like bookmarks, social media banners, or even business cards to help you promote your author brand. Got a random design need? Just ask—I’m happy to brainstorm. Thanks so much for considering me for your project! Even if you go with someone else, I’m rooting for you to create something amazing. Drop me a line anytime—I can’t wait to hear about your story and how we can make it shine.

  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Flyer Design
  • Logo Design
  • Layout Design
  • Typesetting
  • Ebook Design
  • Book Cover
  • Ebook Formatting
  • Manuscript Editing Software
  • KDP Interior
  • Kindle
  • Kindle Direct Publishing
  • IngramSpark
  • Book Design
Denys V.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$45/hr
5.0
297 jobs

Logo & Brand Identity Expert | Graphic Designer | T-Shirt & Apparel Designs I’m a Logo Branding, Graphic Design & T-Shirt Design specialist focused on creating visuals that look professional, communicate clearly, and help businesses build a memorable brand. I work with startups, small businesses, eCommerce brands, clothing businesses, creators, and established companies to turn ideas into clean logos, complete brand identities, marketing graphics, and print-ready apparel designs. My approach is simple → understand the brand first, then create designs that are visually strong, practical, and consistent across every platform. From a single logo to a complete visual identity, I focus on quality, originality, attention to detail, and designs that are actually useful for your business. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▸ 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ Logo & Brand Identity → Modern Logo Design → Minimalist & Luxury Logo Design → Wordmark, Lettermark & Monogram Logos → Mascot & Icon-Based Logos → Brand Color Palette & Typography → Brand Guidelines → Complete Visual Identity Systems ◆ Graphic Design → Social Media Graphics → Marketing & Promotional Designs → Business Cards & Stationery → Flyers, Posters & Brochures → Banners & Advertisements → Product & Packaging Graphics → Presentation & Promotional Materials ◆ T-Shirt & Apparel Design → Custom T-Shirt Graphics → Typography T-Shirt Design → Streetwear & Fashion Graphics → Vintage & Retro Designs → Merchandise Designs → Print-Ready Artwork → POD / Print-on-Demand Designs ✔ High-Resolution Files ✔ Print-Ready Artwork ✔ Editable Source Files ✔ Multiple Concepts & Revisions ✔ Consistent Brand Visuals ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▸ 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ Adobe Illustrator ◆ Adobe Photoshop ◆ Adobe InDesign ◆ Canva ◆ Figma ◆ Vector & Raster Design ◆ Print & Digital Design ◆ AI-Assisted Creative Workflows → I use AI tools where they genuinely improve ideation and creative speed, while keeping the final design carefully refined, original, and brand-focused. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▸ 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗗 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ eCommerce & Online Stores ◆ Fashion & Clothing Brands ◆ Startups & Small Businesses ◆ Real Estate ◆ Food & Restaurant Brands ◆ Beauty & Lifestyle ◆ Technology & SaaS ◆ Fitness & Wellness ◆ Personal Brands & Creators ◆ Print-on-Demand Businesses ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▸ 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗘 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ Brand-First Thinking → I design around your audience, positioning, and business goals. ✔ Original Concepts → Your logo and graphics should feel unique to your brand, not like a recycled template. ✔ Clean & Professional Execution → Every element is refined for balance, readability, and visual impact. ✔ Practical Deliverables → You receive files ready for websites, social media, printing, packaging, and apparel. ✔ Clear Communication → I keep the design process simple, transparent, and collaborative. ✔ Attention to Detail → Typography, spacing, colors, alignment, and final exports are carefully reviewed. ◆ My goal isn't just to create something that looks good. My goal is to create a visual identity that people recognize, remember, and trust. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▸ 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ → Created branding concepts that helped businesses achieve a more professional and recognizable visual presence. → Developed logo systems designed to work consistently across websites, social media, packaging, stationery, and print. → Designed custom apparel graphics focused on strong typography, visual hierarchy, and print compatibility. → Built cohesive graphic design systems that help businesses maintain consistent branding across multiple marketing channels. → Combined modern design principles with client-specific ideas to create visuals that are original, practical, and commercially relevant. ✔ Able to take a rough idea, sketch, reference, or simple description and turn it into a polished professional design. ✔ Focused on creating designs that are not only visually appealing but also useful for real business and marketing needs. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you're looking for a designer who can turn your idea into a professional logo, memorable brand identity, engaging graphics, or standout apparel design, let's work together. → Share your idea, reference, or project requirements, and I'll turn them into a polished visual solution. ◆ Let's build a brand your customers will recognize and remember. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ➤ 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Logo Design, Logo Branding, Brand Identity, Graphic Design, T-Shirt Design, Apparel Design, Clothing Design, Merchandise Design, Custom Logo Design, Business Logo Design, Brand Guidelines, Visual Identity, Social Media Design, Print Design, Packaging Design, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Figma, Print-Ready Design, Vector Design, Typography Design, Streetwear Design, Print-on-Demand Design

  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Banner Ad Design
  • Illustration
  • Logo Design
  • Print Design
  • T-Shirt Design
  • Brand Identity & Guidelines
  • Icon Design
  • Sweatshirts & Hoodies
  • Product Concept
  • Product Design
  • Display Product Packaging
  • T-Shirt
  • Versatile Logo Design
  • Logomark
  • Fashion & Apparel
  • Brand Identity
  • Package Graphics
  • Packaging Design
Bryan H.

Charlotte, North Carolina

$30/hr
5.0
2 jobs

My name is Bryan Harden, and I am currently a multi talented creative who obtained a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, specializing in digital communication. I love working on any projects within the audio, video, and photography spectrum. I have experience producing, shooting, and editing on a wide range of projects. These projects include promotional videos, sports photography, team sizzle reels, creating and engineering music, live television, concerts, and even running the video department at Cyrano Video. Working as a Video Production Manager further sharpened my production skill sets. I also worked in Paris where I helped film an award-winning promotional video for the NC to Paris program. I was an editor for WFMY News 2, where I was part of multiple Emmy Award-Winning newscasts.

  • Motion Graphics
  • Film Editing
  • Photography
  • Audio Engineering
  • Television
  • Adobe Inc.
  • Marketing
  • Videography

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