✨ Children’s Book Illustrator Needed: 50 pages Learning Workbook Series (Long-Term Opportunity) - Contract to Hire

Hi Upwork Graphic Designers, Visual Artists and Illustrators,

We are launching a children’s empowerment workbook series focused on confidence, emotional awareness, gratitude, and leadership.

This is not just a coloring book.

It is a structured social-emotional learning activity workbook for children ages 5–10.

We’re looking for an illustrator who can:

-Create warm, diverse, expressive characters

-Design clean black-and-white activity pages (colorable)

-Develop selective full-color spreads (spot color style)

-Maintain consistency across a future multi-book series

-Collaborate thoughtfully on layout flow and emotional tone

Initial scope:

• Approx 50 pages

• Mix of story spreads, affirmations, activities, and journal pages

• 8.5x11 trim

• Amazon KDP print

This first volume sets the visual language for the entire series, so quality and consistency matter.

We value:

• Quality illustrations

• Diversity in character hues and ethnicities

• Emotionally expressive faces

• Simple but powerful design

• Experience with Amazon KDP formatting is a plus

If this is a strong fit, there is long-term opportunity for multiple volumes.

Please answer the following:

1. Have you illustrated a children’s activity book or workbook before? If so, briefly describe the project and your role.

2. What is your typical turnaround time for a 40–60 page project?

3. Please submit 3 examples of your best children’s book illustration work, ideally including:

One expressive character sample

One activity or workbook-style layout

and/or

One full-color spread

We are looking for someone who can grow with this brand.

Looking forward to worrking with you!

– Khalfani

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