Graphic Design Fellow

HuCapital; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility

Job summary

HuCapital is seeking an emerging designer to create graphics that capture our brand across product, platform, and community. Over three months you will work with the Founder and deliver meaningful brand and campaign work for social media, live events, and the digital platform.

You will gain hands-on direction from ourHead of Events and Brand Lead, building a stronger portfolio and practical production skills while learning how design supports community-driven growth in a startup setting.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a graphic design related degree or program.
• Portfolio demonstrating design range, brand consistency, and visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Design event marketing assets: flyers, promo graphics, content for social channels.
• Create platform-native graphics tailored to each channel’s format.
• Assist with newsletter visual assets and layout elements.
• Iterate designs based on feedback and brand guidelines.
• Shadow the events team to understand event design and execution.

Skills

Typography

Layout

Brand consistency

Visual storytelling

Remote work

Deadline-driven

Education

Graphic Design degree or related program

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

Job description

We're looking for an emerging designer to create graphics that capture the essence of the HuCapital brand across our product, platform, and community. Over three months you'll work directly with our Founder and leave with meaningful brand and campaign work behind your name.

About Us

HuCapital is an AI-powered community platform built for entrepreneurial creatives and professionals across the New York Metropolitan area. Powered by our AI superconnector Huey, we curate 1:1, peer group, and prompted matches designed to transform online connections into IRL collaborations.AI has fundamentally changed the way we work, and the most innovative projects and businesses of our time will be built by people who know how to use it together. HuCapital brings creatives and professionals together to unite their unique skillsets, collaborate on what is next, and build a better future.We curate popular IRL experiences, including our HuLane Traffic Light Mixer, Winning Women Conference, HuCapital Innovation Week, and more, each attracting 200 to 600 professionals and founders across various industries.

About the Role

The Graphic Design, Events Fellow is an opportunity for a designer who wants real-world experience working on a brand that shows up across social media, live events, and a growing digital platform. Over the course of three months, you will produce graphic design work that directly supports HuCapital's event marketing, receive hands-on direction from our Head of Events and Brand Lead, and learn from our events team as they plan and execute experiences across New York City.You will leave with a stronger portfolio, practical production experience, and a clear sense of what it looks like to design for a community-driven brand at an exciting stage of growth.

What You'll Do

• Design Event Marketing Assets: Create flyers, promotional graphics, countdown content, and post-event visuals that support HuCapital events across Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and our newsletter.
• Produce Social Content: Develop platform-native graphics and visual content tailored to the format and audience of each channel.
• Support Newsletter Design: Assist with visual assets and layout elements for HuCapital's newsletter communications.
• Incorporate Feedback and Iterate: Receive direction from the Brand Lead and revise work based on internal feedback, brand guidelines, and evolving creative priorities.
• Learn from the Events Team: Shadow and collaborate with the events team to understand how events are built, marketed, and experienced, and apply that context to your design work.

What We're Looking For

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree, bootcamp, or self-directed study in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
• A portfolio that demonstrates design range, brand consistency, and an eye for visual storytelling.
• Proficiency in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), or Figma.
• Strong sense of typography, layout, color, and how design translates across platforms.
• Comfortable working remotely, independently, and delivering under a deadline.
• Collaborative, communicative, and open to direction and critique.
• Bonus: You have an interest in community, events, or brand work at early-stage companies.

What You'll Gain

• Remote flexibility

A Note on Where We Are

HuCapital is an early-stage, pre-funded startup in the process of building out a team. The people joining us right now are not just filling roles. They’re helping shape what this company becomes.Because we are at the beginning, our current compensation model is stipend and profit-sharing based, reflecting where we are in our growth journey. As we hit our milestones and the platform scales, our goal is to move toward structured contracted compensation that matches the value our team brings.If you’re someone who wants to get in early, contribute meaningfully, and grow alongside a company that is building something real, this is that opportunity. The people who join HuCapital now will have had a hand in building something they can point to for the rest of their careers.