Instructional Graphic Designer - Contract

Teachers of Tomorrow; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Teachers of Tomorrow is seeking an Instructional Graphic Designer to build a repeatable visual system for online learning. You will craft a Canva-based library of templates, icons, diagrams, and visuals that educators can reuse across courses, aligned with brand standards.

This role emphasizes practical systems thinking, accessibility, and collaboration with curriculum and content teams to deliver learner-friendly visuals.

Qualifications

• At least two years of professional graphic design experience.
• Advanced Canva proficiency, including template development and Brand Kits.
• Experience designing within brand guidelines and visual systems.
• Strong portfolio featuring reusable templates, icons, infographics, or info design.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, engaging visuals for learners.
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, accessibility, readability, and layout.
• Ability to build flexible templates that are easy for non-designers to maintain.
• Excellent organization and ability to manage multiple deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Design a reusable library of instructional assets and editable templates in Canva.
• Apply brand standards, colors, typography, imagery, logo usage, and guidelines.
• Create flexible templates that non-designers can update and reuse.
• Partner with curriculum, content, and project teams to standardize design needs.
• Develop icons, illustrations, graphics, image treatments, callouts, and visuals.
• Create course banners, module headers, lesson graphics, worksheets, and workbooks.
• Design diagrams, infographics, timelines, and information-design assets.
• Organize templates and assets with clear naming and scalable structure.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback while maintaining brand consistency, usability, accessibility.
• Apply strong visual hierarchy, readability, and accessibility in every deliverable.

Skills

Graphic design

Canva

Brand guidelines

Infographics

Templates

Accessibility

Organization

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Instructional Graphic Designer - Contract

Remote - HOUSTON, TX

About Us

Teachers of Tomorrow is committed to improving the quality of education by serving as a trusted partner to diverse and dedicated educators. Through training, technology, and caring support, we equip aspiring teachers with the knowledge and skills they need to enter the classroom and make a lasting impact on children and communities. Our vision is to be the nation’s leader in developing quality educators.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Instructional Graphic Designer to create a reusable library of brand-aligned visual assets for an online learning program. You will develop editable Canva templates, icons, graphics, diagrams, and related visual elements that course developers, instructional designers, and content teams can use across multiple courses.

This is not a traditional marketing design role or a full-course development role. The focus is building a practical, repeatable visual system that helps non-designers create cohesive, learner-friendly content efficiently.

What You’ll Do

• Design a reusable library of instructional assets and editable templates in Canva.
• Apply established brand standards, including approved colors, typography, imagery, logo usage, and visual guidelines.
• Create flexible templates that non-designers can easily update and reuse.
• Partner with curriculum, content, and project teams to identify common design needs and opportunities for standardization.
• Develop icons, illustrations, graphics, image treatments, callouts, and visual accents.
• Create course banners, module headers, lesson graphics, worksheets, job aids, learner guides, and workbook templates.
• Design process diagrams, infographics, comparison charts, timelines, concept maps, and other information-design assets.
• Organize templates and assets using a clear naming and file structure that can scale over time.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback while maintaining brand consistency, usability, and accessibility.
• Apply strong visual hierarchy, readability, and accessibility practices to every deliverable.

What You’ll Deliver

• A clearly organized Canva asset library with reusable icons, graphics, templates, and diagrams.
• Editable master templates for future course development.
• Naming and file-organization standards that support easy maintenance and reuse.
• Basic usage guidance for course development teams.
• A cohesive visual system that supports a consistent learner experience across courses.

What You Bring

• At least two years of professional graphic design experience.
• Advanced Canva proficiency, including template development and Canva Brand Kits.
• Experience designing within established brand guidelines and visual systems.
• A strong portfolio featuring reusable templates, asset libraries, icons, infographics, or information design.
• The ability to translate complex concepts into clear, engaging, learner-friendly visuals.
• A strong understanding of visual hierarchy, accessibility, readability, and layout.
• The ability to build flexible templates that are easy for non-designers to maintain.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deliverables.

Preferred Experience

• Design work for online learning, training, workforce development, K–12, higher education, professional education, or educational publishing.
• Experience supporting instructional design, curriculum development, or content teams.
• Familiarity with adult learning principles and educational content development.
• Experience creating scalable design systems or shared asset libraries.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign.

We welcome designers who combine strong visual judgment with practical systems thinking and a commitment to creating accessible, easy-to-use learning materials.