Here is a list of creative skills that are most relevant for jovoto projects.
These are the skills that you can apply to get verified and therefore get the opportunity to be selected for our Invite Projects with guaranteed payments. You are more than welcome to add these and other skills to your profile to better describe your talent!
Please note:
- These skills are commonly required in jovoto projects and will be assessed regularly. Depending on which skills are currently more heavily needed, we do prioritize the assessment of some skills over others. Even if your skills are not being assessed right away, we will get to them.
- In the meantime, please make sure that you have uploaded at least three work samples for every skill you want to have verified, otherwise, we will not assess your work.
MARKETING & BRANDING
Communication Concept - Combination of the ability to come up with creative and innovative concepts for the marketing and/or advertising campaigns AND the ability to realize an attractive and appealing mock-up/final draft of the concept.
Copywriting English - Ability to write text in English for advertising or marketing. Copy aims to increase brand awareness and ultimately persuade a person or group to take a particular action.
Copywriting German - Ability to write text in German for advertising or marketing. Copy aims to increase brand awareness and ultimately persuade a person or group to take a particular action.
Brand Design - Ability to design a new brand/relaunch existing one by defining brand language and visual guidelines with a set of elements to communicate the brand visually including, but not limited to, company logo, fonts, and/or color palettes as well as wayfinding and décor.
Logo Design - Ability to create unique and striking designs for brand logos.
Storyboarding - Ability to define a brand's story, tone of voice, communicate it graphically, and stage the brand identity.
Corporate Identity naming - Ability to create the desired brand perception by offering attractive and fitting name/s to the brand.
Animation - Ability to generate a set of moving imagery (Illustration, GIF) to communicate a brand visually.
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Graphic Design - Ability to create and combine symbols, images, and text layouts to form visual representations of ideas and messages - using typography, visual arts, and layout techniques to create visual compositions.
Layout Design - Ability to create strong layouts - combining text, images, and other elements in clever compositions and interesting juxtapositions. (ie Poster-Ads, Magazine Editorials, etc).
Illustration - Ability to create compelling, hand-drawn, and/or digital illustrations to be used for decorative or marketing purposes, or as an interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process.
Graphic Design for Packaging - Ability to create 2D designs and labels for packaging i.e. for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods or Limited Editions.
SERVICE DESIGN
Service design - Ability to ideate AND illustrate your service design solution. To brainstorm, create and prototype service design solutions, looking to improve the interaction between the service provider and users, may it be to inform changes to an existing service or create a new service entirely. To make your service design solution visually "sexy" is also a part of it.
DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGN
Web Design - Ability to design user interfaces (all the visual elements) that enable a user to interact with a website, with a focus on maximizing usability and the user experience.
User Experience Design (UX) - Ability to design (digital) products, systems and/or services that enhance users' experiences, considering aspects of user journey, function, usability, efficiency, branding and visual elements.
User Interface Design (UI) - Ability to design user interfaces (web & app) and set all the visual elements that enable a user to interact with computers, digital devices, and software, with a focus on maximising usability and the user experience.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT DESIGN
Industrial product Design - Ability to generate and develop ideas for physical new products or adaptations and additions for existing products - considering function, shape, size, color, styling, etc.
Product 3D Rendering - Ability to utilize computer graphics programs to create 3D rendered images of product designs - including photorealistic effects or non-photorealistic rendering.
Product Design Sketching - Ability to create sketches - either by hand or digitally - of product ideas that successfully communicate the intended design concept.
Product Design for Packaging - Ability to generate and develop ideas for new packaging solutions or adaptations and additions for existing packaging solutions - considering function, shape, size, color, styling, etc.
Find out more about the verification process here.