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Brand & Visual Designer

This application includes a brief knowledge assessment, so please set aside 30–45 minutes in a quiet space. The quiz is timed and monitored for academic integrity. Read each question carefully — there are no trick questions, just honest evaluation of your skills and fit.

Àṣẹ Haus Office Hours
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Eastern Time
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Team members must maintain availability for meetings and client sessions within these hours. You do not need to be working the full 12-hour window each day, but reliable, consistent availability is required for scheduled calls.

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Your experience

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Tools & Platforms You Use

Select every tool you have real working experience with — not just awareness of.

Experience Context

Your remote workspace

Àṣẹ Haus is fully remote. Reliable equipment and a professional setup are essential for client-facing work and team calls.

Availability & Compensation

Tell us when you're available and what you're looking for. There are no right or wrong numbers — we want an honest fit.

Days You're Available
Compensation Expectations
$500
per month
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Skills Assessment

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Assessment — 10 questions 00:00
Professionalism · Multiple Choice
1. A retainer client sends a message at 9 PM on a Friday asking you to urgently revise their social media captions before Monday. You had planned to be offline this weekend. What is the best response?
10 points
A. Respond immediately and complete the work tonight
B. Ignore the message until Monday morning
C. Respond acknowledging the message, explain your availability, and confirm a Monday morning delivery
D. Forward the task to another team member without telling the client
Mission Alignment · Multiple Choice
2. Àṣẹ Haus works primarily with masjids, Muslim community organizations, nonprofits, and faith-based brands. A client asks you to create content that conflicts with Islamic values. What do you do?
10 points
A. Complete the work — the client is paying
B. Raise the concern to the Founder & Creative Director and suggest an alternative approach
C. Create a toned-down version without telling the client
D. Immediately end the client relationship
Workflow · Ranking
3. Put the following steps in the correct order for onboarding a new client project:
15 points

Drag to reorder from first to last:

⠿ 1 Review and revise based on client feedback
⠿ 2 Create project brief or content calendar
⠿ 3 Confirm scope, timeline, and payment
⠿ 4 Conduct discovery call to understand goals and voice
⠿ 5 Send first deliverable draft
Communication · Multiple Choice
4. You are managing 6 retainer clients and realize you cannot meet a deadline for one of them. What should you do?
10 points
A. Submit something rushed and incomplete to hit the deadline
B. Say nothing and hope the client doesn't notice
C. Communicate proactively as early as possible, explain the situation, and propose a revised timeline
D. Ask another team member to do it last-minute without context
Typography · Multiple Choice
5. A client's brand uses a decorative serif for headings and a clean sans-serif for body text. They ask you to add a third font for "accent quotes." What should you advise?
15 points
A. Add the third font — more variety is always better
B. Recommend against a third typeface and instead use weight, style (italic), or size variations within the existing pair to create hierarchy
C. Replace the body sans-serif with the new accent font
D. Use a completely different typeface for quotes only
Brand Identity · Multiple Choice
6. A masjid client wants a "modern" rebrand but also says their community values tradition. Which approach is most appropriate?
15 points
A. Use bold geometric sans-serif type and bright colors to signal modernity
B. Keep calligraphic or classic serif type for cultural resonance, clean the layout, modernize the color palette with earthy or jewel tones, and maintain visual dignity
C. Match whatever is trending on design platforms this season
D. Use a star-and-crescent illustration as the primary mark
Brand Process · Ranking
7. Put the following brand identity design steps in the correct order:
15 points

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⠿ 1 Conduct brand discovery (audience, values, competitors, visual preferences)
⠿ 2 Present initial concepts
⠿ 3 Create moodboard and define visual direction
⠿ 4 Refine selected concept based on client feedback
⠿ 5 Deliver final files and style guide
File Preparation · Multiple Choice
8. A client needs their new logo. Which file package should you deliver?
10 points
A. One high-res PNG file
B. SVG, PNG (transparent background), PNG (on brand-color background), and the editable source file (AI or Figma)
C. A JPEG at 72dpi
D. A PDF only
Visual Direction · Written Response
9. An Islamic school for girls asks you to design their brand identity. They want to feel "warm, empowering, and academically credible — not childish." Describe your visual direction in 150 words or fewer: color palette rationale, typography choices, and one logo concept idea.
20 points

Write your response below (max 150 words). Be specific and strategic. This is evaluated by our team.

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Accessibility · Multiple Choice
10. Which of the following color combinations has the best accessibility for body text on a website?
10 points
A. Light gray text (#AAAAAA) on a white background
B. Dark charcoal (#2A2A2A) on a warm cream (#F5F1E8)
C. Yellow text on a white background
D. Medium blue on medium gray

Final step

Write a brief cover letter that tells us why you're a fit for Àṣẹ Haus specifically — not just the role. We work with Muslim communities, nonprofits, and mission-driven brands. Tell us why that matters to you.

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