Children’s Book Illustrator & Character Designer

Kingdom Waves Studios is looking for a Children's Book Illustrator & Character Designer to help bring an exciting original children's devotional adventure to life for Kingdom Waves Kids.

Closing Date: Friday 16 October 2026

Contract Type: Paid Freelance/Project-Based Commission

Hours: Flexible, project-based; agreed milestones and deadlines

Salary: To be negotiated based on confirmed scope, deliverables, experience and agreed rights

Location: Remote (Global)

Information

Created for children aged approximately 5-9 years, this imaginative devotional adventure brings together memorable recurring characters, storytelling, humour, adventure, faith-inspired themes, interactive activities and meaningful shared discovery.

At its heart is a desire to help children grow in faith, confidence, courage, character, identity and purpose, while creating opportunities for children and families to laugh, learn, talk, reflect, create and discover together.

They want to create more than pages that simply look beautiful. We want to build a warm, joyful and imaginative visual world that children want to enter, explore and return to - a world filled with personality, humour, wonder and memorable storytelling.

The project includes recurring animal and human characters, supporting characters, environments, narrative scenes and interactive visual elements.

This is an opportunity for the right illustrator to bring their own creative gift and contribute to something with deeper purpose and lasting potential. You won’t simply be executing a series of individual illustrations - you'll be helping to shape the visual identity, character world and storytelling experience of an original children's property from an early stage of its development.

They are looking for someone who is passionate about creating for children and who connects with - or can become genuinely invested in - the purpose behind what we're building. They want an illustrator who will contribute exceptional, dynamic and thoughtful ideas, explore visual possibilities and transform them into adventures, discoveries and imaginative experiences for children.

They seek someone who will work collaboratively with us to create something meaningful, engaging and memorable for children and families.

The successful illustrator will work collaboratively with Kingdom Waves Studios to:

• Develop memorable, expressive, visually distinctive and consistent recurring characters, including animal, human and supporting characters.
• Create character-development and reference artwork, including model sheets, turnarounds, poses and expressions, establishing strong character consistency throughout the project.
• Produce engaging illustrations for character-led scenes and environments, communicating emotion, humour, personality, action and story.
• Create supporting artwork and interactive visual elements for child-friendly activities and engagement features.
• Help develop a cohesive visual language across characters, environments, scenes and interactive elements.
• Translate written briefs, story moments, activities and faith-inspired themes into imaginative, engaging and age-appropriate visual storytelling.
• Work with an awareness of composition, text placement, activity space and the practical requirements of children's publishing and interactive content.
• Contribute thoughtful original ideas while responding constructively to creative direction and feedback throughout an agreed phased development and approval process.
• Supply high-quality, professional, production-ready artwork, including appropriately organised and editable source/working files and agreed project assets where required.
• Undertake other related illustration, character-development and visual-development work that may…