Was going through old files and stumbled on this one. Made it about 2 years ago for a client. They needed a hiring post for LinkedIn.
I shared two options. One was clean, corporate, safe. This one I did differently on purpose. A chalkboard. Pencil jar. A little plant. Felt more like someone actually wrote these openings up.
Didn't get picked. They went with the safer option, which I get. Corporate page, hiring post, you don't always want to take the risk.
But the client said something I still remember. Looked at this and said "this is something." It was genuinely. Like they could tell I wasn't just filling a template.
That's exactly why I made it.
Every time I sit down to work on something, even a simple post, I try to push it somewhere unexpected.
Sometimes the work that doesn't get picked reminds you why you do this.
This one got really good feedback from the client.
The brief was about trust and long-term partnerships, so I wanted the visual to carry that message without needing a wall of text. The handshake felt like the right anchor, but I didn't want it to look like every other corporate handshake graphic out there. So I went with halftone illustration and those flowing lines to give it some energy.
Sometimes the simple concepts hit the hardest. Its all about figuring out the user experience at last.