Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects?

4 points·nanijoe··6 comments

Finding a designer to work with,is a constant headache for me. I have been using bootstrap for the project I'm working on, but feel as if I need a designer to just give the whole thing a more professional look. Where should I go look for one?

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I second jaredtking on 99 Designs for logos and other work.

Elance (http://elance.com) is a good option generally for finding contractors.

While they are spendy, design-focused recruiters like Creative Circle and Creative Group can help you find both contractors and full-time employees. They do a decent job of screening so you only see qualified applicants, unlike Elance and 99 Designs.

For one-off jobs such as logo or web page design I have used 99 Designs (http://99designs.com) and have been very happy with the results.

Whenever you come across a designer you like they are usually more than happy to perform further work outside of design contests.

There is a great new article on the folyo.com blog, that provides some great places to look based on budget

http://blog.folyo.me/the-startups-guide-to-budget-design/

Hit up Dribbble, Behance, find people whose style you admire. Reach out to them. Know that they are more in demand now than ever and unless they really believe in your project you will have to pay them like any other professional.

Would love to chat with you about this. I am a web designer who also speicalizes in mobile, UI/UX, etc.

Feel free to shoot me an email: shahedkhan30 [at] gmail [dot] com

Look for designer or ux meetups near by. Excellent place to find several good and/or hungry designers.

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