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Re:How do you go about hiring a web designer? How much woul... by comatose_kid on Friday May 04, 2007 @01:44AM (#19244)
When I was looking for a designer, I called many firms. The end result - expect to pay 5k-10k for a small site (~10 pages). This was outside my budget....

So then I tried craigslist. I received a lot of interest, but found only one good candidate. But this candidate found another contract before I could get back to them. Craigslist is cool for simpler things like company logos, but didn't work for me on the web designer front.

So, I contacted a prof who taught a project course at a design school (university) in my area. I asked this professor to ask his best student to contact me. I looked over the student's portfolio and was really impressed. This design student turned out very good work for a very reasonable price.

Re:How do you go about hiring a web designer? How much woul... by rms on Friday May 04, 2007 @02:00AM (#19250)
www.mintpages.net is a private forum for designers. I've had luck asking for someone there.
Re:How do you go about hiring a web designer? How much woul... by SwellJoe on Friday May 04, 2007 @12:51PM (#19426)
Hehehe...It appears one must be a designer to join. Then why would we need a designer?
Re:How do you go about hiring a web designer? How much woul... by rms on Saturday May 05, 2007 @01:16AM (#19690)
I applied saying that I was an entrepreneur and was interested in hiring a member. They let me in and immediately instated a rule that you needed 15 posts before you could post in the "Help Wanted" forum.