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

Posted by nanijoe on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @04:33PM
from the ask-hn dept.

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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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by mitchellwfox on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @01:51AM (#4691775)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by jaredtking on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @12:21AM (#4691626)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by projuce on Wednesday October 31, 2012 @08:33AM (#4722479)

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/

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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by dylanrw on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @08:17PM (#4691032)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by shahed on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:38AM (#4697571)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Where / How do you find designers for your projects? by redspark on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @06:03PM (#4690587)

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

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