I am developing the backend for a website. I always had the trouble of making an attractive design for my websites and have never hired any graphic designer yet. I have no logo nor web template.
What are the steps to hire a graphic designer? What information should I read about before hiring one in order to make most out of our time? Where should I find him? What questions should I ask him? How much do they charge and what qualifications should I look out for? Should I disclose my business ideas to the designer or could that be risky?
Answer
Finding excellent designers are hard.
Not because they are few, but because the MAIN thing is how you & the designers communicate, get along, like each other, understand each others standpoint and language, how the designer envisions your aims.
- Find designs you like, and find out who did it.
- Collect samples of what you like, so you have something to show the
designers; hinting at what direction you want to go. - Go to a -say- designer Meetup in your area and talk to people
(sometimes they let you present, and interested designers contact
you. Plus: you meet them face to face). - Find out how much you can pay. Not what you want to or would like
to. The amount should hurt a little: great design does not come
cheap. It simply does not.
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