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Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

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Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

CommercialArt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:12:59 GMT

Do those sites really work? Is good design actually produced and can you find local designers this way?

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

CommercialArt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:18:49 GMT

getgraphic thank you for your help. However I would never ask designers to bring ideas for my theater to an audition. I feel like that would be a bad idea. I am interested in hiring someone based off of their work and then paying them to come up with designs for me. Doing it the other way around would probably just produce a lot of subpar work as who wants to spend hours on a project without promise of payment? Anyway, your other suggestions were helpful. I am looking for other ways to find a designer than word of mouth because I do not want the go-to-guy that everyone in the business uses. Then everyone's work will look the same.

What's with the people who are ignoring my post and just offering their services to me? Please stop with the solicitations! I don't want a cheap designer from the UK, Africa or anywhere else that is not in N. America

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

austinstrick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:45:46 GMT

You can look for designers at eLance or O-Desk. You will also be able to look for the freelancers at GetAFreelancer.com.

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

NeilStewartuk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:56:28 GMT

Hi there,

www.thedigitalwave.co.uk

UK based web design / graphic design company offering cheap design work.

Please take the time to check my online portfolio.

All the best ,

Neil Stewart

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

getgraphic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:51:57 GMT

CommercialArt,
I cannot offer advice as someone who sought a designer, but I can offer advice as a designer who has been sought.

Unfortunately in the fast pace, high-tech world today, forums, job
boards, and randomly searching the web for impressive websites of a
designer's work are the ways to go. Word of mouth is also a way but you
already know this as you had mentioned it in your first post.

In order to avoid this, as you wish to do, and to get the in person
interview that you are hunting for, I can only suggest the following.

• Offer open casting calls for freelance graphic designers only in your
area just as you would with your theatrical performers. Require that
they bring samples of their work (portfolio), letters of recommendation
(testimonies) and 3-5 conceptual ideas for your company. You would of
course have to provide them with your company information as well as
your vision before your meeting.
• Look into the designers of playbooks and fliers you have found
impressive in other theatre companies or any other business brochure.
• Contact a design staffing and recruiting agency. This of course will
cost money but with details given to the agency, you will find exactly
what you need.

P.S.
No offense taken to your comment but rather taken as a quality critique.

Good luck in finding what you need.

Signed,

getgraphic

"with great ideas come great designs"

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

floc5_inc — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:47:37 GMT

I am a graphic designer specializing in brand, advertising, marketing, publication and environmental design. I have just won several projects with a local theatre group, the Folly. I saw your post and would love to find out more about your creative needs.

Sincerely,
Floc5_inc. / floc5.com

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

getgraphic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:32:38 GMT

CommercialArt,
As reassurance of my work, spell check is mandatory as well as an overview for content errors.

I've noticed that my previous post shows grammatical mistakes and is a misconception of my labor. I hope that the impression that I had first given does not deter your interest in my work.

Two words for every project I do, approval forms

Signed,
getgraphic

"with great ideas come great designs"

Re: How to Find a Good Designer?

CommercialArt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:25 GMT

Thank you for your responses, but I am looking for advice from those who have already looked for a designer and could offer tips for where they went to find one. I am not interested in designers contacting me through this forum. I would prefer a local person because I want to meet with the person and discuss ideas. Also, once a designer has a few concepts to show me, I prefer being able to meet and have them present their ideas to me. I do not want PDFs e-mailed to me at the start of a large advertising or marketing project. I am located in Philadelphia.

BTW, not to be mean, getgraphic, but when you offer your services to someone you want to be a future client of yours, you should spell check your writing. There are two misspellings in your post.