Find Web Designer Jobs Online
When you are a website designer your success depends a lot on your ability to continuously find new clients and projects. Fortunately the Internet has several websites that are dedicated to connecting freelance web designers with companies and individuals who are looking for a web designer. Four of the sites that offer job listings for web designers are GetaFreelancer.com, Indeed.com, Design Jobs on the Wall and DesigningCrossing.com. A fifth site that deserves mention too is the ubiquitous Craigslist.org.
GetaFreelancer.com
One of the most respected web design job site is GetaFreelancer.com. GetaFreelancer.com is a website that lists outsourced web design projects. After you have signed up for a membership you will be able to search through the listings and select projects that you want to bid for. You will be paid by the site for the work that you complete by check or through your Paypal account.
This site has two membership options. The first option is to sign up for a free membership account. If you select this option then you can search the job postings for free. However, if you win a bid on a project you will be required to pay a commission. The commission rate will vary by job, but you will know the commission rate before you post your bid. The second option that you have is to buy a Gold membership. This membership costs $12 per month; however, you won’t have to pay a commission on the projects that you win.
Indeed.com
Indeed.com is not specifically for web designers, however, it has a great selection of web designer positions that you can browse through. There are no fees to use this site, which makes it great for those web designers looking for steady work, however, you will need to sign up for a free membership. You can search for a web design position by location or keywords. You will notice that it pulls postings from other sites (job boards), so you may notice some redundant ads, but, it’s still worth checking frequently.
Design Jobs on the Wall
Design Jobs on the Wall (jobs.webdesignerwall.com) is a bulletin board style job site. Here you will find a listing of open freelance and fulltime web designer jobs and projects. To use this site all you need to do is access the site and search through the listings. The application information for each job, along with a job description, is posted with the job listing.
DesigningCrossing.com
DesigningCrossing.com is a different type of job website. To use this site you will need to buy a subscription to the service; however, there are advantages to using this site. First of all, all of the jobs that are listed with this service have been verified for legitimacy. This means that you won’t respond to a job listing that will take you to a phishing site or a so-called “get rich quick scheme.” Another advantage is that the jobs that are listed with this site are from Fortune 500 and 1,000 companies, as well as smaller businesses. DesigningCrossing.com offers first time users a free seven day trial to test drive the service. You will need a credit card to take advantage of this offer. After your trial is over your credit card will be charged based on the subscription package that you select.
Craigslist.org
Although Craigslist is more than just a jobs board, it certainly deserves mention here. It also deserves to be looked at frequently when you’re looking to pick up a few extra projects or land a good, solid local customer. There are multiple areas in the job section that you should look at:
Art/media/design
Internet engineers
Software/qa/dba
Systems/network
Web/info design
Yes, there are scam postings here (as there are on other sites). However, there are good paying projects listed here too. The beauty of Craigslist is that you can search local listings or peruse other areas of the country/world for listings that are of interest to you. The popularity and the number of people posting ads on Craigslist make it a priority site to check out too.
Selecting a Web Design Job Site
Obviously you have a lot of job sites to choose between; however, not all job sites are created equal. When selecting a job site to use you will need to make sure that the listings are monitored in some fashion for legitimacy, and you will also need to decide whether you want to pay to use the site or not. If you decide to use a fee based job search site you will want to choose between a fee schedule based on a commission of the jobs that you get or that are based on a flat fee monthly subscription price.
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