Are you a freelance website designer or independent graphic designer who excels at creating designs for beautiful website project, using Adobe XD, Photoshop, or Figma?
For this role, Buddy is searching for an independent contractor who can spearhead the design of functional, elegant, and mobile-responsive website project.
Commonly Buddy develops marketing and e-commerce websites for small to mid-sized businesses, most often using WordPress and Elementor. Development skills are not required for this role. Rather, we would look to you to design the website in Figma, XD, or Photoshop, and hand over the designs and assets to a developer, who would create the functioning website project.
About Us
Buddy Web Design & Development is a growing and entrepreneurial website design and development company headquartered in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Buddy has built a portfolio of clients across the United States. We are currently seeking a talented and experienced web designer who would be able to help take on occasional project work as Buddy’s workload grows. This work can be done remotely and part time, according to a schedule of your choosing, provided milestones are met. It’s also important to be available for occasional project calls with clients, as needed per the project.
About You
An ideal person for this opportunity will have experience working in a freelance and independent contractor capacity, coupled with expertise in designing exceptional websites. An ideal candidate will bring high attention to detail and best practices, a high degree of professionalism and integrity, coupled with a comfort in working in an evolving, entrepreneurial environment that can have ambiguity at times.
Nice to Have
If you happen to also have more broad graphic design skills such as branding, logos, and general graphic design work, that’s an extra cherry on top.
If this sounds interesting to you, please apply! To help us find a good mutual fit, please be sure to complete the included “screener questions.” Applications without these answers will not be considered. Thanks for your time!
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $20.00 – $60.00 per hour
Benefits: Flexible schedule
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Self-determined schedule
COVID-19 considerations:
We work remotely from home, with a flexible schedule.
Application Question(s):
Is freelancing your full time or primary job? If not, how many hours per week do you typically do freelance work?
Please share some pricing reference points for us, if you were to work with Buddy as a subcontractor. For example, what total price (not hourly) would you charge for designing a 5 page brochure site, with the client providing all text content and photos?
What is your preferred design software, e.g. Figma, XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, other?
Along with website design, do you do any other graphic design work commonly, e.g. logos, brochures, packaging labels, business cards, etc.?
How to Apply
Please share a link to your online portfolio or website, showcasing your website design work, and any other relevant graphic design work you’ve done.
Experience:
web design: 2 years (Required)
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