how to hire web designer

If you are opting to hire a web designer, there are tons of options out there but we need to be sure to pick the right web designer. This article covers the important elements to look into while hiring a potential web designer. Let’s look into the factors to hire a suitable web designer who is upto the expectations without driving you nuts.

1) Experience Isn’t Everything

Experience is a valuable asset for a designer but that’s not the only the deciding factor. A web designer without hands on experience cannot do the right justice to his role or deliver the right quality of work. A good web designer creates a color websites with pleasant look and feel features.

He works on a combination of things such as colors, images,logos, layouts, web pages and so on. Web design is not looking into the aesthetic value of a website, he must have the right set of skills and knowledge of various elements such as call to action, website content and layout that serve as an asset to the goals of the site.

2) Look at their profiles/ portfolios

While experience is not the primary asset, rather maintaining a good profiles is a must. Do not be worried if the profile has live sites as examples which shows vast work exposure. Have a glance at the profile to see how many sites they have worked upon. Its specifically important if you want to hire an interactive web designer. If you want a contemporary website, it doesn’t match if you hire someone whose profiles looks like primitive.

3) Who will develop my website once I have the design?

Many designers pair up with a developer, so that clients pay the same for both the designer & developer. Others may provide mockups that need to be taken elsewhere to be coded into an actual site. The approach is acceptable, but you need to keep a track of the costs involved to remain in the budget frame.

4) What kind of maintenance is needed for the site?

Websites are not one time investment. It has certain on going expenses. Websites need frequent upgrades and amends and often need third party additional plugins and software for functionality. Your designer may be aware of the maintenance aspects or refer someone who can maintain the websites with the changing situations. It’s better to learn to maintain your website yourself.

5) Whom to approach when I need revisions or changes and what are the costs?

When you hire a web designer, he is hired for the project which he has to work on, discussed at the time of signing the contract. It doesn’t imply that the designer shall provide services free of cost. Have an idea of the rough cost estimates needed for the layouts and the prices do change with time.

6) Have an idea of the on going costs