Ask HN: Where and how do I hire a UI/UX designer for my startup?

2 pointsjonathan-kosgei7y ago2 comments

I'm looking to make my first hire to have someone design a dashboard for my SaaS app. I'm familiar with Dribbble, Topcoder. 99designs and Upwork but I haven't used any of them to make any hires.

Looking through the freelancer profiles on these sites already makes me feel slightly overwhelmed. I'd like someone really good who can design beautiful interfaces for our users.

Does anyone have any experience with these platforms or any advice on what worked for them and how they were able to get a good designer?

Thanks

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goliathvictory7y ago· 1 in thread

Hello Jonathan,

I understand your slight anxiety around hiring the designer that will produce the dashboard that would work for your user base.

I don't have any experience with hiring through these platforms neither. Well, because I'm on the other side :-)

Nonetheless, regarding designing dashboards, specific design rules should be applied. Therefore if you are willing to invest resources into a designer, pick the one who is familiar with the nuances of the SaaS business. And the one that understands data visualization principles. You would save a lot of time and iterations.

Btw I've asked the similar question in the fb group dedicated to SaaS growth hacking: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SaaSgrowthhacking/permalink/... Comments that got deeper into problem might guide you to make a decision. Multiple perspectives on the problem were listed below the poll.

Btw I'm curating the collection of UX/UI Best Practices for SaaS applications. List explains tips and tricks to follow in order to ship profitable software. You can find the collection here: http://minimumviabledesigns.com

If you would be interested in cooperation, we can have a chat.

jonathan-kosgeiOP7y ago

Thank you!

Edit; I have to say the tips you share are very well thought out and they're things I've always intuitively known but never put in words like that! Awesome stuff! I signed up :)