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Top 10 job boards for freelance web designers
Posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 under designer tools, freelance, web design news by Dustin Brewer.There are a lot of job boards out there that can help freelance web designers find work, a lot of them aren’t very good and you can find some clients that expect to pay pennies for hours worth of potential work. The problem you will mostly find is that a lot of people that post jobs on job boards aren’t expecting to pay much. I have compiled a list of freelance job boards for web developers that will allow you, the freelance web designer, to find work that actually pays good enough to be worth your time. Contact me, however, if you are looking for a freelance web designer.
The list of freelance job boards for web designers
#1 Odesk
http://odesk.com
This site is awesome, there is a ton of work available through this job board and it is all pretty quality. A lot of the work goes for cheap, so you have to be careful when applying for a job on this site. The work appears to be really easy and could easily end up paying more for fixed jobs because of the little amount of time that a lot of them will require. The site is fantastic because it allows you to take thousands of different tests to show your knowledge on a certain subject. This feature helps potential clients to better size-up your abilities and helps them to make their choice on hiring you for their next contract.
#2 Elance
http://www.elance.com/
This site has an amazing amount of opportunities available for the freelance web designer or even multimedia designers. The amount of jobs available on this site is truly staggering. You can typically find some pretty high-quality freelance jobs on this site as long as you know what you are looking for. A lot of the clients that are listing jobs on this site will typically know exactly what they are looking for which will make the process much easier.
#3 FreelanceSwitch Job Board
http://jobs.freelanceswitch.com/
This is one of my favorite job boards to find web work, there are a lot of very good oppurtunities on this site. It seems that most of the work available has very descriptive listings that help to decide if the job is right for you. For this site the freelancer pays $7/month to discover how to contact clients, it is worth it though.
#4 sologig
http://www.sologig.com/
This job portal is excellent for finding any kind of freelance work, whether it be for web design, development, programming or even blog writing. There are a ton of listings through this site and the work is pretty high quality as well.
#5 Guru
http://guru.com./
This site is not just for freelance web designers, it also has a wide array of different industries available to apply for. There are a ton of opportunities on this site, a lot of the requests for web work I see are for search marketing related freelance jobs though.
#6 Authentic Jobs
http://authenticjobs.com/
This site has a great listing of quality work for designers, developers and programmers. You have to switch to the freelance side to find contract work. There are a lot of full time and part time positions available on this site also.
#7 Krop
http://www.krop.com/
This site is one of the best interfaces out of the bunch, it is extremely easy to use and provides a good deal of information about the job and the client. You have to search for phrases related to your field, such as typing in “freelance†through their search. Once you have located a good amount of jobs you can really apply for some great freelance work that pays well.
#8 fresh web jobs
http://www.freshwebjobs.com/
This job board has an excellent and easy-to-use interface, there are times when not many jobs are available for freelancers but it is still an excellent source to find quality work for web designers and programmers.
#9 Get a Coder
http://www.getacoder.com/
This site has a pretty great list of projects available for web designers and programmers. The interface is a little clunky but it seems to have a pretty good client base that can open up some fantastic opportunities for freelance web work.
#10 no agencies please
http://www.noagenciesplease.com/
This site has some really great listings on it, a large portion of the jobs listed on this site aren’t from the United States so expect some resistance if you are living in the states and intend on applying for freelance web work with some of these listings. A pretty great source though, the interface could use a little work though.
Finding freelance web design work on job boards
It can be a bit of work finding quality work on job boards, when it comes to these services it really comes down to quality, you really don’t want to apply for every job. Just because the budget is <500 doesn’t mean it is going to be quick and easy to finish. A lot of times some of the prospective clients you find on these sites don’t fully understand the process and if you don’t setup any guidelines to begin with you will find yourself doing free work.
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About Dustin Brewer
Dustin Brewer is a freelance web designer based out of Oklahoma City, OK passionate about web standards, and beautiful web design. Dustin Brewer has been in the web design industry for over 8 years through freelance and professional experience. If you are interested in hiring Dustin Brewer please visit the web design services page to find out more information. You can also checkout the web design portfolio.
Great list, I have been looking for sites like this lately. Thanks!
Wow! Thanks! Time to get to work….
Nice list there. It will come in handy for a freelance programmer
Great list, Dustin. I think this is a great resource for independents and I will definitely be linking to it.
Thanks for this list! I need to setup an account on these sites. I’m always looking for new work and haven’t really though about looking online much.
Excellent list! I will surely check out all links because I am thinking on starting out as a freelance designer myself. This comes at the right time for me!
Thank you for this list Mr. Brewer
see here too… http://freelanceswitch.com/finding/the-monster-list-of-freelancing-job-sites/#comment-15023
Hi, You missed Rent a coder
Cheated by Freelance Client Story
The work done for this project may be seen at http://nickysworld.net.
I was hired for a straightforward case of web design; this person approved of the work; she discussed ongoing maintenance and requested that I upload the site and supplied the account info in order for me to do so. The agreement to maintain the site was made on my part only in exchange for the unused disk space on the server, and free of charge; basically an act of good will and the best intentions on my part; she also requested to pay half at that point, half after upload; here is when things got interesting. Although my policy is work first, pay later, upload last; on the assumption that I would be maintaining the site I foolishly thought I could trust the her.
This person never paid half first but I went ahead and uploaded the site. Agh. A few days later she informed me that the site was “funky” and had reverted seemingly by itself to its previous state, which was a generic template that she had made using the template builder provided with the web host. Hmm. This time she made a $50 payment, which was 1/2 of the ‘half first’ or 1/4 of the total payment; requesting me to again upload the site, and informing of the new password to the account, which had inexplicably been changed. Ok-? In an effort to be helpful I stated the obvious in asking this person whether she had used the template builder, which still had the old copy of the template stored, which the client denied as if being accused of something.
It was only a few days later when no further payment or instructions appeared from the client that I realized what was happening. Ms. Menage had waited for me to upload the site, then promptly changed the password to shut me out. The client then stupidly attempted to use the template builder to modify the new website, inadvertently reinstating the old one by mistake. I sent a two-page email, which went unanswered, patiently explaining the differences between the template
editor and alternative means to edit the site, something I had contacted her about two weeks earlier, requesting to set a time when we could put our heads together to implement a customized solution; a request that also had gone unanswered. I then wrote another two emails over the course of two days patiently explaining my position in our agreement, all the things I had done and were willing to do for the benefit of her website, and explaining that the agreed upon fee for the site was more than $50.
After a few days this person responded. This time I had apparently crossed the line and been irrevocably disrespectful in some way with my ’smart comments’; and no further pay would be forthcoming. Two separate conversations are presented below.
Sadly, it is apparent that THIS CLIENT NEVER INTENDED TO PAY ME. It is unfortunate that so many take advantage of the internet’s open market system to cheat and connive their way through the system. Thank you for taking the time to listen.
On 2/17/08, I wrote: (this is a small part of a 2-page letter)
Okay. Please don’t confuse content management with that Globuild template builder they have got up on there. Templates are very limited in that they can only allow you to change pictures and stuff around within the look and style of a premade layout.
——————————— (etc.) ————————-
Because this is kind of starting to drag on and it seems we haven’t been communicating very well and time has been getting wasted. I have been trying to do everything you wanted me to do but when I asked you a couple of weeks ago if we could set up a time to hook you up with the content management you never got back to me; then last week you
On 2/17/08, Tanisha Clayton wrote: (apparently replying to a
completely different conversation)
> no. Any what else is new with this?
On 2/17/08, I wrote:
What part of what I said are you saying no to? I don’t know what else is new with this because I don’t know what you are expecting me to do.
On 2/19/08, Tanisha Clayton wrote:
I dont even remember what this email was about. What’s with the bad attitude? I spoke with Danielle and she says that you are very rude.
On 2/18/08, I wrote:
> Please complete payment for the site this week. You have my ongoing full support for minor issues such as technical problems with Globat, in addition to the number of pages in the Cover section, ad placement, and anything else relating to content management; in exchange for the extra space on the server I will be here to continuously support and update the site. But this is dragging on for too long and I really don’t know what more you expect from me. Please don’t dole out payments at me $50 at a time like that. This is a business and I am worth more than that.
On 2/19/08, Tanisha Clayton wrote:
I know that and I really don’t need all the smart comments. For all that you can keep the $50 and take down the site. you and I both know why I asked to only pay $50 and further you saw for your self that something was funky with the site. Now that it’s up I have no problem paying the remainder balance. The problem that I have is the smart attitude further irritating me is the fact that I just got my email up and running only to see emails like the one below.
And my “rude” email to her referral, Danielle:
What changes will you be wanting to make on a monthly basis? I assume you said something about having monthly specials on there so we can do that. I can start by suggesting that we put your slideshow from your myspace page on to your brands page, instead of having “To view current collections click here” link to your myspace page – that seems kinda unprofessional. Also having “for map and directions click here” link to Msn Live Maps is pretty sad especially since it is only showing a map of the entire western half of the U.S. on my computer when I click on it. I really hope you didn’t have to pay your previous webmaster to create this for you.
How about Whizolve.com?
Hello!
I think this try.