20 Best Places to Find Web Design Jobs Online
There are hundreds of places online to find jobs, but when it comes to graphic and web design jobs (plus an occasional development/coding project), there is a more limited selection. While the largest job sites often present some “online” jobs, they are generally quite limited, especially compared to more niche-specific sites.
With the new year right around the corner and here before you know it, it may be the perfect time to find a new design project to take under. Each of these sites offers something special, as they aren’t like many of the “generic” sties out there.
A Background on Web Design Jobs
Finding a quality web design is the biggest struggle. Millions of people are lined up to get work for their website – logos, complete designs, smaller projects for specific plugins or elements, and then there are larger clients who may be looking for complete content management systems (CMSs) to be created. No matter what the job, you have to be wiling to take a risk as you agree to a contract with each client.
The websites on this list range from jobs that require a job poster to pay for a listing to a newer format, in which the clients look for designs as part of crowdsourcing.
Depending on your background and portfolio, you’ll be able to get different jobs, so this is the main reason we have included such a variety of job sites.
Best Places to Find Web Design Jobs
The following list contains some of the best places to find online and web-based jobs. We’ve posted the pricing for listing a job, where applicable, to also make your search for new designers easier.
1. Smashing Jobs
While you can find great articles at Smashing Magazine, you can also find great jobs at their Jobs Board. Ranging from design to programming and “other” jobs, there will be something for you. A search box and further refinement can land you a full-time or freelance project in minutes.
For the job posters, you will be featured at one of the top twenty blogs of the world, your credits will be valid for unlimited time, and job postings are online immediately. Pricing is $200 for full-time and $100 for freelance jobs, over a period of 30 days.
2. 99designs
99designs has taken some hits from the web design community recently, mainly for promoting spec work, driving down prices, and not for helping designers really grow. Despite this, it can still be a good source for designers looking for new projects. To date, more than 29,000 satisfied clients and 150,000 members have gone through the site.
For anyone looking for a new design, here is the process: First, create your design brief, which costs about $39 to post, then you set your budget, which will be paid to the winning designer, thirdly, you work with the designers, providing them feedback to help deliver quality work, and finally, you choose your favorite design after a one week period.
3. Behance
There are many creative jobs and freelance opportunities on Behance, which can be sorted and organized by the location and creative field, just what Behance is great at doing. It appears as though they keep it fairly “fresh,” as all jobs have only been on there for two months.
4. Authentic Jobs
With an API and a long history of providing jobs for creatives and designers, Authentic Jobs is high up on the list of the best places to search for design jobs online. They can be sorted by full-time, freelance, company, description, location, and the main category.
For job posters, the cost is $250 for full-time positions and $75 for freelance projects. There is a 100% money-back guarantee, which few other sites can offer.
5. Ajaxian
Most of the jobs on Ajaxian are development-specific, with less in the pure design field, but this is to be expected at this site. You can refine the jobs by what type of job it is and the location.
For job posters, it costs $100 for 30 days at their job board.
6. AIGA
AIGA caters to the entire design market, so there is a wider range of jobs here, ranging from graphic designers to sales and marketing. More than a hundred jobs are currently available on the site. Other than browsing through specific categories, there aren’t any ways to search the jobs.
Posting a job costs $95 for AIGA members, while it costs non-members $195. Jobs are posted for 45 days and are posted immediately.
7. FreelanceSwitch
More than 200 jobs can be found on FreelanceSwitch, mostly in the freelancing market. They date back to five months, so some might no longer be available.
For job posters, one of the major benefits of this site is that there is no listing fee.
8. Krop
Krop is a job board and career resource website for creative professions. Whether you’re looking for a job or hunting for top-notch talent, they have all the powerful tools you need. Jobs can be sorted by location and keyword.
The main benefits of Krop:
- Quality of Candidate – Krop separates itself from the other job boards with consistently high levels of talents at all experience levels.
- Visibility – Hundreds of thousands of candidates search Krop every month.
- Experience – Everything from tracking jobs to posting and editing have been included, but made easy to use.
For job posters, jobs stay active for sixty days and are posted with credits. One credit is one job, $199 each. Bulk purchases may be discounted.
9. Freshwebjobs
Called the job board for web pros, the site offers full-time and freelance positions, which can be sorted by keywords, location, and company. At this time there aren’t too many jobs (5 design, 13 development, and 8 other).
For job posters, it costs $75 for a standard posting.
10. Dice
Dice is one of the largest job boards for tech professionals online. With more than a million visitors monthly and nearly 51,000 jobs, there is also quite an array of jobs available. From .NET Developers to Unix Developers, there are plenty of other positions, mainly for the developer.
For job posters, it costs $459 to post one or more jobs for 30 days. It is quite a bit more expensive than other sites, but it is one of the largest sites.
11. DesignCrowd
Combining DesignBay and DesignCrowd into a single site, the site focusing on the crowdsourcing aspect that isn’t too popular. However, for designers, it makes sense if you are looking for fresh work.Contests and quotes can be found on the site, with 100% guaranteed payments.
For job posters, it costs $30 and you then set your own budget based on the number of responses you want (also takes into account the number of designers, how many designers are interested, and the quality expected).
12. CrowdSpring
CrowdSpring is the world’s best creative department, again based on the crowdsourcing model.
For job posters, the cost of posting varies by the category and amount you will be awarding the winner. You can set your price and deadline, get custom designs, and choose the best design.
13. Design Jobs on the Wall
This site is quite smaller, but offers a number of jobs available for designers and coders. There is only a basic search feature, so it might not be the best place to search for a specific job.
For job posters, it costs $50 to post freelance jobs and $75 to post full-time jobs. There is a 60-day money-back guarantee if you aren’t satisfied.
14. Simply Hired
Simply Hired is one of the larger, more generic job posting sites, but there are nearly three hundred jobs for graphic and web designers here. Advanced searching is also available.
For job posters, simply post your listing on any site, and it’ll appear on Simply Hired.
15. design:related
You can browse through jobs from a wide range of areas, and many high-profile clients post their listings on the site. From browsing through the site, there are quite a number of postings that are permanent or full-time positions.
For job posters, it is absolutely free to post on design:related.
16. Coroflot
Plenty of unique job listings are posted on the site, ranging from 3D modelers to web design and marketing. At this point, there are 96 jobs available for graphic designers and 55 for web designers/developers.
For job posters, it costs $265 for a single job listing, while you can get up to 45% off for 20+ job listings.
17. Freelancer
Freelancer.com is a global outsourcing solution and freelancing jobs website. There are plenty of jobs ranging from professional drupal coders to Linux programmers. It is one of the larger job sites, with 1.3 million registered users.
For job posters, the site offers a free trial, and most listings vary by the features you apply. Full-time positions start at $99.95.
18. 37signals Job Board
You can find full-time jobs as well as paid internships at 37signals. Industry leaders commonly use this job board to post listings. Listings range from design to programming and executive jobs.
For job posters, it costs $300 for 30 days, while internships are $50.
19. SitePoint
SitePoint is already a huge website, so within their marketplace, you can find plenty of job listings for a variety of positions.
Fees to post a job start at $10, but increase as you target certain job seekers.
20. Highend Careers
Find hundreds of the best jobs in the video game, web design, and software/technology industries at Highend Careers. There are advanced searching capabilities for finding the job yo want.
Prices start at $375 for a listing for 30 days, with discounts for 4/8 packs and 60-day postings.
Conclusion
Now that you’ve seen this list, it’s time to leave your thoughts. Please let us know which sites you like the most from the list above or make your own recommendations.
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