How to hire a designer

Types of hiring of a designer

 The main question which managers of companies usually have is: which will be the most convenient form of work with a designer? There are a lot of variants of arranging your cooperation with this specialist, but here are most popular ones:

• A full-time specialist. Works at the office and his work is being monitored by an office time tracker. The wage is based on the number of work hours counted by a time tracker installed in an office computer
• A freelancer. Works in certain projects. His work is being monitored by a time tracker while implementing of a project. The salary is paid at the end of its implementation. A freelancer can work for several companies at the same time
• Home office specialist. He usually works for one certain company, but not at the office but at home. The wage is based on the number of work hours counted by a time tracker installed in a home office computer.

So, each company decides whether it is better to hire a freelancer or a remote designer, or maybe it is better to have a full-time designer among staff members of a company. From the one hand, home office workers or freelancers can save money of a company. From the other hand, it will be a real disaster if a freelancer or a remote worker won’t present you an appropriate quality of work or won’t satisfy time frames of a project.  

Let’s describe advantages and disadvantages of different forms of work of designers

• A full-time worker
• Advantages:
• It is easy to plan the time and to follow deadlines
• It is easy to make urgent corrections
• Possibility to participate in tenders
• Loyalty to a company
• Disadvantages:
• Salaried work
• Emotional burn-out
• It is hard to find a good specialist in small regions
• Training if a specialist
• Employee turnover
• A freelancer
• Advantages:
  • Salary for each project
  • Anticipated revenue
  • Various style
  • Huge base of specialists
• Disadvantages:

• Failure of deadlines
• High wage for freelance workers
• Paid improvements
• Absence of loyalty to a company
• An extra specialist is needed
• Home office specialist
• Advantages
• The same as a designer in a company
• Loyalty to a company
• Makes urgent corrections if needed
• Salaried and paid for each project
• The time of work is planned
• Deadlines are followed
• No expenses on software or equipment
• Disadvantages
• Emotional burn-out
• Schedule which is not convenient for a company
• It is impossible to monitor the time of work except using of atime tracker

As you can see, there are different advantages and disadvantages of working with different types of designers. But, still, there are more advantages of working with home office specialists and there are less disadvantages of working with them. Moreover, if a time tracker will be used, the problem of loss of control is solving. So, the third type of work of a designer is the best.