Hiring a UX Designer for your Startup
Who are UX designers?
UX designers are creatives who designs user interfaces and experiences. A ux designers goal is to make the interface or experience as easy and efficient for users to complete their desired action, whether it be making a purchase, inquiring about your product, posting on social media - whatever they want. UX designers are responsible for getting them there. User experience designers help with wire framing, user testing, usability testing, interaction design for digital products. Note a freelance ux designer is different from a user interface designer.
The ROI of hiring a great UX designer is incredibly high. Companies who have embraced UX design are seeing their ROI increase by 300% on average.
How much does a UX designer cost?
Junior
$53/hr
Mid Level
$89/hr
Senior
$133/hr
How can UX design impact my revenue?
UX design directly impacts your bottom line. A huge impact UX has is decreasing customer acquisition costs by providing a better online experience for your product or service. A user experience designer can create more user friendly flows and take a look at your overall user experience from a high level to ultimately align with your business goals. For example, if you have an e-commerce website with products that people are interested in buying, but they get lost when trying to make the purchase - your UX designer can totally change this.
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Need to hire a different type of designer?
UI designer
A UI Designer focused on the visual elements of your product and how they relate to emotions and overall experience.
Product Designer
Product designers are a great first hire. They’re a jack of all trades and can help with everything from management to branding.
Fintech Designer
Hiring a designer who specializes in fintech allows you to create, grow or optimize your fintech startup without with ease.
Why hiring a freelance UX designer is smarter
We recommend for startups that they hire a UX designer after they've collected initial data from customer and are looking to improve conversion or overall customer experience. You can also hire a UX designer before you start building but we'd usually recommend a product designer at this stage as they can build the initial brand and experience.
Hiring a UX designer at the initial stages of product design is a great choice for companies who are working on experiences that don't current exist in the market. For example for voice driven startups - we recommend a UX designer as first hire. When there is no one in the market doing anything similar, you'll need a UX designer to set the path.
When working with a UX specialistic we recommend starting hiring a part-time freelancer, rather than a full-time employee. Many companies utilize UX talent for optimization projects, so we suggest going one project at a time.
Is Design Match for you?
You’re a start up
You’re building a digital product or experience
You’re looking for remote design talent
You’re looing for a designer for a month or longer
You are a mission driven founder
For small gigs (where you just need a hand.) We recommend checking freelance marketplaces like Upwork, Fivverr or Dribbble.
What is the difference between Design Match and a marketplace?