Taskora

Freelance design jobs

Product, brand and visual design projects from clients who value process and results. Show your case studies, send focused proposals and get paid for every approved milestone.

Design work in demand

Clients on Taskora hire designers most often for product and UX design of SaaS dashboards and mobile apps, landing pages and marketing websites designed to convert, logos and full brand identities for new companies and rebrands, design systems in Figma, pitch decks and sales presentations, social media and ad creative, packaging, illustration and 3D product renders. Short UX audits and landing page redesigns are popular starting projects; brand identity and product design often become multi-month engagements. Clients range from early-stage startups that need a first identity and product interface to established companies extending mature design systems, and the brief usually tells you which: look for mentions of existing brand guidelines, component libraries and in-house designers you would be working with.

Portfolios that win design jobs

Clients hire designers who show how they think. Present each portfolio piece as a case study: the problem and constraints, the research or data you used, the options you explored, the final design in context, and the result — a higher signup rate, faster task completion, a successful launch. Keep six or fewer pieces on your profile and put the most relevant three first. When applying, link the one case study closest to the client’s project and explain in a sentence why it is relevant.

Scoping and pricing design projects

Most disputes in design work come from unclear revision expectations. In your proposal, define deliverables precisely (screens, formats, file types), the number of concepts and revision rounds, and what is out of scope. Split projects into milestones — discovery and moodboards, concepts, refinement, final delivery — so the client approves progress step by step. Price fixed projects from your estimated hours plus a buffer, and consider offering two or three packages at different depths to let clients choose. Packages also make it easier for clients to compare your offer with others and reduce the back-and-forth before hiring.

Collaborating with clients and developers

Ask for a decision-maker, not a committee, and for access to data such as analytics, support tickets and user feedback. Present work with a rationale tied to the brief, and request grouped, prioritised feedback. For product design, involve developers early to catch technical constraints, and deliver organised Figma files with named components, documented tokens and responsive states. Clients remember designers whose work was easy to implement and invite them back. After launch, ask for data on how the design performs and offer a short iteration milestone; it often turns a single project into a long relationship and gives you results for your next case study.

Growing as a freelance designer

Pair design skills with an adjacent capability that is closely tied to revenue: conversion optimisation and analytics for web designers, research and product strategy for UX designers, brand strategy and messaging for identity designers, or Webflow and Framer for designers who want to ship sites themselves. Each step up lets you sell outcomes instead of hours and move into higher rate bands. Update your case studies as results come in.

Specialisations and where they pay

Design is broad, and the rates differ considerably between specialisations. Product designers who work on complex SaaS applications, with research and design systems, command the highest hourly rates and the longest engagements. Brand designers with a strategy background win high-value identity projects, often with fixed prices well above hourly equivalents. Web designers who build in Webflow or Framer sell complete sites rather than files, which lets them capture development budgets as well. Presentation and pitch-deck designers find steady demand from startups raising funding and from sales teams. Illustrators and 3D artists often work with agencies and marketing teams on recurring campaigns. Choose one primary specialisation for your headline and profile, and keep secondary skills visible but clearly secondary. Clients searching for a specialist rarely shortlist someone who presents as a generalist.

What do freelance design jobs pay?

Hourly budgets typically range from $25–45 for entry-level work to $85–140 for senior product and brand designers. Logo projects commonly pay $400–2,500 and product design projects $5,000–25,000.

Which tools do clients expect?

Figma is standard for product and web design; Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for brand and print; Blender or Cinema 4D for 3D.

Do I transfer the source files?

Yes, unless agreed otherwise. Under Taskora’s Terms, rights transfer to the client when each milestone is paid.

Should I do free sample work?

No. Link relevant case studies instead. If a client wants to test collaboration, propose a small paid first milestone.

Can I work on design retainers?

Yes. Many clients hire designers hourly with a weekly limit for ongoing product or marketing design.