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Graphic design is an important component for brands to deliver their advertising and marketing messages. While bigger brands can afford to hire media, marketing or creative agencies, SMEs may have to hire their own designers.
However, not many good designers are keen to work in SMEs, hence hiring freelance or part-time graphic designers is a sensible option for SMEs. There are also more and more designers converting to gig workers, especially since the pandemic.
As a business, you can explore whether to engage the designers by project or monthly retainer basis depending on your needs. If you have a higher budget or requirements, go for those senior ones with experience. Remember, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
The question here is, where to source freelance graphic designers in Malaysia? While you can try your luck at these popular job websites in Malaysia, many of them are not where good designers will hang around and check your job openings.
This is why we compile the list of sites here, platforms you are more likely to find freelance graphic designers in Malaysia. Likewise for designers, you might want to explore job opportunities on these sites too.
Here is the list of sites where you can source freelance designers in Malaysia, while some platforms also hosted global talents pool:
- Rtist (designers-focused, local talents pool)
- Cult Creative (designers-focused, local talents pool)
- Behance (designers-focused, global talents pool)
- Fiverr (various skills, global talents pool)
- Upwork (various skills, global talents pool)
While some of the sites above are designers-focused, some hosted talents from other disciplines too. If you need someone with an understanding of the local market and without the barriers of communication or time difference, prioritize those with local talent pools.
Tips for businesses, first check the designer’s portfolio whether it is the style you prefer. You can then contact the shortlisted designers, share with them your requirements and gauge their interest. Negotiate price and terms like turnaround time, the number of revisions, etc.
If this is too much a hassle for you, try exploring creative agencies in Malaysia instead!
Rtist
Rtist is Malaysia’s creative platform, which connect businesses to the right local creative talent on demand- whether Freelance, contract or permanent via its website & offline handpick solutions. Rtist allows creatives’ talent to be visible online.
Talents Type: Creative TalentsTalents Location: Malaysia
Website: https://www.rtist.com.my/
Cult Creative
Cult Creative is an online community for creatives redefining success for the future. It aims to inform, entertain, and inspire action through the dialogue, engagement, and experience which can impact the creative community in a positive, enriching way.
Talents Type: Creative TalentsTalents Location: Malaysia
Website: https://www.cultcreative.asia/cultcareers
Behance
Behance is a social media platform owned by Adobe “to showcase and discover creative work”. This is definitely the right platform to recruit local or overseas freelance designers since only designers will hang around here. Recruiters can easily view the designer’s portfolio on the platform too.
Talents Type: Creative TalentsTalents Location: Global (can filter by Malaysia)
Website: https://www.behance.net/joblist
Fiverr
Fiverr is an Israeli online marketplace for freelance services. The company provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide. The prices quoted are very competitive so you have to be considerate with the quality you get with the money you pay.
Talents Type: Multi-Disciplines TalentsTalents Location: Global (can filter by Malaysia)
Website: https://www.fiverr.com/categories/graphics-design
Upwork
Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is an American freelancing platform where enterprises and individuals connect in order to conduct business. It is quite similar with Fiverr albeit with lesser disciplines and there aren’t many local designers on the platform at the time of writing.
Talents Type: Multi-Disciplines TalentsTalents Location: Global (can filter by Malaysia)
Website: https://www.upwork.com/cat/design-creative
Bottom Line
Well, the question here is whether you intend to engage local or foreign graphic designers. If you prefer local talents, you can also explore other job or freelancer websites in Malaysia.
However, don’t expect much from typical job sites like JobStreet as there are not many quality designers there based on our experience. Try sourcing from sites like Hiredly (previously known as WOBB) as there are more marketing and creative talents there.
Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments below!
