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27 Resources to Find Web Design Jobs

by Steven Snell

January 28, 2009 in Business/Freelance

Working online comes with its own advantage of being able to network quickly. Plenty of freelancers run blogs and often launch their own job boards on top of these websites. Professionals who need to hire designers or developers like the convenience because it naturally attracts the most devoted, skilled, and passionate workers.

You may be surprised at the level of convenience it can offer both parties! In this gallery I’ve put together some popular job boards which you can find both freelance and full-time work.

Sensational Jobs

Sensational Jobs offers full-time and freelance listings for web designers and professionals. The site includes live search as well as custom RSS and email alerts.

Talent Zoo

You can find many styles of jobs including marketing, advertising, design, and development. Talent Zoo is a fast-growing network with plenty of work to showcase.

Smashing Jobs

Smashing Magazine’s job board has a large selection of jobs posted. There is a good variety of freelance and full-time jobs, as well as both design and development.

37signals

37signals also has an active job board. Theirs has more postings for development jobs, but still a goo number of design jobs.

Authentic Jobs

Authentic Jobs focuses exclusively on design and development, and there are a good number of listings.

Coroflot

Coroflot has an active job board that includes jobs in all different types of design.

WP Hired

You can locate 100s of different WordPress design and development jobs.

CrunchBoard

CrunchBoard focuses on tech jobs, including web development.

ReadWriteWeb

Almost all of the jobs posted at ReadWriteWeb (which is currently more than 100 jobs) are in the programming/development category.

Ars Technica

Ars Technica includes a large selection of IT and programming jobs, with a smaller, but still decent, number of jobs in the design category.

WordPress Jobs

The official free WordPress job board website.

Slashdot

Slashdot has another tech-focused job board that includes a number of development jobs. However, there are not as many listings as most of the others mentioned so far.

Wired Job Board

Wired has a popular job board with a lot of listings in development and programming.

JavaScript Ninja Jobs

If you are familiar with JavaScript or some related open source library, you might find some great work here.

Creative Hotlist

Creative Hotlist is a rather large job board that includes jobs in a variety of creative fields, including design and development.

CrowdSpring

Fantastic designers for hire. All jobs related to logo design, website layouts, graphics, icons, etc.

design:related

design:related has a somewhat active job board that includes jobs in design of all kinds.

AIGA

AIGA has a good number of jobs listed, mostly for web and graphic design.

Freelance Switch

Freelance Switch includes web design and development along with other types of freelance opportunities. Users must pay $7 per month to get access to contact information for those posting the jobs.

Django Gigs

If you’re familiar with Django programming then check out this online board.

Just Tech Jobs

Just Tech Jobs lists jobs from over 100 different websites.

The FWA

The FWA website has a long listing of professional jobs. From senior designers to developers, you are bound to find something here.

CreativeHeads

This is a unique job board for creative professionals. Think storyboard artists, animators, video game designers, and other types of obscure media.

Behance Network JobList

The Behance Network has a fairly small job board that includes design jobs.

Krop

Krop is a large job board for design and development. Its listings are displayed on a number of other websites and blogs.

Highend Careers

Mad Jobs is a board with focus on marketing and content development.

Freshwebjobs

Freshwebjobs includes design and development, but very few jobs have been posted recently.

PeoplePerHour

PeoplePerHour helps companies find freelancers in a variety of industries, including web design and development.

PureDesignResources

PureDesignResources is an aggregator and includes a column that shows listings from several job boards.

ProgrammerMeetDesigner

ProgrammerMeetDesigner is a site for collaboration among designers and programmers/developers.

Flippa Classifieds

The SitePoint Marketplace changed into Flippa Classifieds which keeps a number of the same jobs. Users can post work related to design, development, marketing, writing, and other similar services.

About Steven Snell

Stephen Snell is the owner and editor of Vandelay Design.Connect with Stephen on google+

jeeremie

Jan 28th

What a great list! That’s what I was looking for yesterday and you just wrote it today. You must have been reading in my mind.

Dustin Brewer

Jan 28th

Great list of job boards. I have used a lot of them and even gotten some pretty quality work from a few like, FreelanceSwitch and AuthenticJobs. Although, the most work I think I have gotten is from social networks and just interacting on them. Some of my biggest clients found me on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Always good to network, it is a lot more than entertainment when you are a freelance and even when you are looking for a full time gig.

http://twitter.com/dustinbrewer/

Youandigraphics

Jan 28th

Very helpful, thank you.

Genex Business Solutions

Jan 28th

Very nice collection of links, we have been to some of these websites and would love to see the rest. There is one site I would want to add to this list and that is 99designs.com. It is unique in its own style and works very well for both designers and people looking to get something designed by multiple designers. Its crowd sourcing.

Jobseeker

Jan 28th

Thank you for your sharing, i looking forward to hiring new job.

This article is helpful for me

Уеб дизайнер

Jan 28th

Maybe i’ll try something new. Many usefull job sources – thanks a lot!

aris

Jan 28th

It looks like developers are more in demand. Could it be that more developers now have day-to-day design skills or is it that designers are becoming programmers?

Either way, it is no longer clear cut so if you are a designer, getting some programming chops sounds like a good idea. There is a MASSIVE amount of resources to get programming anyway and a cource in programming would not go astray.

Steven Snell

Jan 28th

aris,
It definitely seems from these sites that there is more demand for developers. My guess is because developers tend to be more specialized. Skilled graphic designers can design all different types of sites, but developers may need very specific skills for a certain job.

Aetoric Design

Jan 28th

You should never underestimate the power of craigslist!

Steven Snell

Jan 28th

Aetoric Design,
True, but the purpose of this list was to point out niche-specific resources aside from the big sites like Craigslist, Monster, and Career Builder.

David

Jan 29th

No Dice.com on list? Hmmmmm

j singh

Jan 29th

thanks , its help me lots .

Timothy

Jan 29th

Awesome list. Much appreciated

Steven Snell

Jan 29th

David,
I missed that one, sorry. Thanks for pointing that out.

joyoge designers' bookmark

Jan 30th

nice useful resources thanks..

Rahul

Jan 31st

Woh, so many job sites to choose from. This is a great resource for web design jobs.

Web Designers

Feb 1st

These 27 places really rock.

Freelance Website Design

Feb 6th

I have not been having much luck with craigslist, I will have to give these a try. Most of my work comes from word of mouth.

Thanks!

Moksha Solutions

Feb 7th

good list, more then 10 are new for me, i hope i can get some freelancer work/

Raj

Feb 9th

Great Job List. I already visit most of your Job Listed Website. Looking of some outsource work. Thanks for your website List. raj – skype ID – Rajbhar.dipak

Isabel

Feb 9th

Thank you very much for this marvellous list! I hope with this sites I can get more work!

Ed

Feb 11th

Thanks for sharing this list. Very helpful.

Paul

Mar 3rd

Thanks for the list. How about a how to find web design jobs outside of jobboards post?

IT Solutions

Mar 6th

You got a great list here.

The opportunity for online jobs are greatly increasing due to the demands of high productivity at a lower cost. Most companies outsource their job requirements in order to meet up with the viewers’ satisfaction and to ensure that the customers are well provided with quality services online.

Adam Harrison

Mar 19th

What about The Hidden Network?

Tony Chester

Mar 21st

Are you kidding me?!? I just missed your post by a month with the release of Your Web Job – http://yourwebjob.com

Oh well…maybe next time and we’ll have 28 Places to Find Web Design Jobs.

Tony

Danny

Apr 12th

http://www.crowdspring.com/ – another really good web design ONLY (not coding) place

steven sharp

Jun 1st

also simple but effective – and highly releative for the uk http://www.webdesignjobs.co.uk

Tom

Jun 9th

Found http://www.jobplot.co.uk to be pretty good as well

Freelance Web Design Jobs

Jun 24th

You might consider adding DesignBay to the list next time:

http://jobs.designbay.com

Kurtis Cicalo

Jul 6th

I wish there was a Canadian specific site like these. Seems like most of them target the US or European markets.

Either way, good list.

Phaoloo

Jul 13th

This is what a web designer should bookmark and think about first whenever he needs a job.

Website Design Services

Aug 15th

I have been looking for job boards lately, thanks!

Also, the FreelanceSwitch job board is great. I recommend it to any freelancer.

Web Development and Design

Sep 18th

I have to give this list the thumbs up, have hit up almost all of these sites in 1 day.

Tyler

Oct 9th

Great list! Very helpful!

Although, FreshWebJobs is currently auctioning off it’s domain… LOL!

Steven Snell

Oct 10th

Tyler,
That’s disappointing about FreshWebJobs. Hopefully someone buys it and does something good with it.

Color Offset Printing

Nov 4th

WHOA I had no idea there were so many web design job boards! I think I only have 3-4 of these currently bookmarked. Best round up post ever, thanks!

Nicholas Ritchey

Nov 19th

Very helpful post as I’m a new website designer looking for work!

Thank you!

JT

Nov 21st

http://www.Webbyslist.com
Another great Web job site that aggregates most of the major job sites into a single (very long) list. Tons of web jobs here…

peter symons

Dec 1st

http://www.technojobs.co.uk/jobs/web-designer – over 200 live web design jobs here mainly from the UK. employer and agency jobs.

freshwebjobs

Dec 5th

Freshwebjobs.com is back up and running with the same design and all, so not much has changed. However, if anyone has any suggestions for what they would like to see on the site let us know, http://www.freshwebjobs.com/contact.

Lakshmi

Dec 22nd

found it useful, but can I get some indian websites also

Daniel

Apr 9th

Awesome list! I recently started out as a freelance web designer so this helps a lot to find work (which is my main problem right now). At least until I start getting referred ;).

I also found this site (http://www.ineedapricequote.com). Take a look at it if you get a chance and let me know if it’s something I should use.

Thanks!

Jayanta

Apr 27th

Not such a great list! most people should know these places if they really want to get a job

Steven Snell

Apr 27th

Jayanta,
There are a lot of people out there that aren’t familiar with more than a few of these.

Michael

May 19th

While most of these are job boards, it can take a lot of time to browse all these so I just use freelance job aggregators like http://www.webfreelancing.com, makes it easy to find jobs across sites for categories I’m best at.. like for WordPress Jobs I just click the WordPress category and get a list of lots of freelance wordpress stuff, etc. Or you can just go to a more general category. There’s lots of aggregators out there, some search different sites. Check them out!!

oxidizzy

Jul 6th

Wow ! a lot of job list over there !!

kai

Jul 19th

that help us……. wowh… nice guys…

Web Design Leicester

Jul 22nd

Yay! thanks for sharing

vuitton hanbags

Jul 23rd

that help us……. wowh… nice guys

Paul

Aug 12th

Here’s a new one: http://www.designmoves.co.uk

The site has more of a ‘design’ focus than web specifically, caters predominantly for the UK market and looks the business!

inblues

Oct 18th

ooppss .. thanks for the list. Should check on the listed site more often.

DVD Cleaner :

Oct 29th

there are so many online jobs that you could apply for, some pay well and some does not;’~

nimesh jain

Nov 1st

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devjobsplus

Nov 23rd

Great list!

You might consider adding Devjobspl.us to the list next time:
http://devjobspl.us/

Devjobsplus is a new site completely free and easy to use.

Web App Jobs

Jan 6th

Great, thorough list! Another option is webappjobs.com, which specializes in design, development, illustration and writing.

Web Design Hull

Jan 18th

Great list, there are lots on here I’d not heard of, thanks for sharing.

Mike

Feb 14th

Consider this site, i know they have some offers in the web development area and others.
http://uk.minutu.com/

hebegubele

Feb 17th

Thank you for the shares in this blog. I will visit it again.

asics

Mar 22nd

very nice article, i obviously love this amazing site, continue on it.

Andrew

Apr 9th

Awesome list, nice work.

Paul

Apr 11th

http://www.designmoves.co.uk is now free-to-play. You can’t say fairer than that …. . . . . . .

Michelle

Apr 12th

Many thanks for the list.

Javier

Apr 17th

This list is great, i was looking for some places to get some jobs, the times are hard :S

Sault Web Design

Apr 22nd

Thanks for the list, I have my go to places for work on the web but it can never hurt to have more, great post thanks

Trevor Seabrook
Sault Web Design

AJ

Jun 2nd

Terrific article! Thx for the post.

Here’s a Web jobs site definitely worth a mention- http://Webbyslist.com

Largest list of Web jobs I’ve seen. It aggregates jobs from the major sites you mention above in a single list- so no need to scour multiple sites:) Free to search or post, constantly updated w/ fresh jobs, and stupid simple interface. Also comes in RSS & Twittr flavors http://Twitter.com/Webbyslist

Daniel

Jun 30th

Thanks for sharing these useful list.

Fort Worth

Jul 8th

Digital Point forums is alright but all of the middle eastern competition drives the prices way low. The same thing with Craigslist so much competition you won’t get much for quality work. But sometimes you can get a good gig. If you’re a pro website designer then work will come to you.

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