Websites for Graphic Design Jobs

By: Samantha Werry

Like many, since I am graduating this spring, I am searching for jobs and oh how that’s been a good one… (not really) I have been searching through the typical career websites like Monster, LinkedIn, Indeed.com, and many more, but I have been having a hard time finding jobs I am interested in or even available for that matter. So one day, I decided to simply Google “websites to help find graphic design jobs,” and guess what came up. More information than I realized! Since I found this information, I thought it would be useful to share for my fellow graphic designers. These all can help you find that dream job you are searching for.

1. Coroflot 

Coroflot hosts over 80,000 graphic design portfolios and currently has over 700 job listings! I don’t know about you, but that sounds great to a designer! The jobs are even organized into a variety of design related categories! So if you want something in web development, all you have to do is search for it! One cool factor about this is that you can even sign up for job alerts when something is in your category!

2. Behance 

The Behance job board is growing fast! It is simple to navigate and has so many options. Make sure you check this one out soon before the competition gets even rougher! They have listings from everywhere and you can even search specific cities if you know where you want to go.

3. Authentic jobs

This lists all the new jobs, both full-time and part-time! So if you want to only work part-time due to an issue, here can help you find just what you are looking for.

4. AIGA Design Jobs

I know most graphic design students here at Purdue have heard of AIGA since we have a group apart of it here on campus. This company’s reputation is huge and has a great job selection to choose from. Many large and well-respected companies look for new and/or experienced designers here.

5. Krop

Krop is apparently one of the largest and most well known websites to find graphic design jobs. This is news to me! As soon as I found this out, I made sure to check it out! This has been around for a long time and new jobs are listed often by top agencies and design studios! So this is helpful for the designers that want to go anywhere their hearts desire and for the one’s who want to work for the “best.”

6. design:related

This is a great tool for all designers. They have a section for viewing portfolios if you need help or inspiration for your own! This showcases many great listings, including design management jobs, interactive jobs and many others requiring varying experiences. So this one can help the straight out of school designers.

7. Freelance Switch

Freelance Switch speaks for itself. Many students who don’t have a job yet want to stay fresh with their design. Freelance design is something people can do even if they want to do it on the side of their main job. This board is another job listing site that has a variety of design, development, illustration and flash jobs.

8. Smashing Magazine

This is a large design related blog that also has a job board with design and development jobs. The listings are organized into full-time and freelance positions for easier navigation. This tool is another helper for those freelance designers out there.

9. Fresh Web Jobs

Many designers love web design more than anything. This site helps those designers find a more specific job in the listings. But do not be discouraged! This site also has many graphic design jobs as well!

10. Simply Hired

Simply Hired is a great site to check out because it shows design job listings from many different websites! It also has filter options so you can easily weed out listings that do not appeal to you! You can search for all sorts of design jobs!

I hope my new-found knowledge helps all those designers out there! Keep reading my postings because I am going to continually write about graphic design ideas! The more you read, the better off you will be!

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