Maya K.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
React
Node.js
Hire Freelance Designers Vetted Into the Top 1%
Hire freelance designers on SuperGig by writing one brief: we hand-match a shortlist of vetted top-1% product, brand and UX designers within 48 hours, and every milestone is funded in escrow, released only when you approve the work.
$70 to 140/hr senior band
<1 in 20 vetting bar
Find your freelancer
Preview
Role
Budget
Start
Your top matches
2 of 3 can start this week All 3 available this month Flexible start dates
Andrei P.
Senior Backend Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
AWS
Jonas W.
Mobile Developer
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flutter
iOS
Sofia R.
Product Designer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma
Design systems
Nina H.
UX Designer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Research
Prototyping
Tomás L.
Brand Designer
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Identity
Packaging
Daniel O.
Conversion Copywriter
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
Email
Claire B.
Technical Writer
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
SaaS docs
API guides
Priya S.
Content Strategist
$75/hr
★★★★★4.8
B2B blogs
SEO briefs
Lucas M.
Growth Marketer
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
CRO
Emma T.
SEO Specialist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Technical SEO
Content
Rafael D.
Performance Marketer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Google Ads
Analytics
Hana Y.
Video Editor
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Short-form
Motion graphics
Marco V.
Post-Production Editor
$95/hr
★★★★★4.8
Color grade
Sound design
Alice G.
YouTube Editor
$70/hr
★★★★★4.9
Retention edits
Thumbnails
Rachel N.
Small-Business Bookkeeper
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
QuickBooks Online
Monthly close
Derek C.
Senior Bookkeeper
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
Reconciliations
AR and AP
Monica F.
Freelance Accountant (CPA)
$105/hr
★★★★★4.9
Xero
1099 filing
Grace A.
Executive Virtual Assistant
$45/hr
★★★★★4.9
Inbox and calendar
Travel
Bianca T.
Operations Assistant
$38/hr
★★★★★4.9
CRM hygiene
Data entry
Jordan R.
Social Media Assistant
$42/hr
★★★★★4.8
Scheduling
Community
Elena M.
Technical SEO Consultant
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Audits
Core Web Vitals
Chris P.
SEO Content Strategist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Topic clusters
On-page
Nadia V.
Link and Digital PR Lead
$105/hr
★★★★★4.8
Outreach
Authority
Dana R.
Google Ads Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★5.0
Search and lead gen
Conversion tracking
Tomas O.
Paid Search Manager
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Shopping and PMax
Feed strategy
Sasha W.
PPC Specialist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Account audits
Budget pacing
Ravi K.
Senior Data Scientist
$140/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
Forecasting
Laura O.
ML Engineer
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
scikit-learn
MLOps
Sam B.
Analytics Data Scientist
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
SQL
Dashboards
Tobias A.
Senior DevOps Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
AWS
Terraform
Priya N.
Platform / SRE Engineer
$145/hr
★★★★★4.9
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Marcus C.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
$125/hr
★★★★★4.9
Azure
GitHub Actions
Ava L.
Social Media Manager
$65/hr
★★★★★4.9
Instagram
TikTok
Diego M.
Content and Community Manager
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
Content calendar
Community
Kayla R.
Paid Social Strategist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Meta Ads
Reporting
Julian C.
Management Consultant
$165/hr
★★★★★5.0
Strategy
GTM
Rebecca A.
Operations Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★4.9
Process design
SOPs
Victor P.
Financial / FP&A Consultant
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
Modeling
Fundraising
Grace H.
Freelance CPA
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Tax prep
Advisory
Nathan D.
Tax Accountant
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
S-corp
1040 and 1120
Lena P.
Fractional Controller
$135/hr
★★★★★4.9
GAAP close
Financial reports
Dana R.
Direct-Response Copywriter
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
Sales pages
Email sequences
Marcus B.
Conversion Copywriter
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
A/B testing
Sara K.
Ad and Brand Copywriter
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
Taglines
Ivan V.
Senior QA Automation Engineer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Playwright
CI pipelines
Priya M.
SDET / Test Engineer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Cypress
API testing
Dana K.
Manual and Exploratory QA Lead
$75/hr
★★★★★4.9
Test plans
Regression
Ravi T.
Certified Salesforce Developer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Apex
LWC
Megan B.
Salesforce Technical Architect
$160/hr
★★★★★4.9
Integrations
Sales Cloud
Carlos O.
Salesforce Admin and Consultant
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flows
Service Cloud
Lena C.
Senior UX Designer
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
User research
Figma
Devon M.
UI and Interaction Designer
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Design systems
Prototyping
Amara K.
UX Researcher
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Usability testing
Journey maps
Elena B.
Senior Webflow Developer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Webflow CMS
Interactions
Jordan R.
Webflow Designer and Builder
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma to Webflow
SEO setup
Tarek S.
Webflow Migration Specialist
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
WordPress migration
Core Web Vitals
Sofia M.
Certified Legal Translator
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
ATA certified
Spanish/English
Yuki T.
Localization Specialist
$68/hr
★★★★★4.9
App localization
Japanese/English
Rami A.
Medical and Technical Translator
$82/hr
★★★★★4.9
Life sciences
Arabic/English
Nadia P.
Senior Commercial Illustrator
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Brand illustration
Vector
Cole J.
Editorial and Spot Illustrator
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Editorial
Procreate
Hana L.
Children's Book Illustrator
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Character design
Book covers
Example profiles for preview. Your real shortlist is hand-picked for your brief once your early-access spot opens.
Fund milestone 1 · $1,800 in escrow · $4,800 in escrow · $12,500 in escrow · released on your approval
The quality bar
What a freelance product designer should deliver
A top-1% designer does not hand you a folder of pretty screens. You get decisions with reasons, files your developers can build from without a meeting, and a system that survives the third feature you add after they leave.
Design rarely works alone: rebrands land better when you also hire freelance writers for voice and messaging, and a new site converts better when you hire freelance marketers to test it against real traffic. All three sit on the same vetted roster.
Deliverables checklist
- Product / UX: flows, wireframes, clickable Figma prototypes, usability findings you can act on.
- UI: a component library with tokens, states and responsive specs, not one-off artboards.
- Brand: identity system, logo files in every format, and usage guidelines your team will actually follow.
- Handover: organized source files, developer annotations, and a walkthrough recording.
Every item versioned per milestone, reviewed before escrow releases
Rates
Freelance designer rates by specialty
| Specialty | Hourly rate | Typical project | First milestone often |
|---|---|---|---|
| UI designer | $70 to 95/hr | Screen design inside an existing system | Key-flow redesign |
| Brand identity designer | $75 to 110/hr | Identity, packaging, guidelines | Direction concepts |
| UX designer / researcher | $80 to 115/hr | Flows, prototypes, usability testing | Research + wireframes |
| Senior product designer | $95 to 125/hr | End-to-end feature or app design | Prototype of core flow |
| Design systems lead | $110 to 140/hr | Tokens, component library, governance | System audit |
Designers keep 100% of these rates. Your only platform cost is the transparent freelance marketplace fees: 10% per project on Marketplace, no monthly fee.
Vetting
Four stages between an applicant and your shortlist
01
Portfolio review
Senior designers review shipped work for craft and for outcomes: did the redesign move a number?
02
Skills assessment
A structured critique and process interview: how they scope, research and defend decisions.
03
Live project simulation
A paid design sprint on a realistic brief, judged on process, communication and the handover file.
04
Reference check
Past clients confirm deadlines held, feedback taken well, files delivered clean.
Vetting bar
<1 in 20
The screen is built to pass fewer than 1 in 20 designers.
Briefing guide
How to hire a freelance designer fast
Tip 01
Brief the problem, not the pixels
"Churn spikes at onboarding step 3" gives a designer room to earn their rate. A list of screens to decorate does not. State the business outcome you want moved.
Tip 02
Show what already exists
Link your current product, brand files and any design system on day one. Matching against your real constraints is why the shortlist fits in 48 hours.
Tip 03
Milestone by decision, not by page
Fund concepts first, then the full system. You review direction early, and escrow releases only after each approval, so a wrong turn costs one milestone, not the project.
New to the process? The how to hire a freelancer page walks through all four steps, from brief to escrow release.
Hire a Freelance Designer in 48 Hours
One brief gets you a hand-picked shortlist of vetted top-1% designers. Milestone escrow means you approve every deliverable before paying.