Hire a Graphic Designer. By the hour.
Brand, social, print and marketing design — turn briefs into assets fast.
Get matched with a Graphic Designer
What a graphic designer actually does.
A graphic designer turns briefs into finished brand, social and marketing assets — fast, and matched to your existing visual identity. ViaHourly designers are matched by specialty, whether that's brand systems, social content, print collateral, or ad creative.
Why teams hire a graphic designer.
Marketing needs new assets weekly but design capacity can't keep up.
Different freelancers interpret brand guidelines differently, creating a disjointed look.
The same visual assets have run for months with no fresh testing variations.
Print collateral for events or retail needs specialized production knowledge no one in-house has.
What ViaHourly delivers instead.
A dedicated designer works from your brand guidelines across every asset, keeping output consistent.
Hourly capacity means design requests don't sit in a queue for weeks.
New variations delivered on a testing schedule instead of running the same creative until it fatigues.
Bleed, color profiles and file specs handled correctly the first time.
"Our design requests were queued for weeks behind everything else. Having dedicated hourly capacity meant a backlog that had built up over a month cleared in a few days."
Illustrative example based on the kind of outcome clients in this situation typically describe — not a quote from a specific customer.
How you hire a Graphic Designer.
- 01Submit brief
Tell us the scope, tools and outcome you need from your graphic designer.
- 02Review matches
Our team hand-picks a shortlist based on skills, industry and availability.
- 03Kickoff call
Meet the expert, align on the plan and start tracking hours.
- 04Iterate & scale
Extend, pause or expand — always at the same hourly rate.
What's in scope for a graphic designer.
- Brand asset design (logos, style guides, templates)
- Social media graphics and content calendars
- Print collateral (brochures, signage, packaging)
- Digital ad creative and testing variations
- Presentation and pitch deck design
- Basic photo editing and retouching
- File preparation for print and digital delivery
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Figma or Canva for collaborative design
- Brand system and style guide application
- Print production knowledge (bleed, CMYK, file specs)
- Social media platform sizing and format standards
- Fast, brief-to-asset turnaround
How businesses put a graphic designer to work.
A designer produces a full week of on-brand social graphics from a single content brief.
Multiple ad creative variations are produced for a testing calendar, keeping campaigns fresh.
Signage, brochures and badges are designed and prepped print-ready for a trade show.
Who hires graphic designers on ViaHourly.
Hourly design capacity typically clears a multi-week request backlog within days and keeps ad creative testing cadence consistent, which directly supports paid media performance.
Graphic designers start around $35/hr. Most ongoing engagements run 10–20 hours a month; one-off projects are scoped hourly.
| Factor | In-house hire | ViaHourly |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | Queued behind other design work | Dedicated hourly capacity |
| Brand consistency | Varies by contractor | One designer working from your system |
| Cost | In-house designer salary | Hourly, scoped to actual output |