Brands and agencies:
We built a free calculator that shows how much you could save using offshore graphic designers.
Some companies are saving $100k+ per year.
Comment CALCULATOR and I’ll send it to you!
@figma Love this Figma update—faster design-to-code is huge
For apparel/merch brands hit by $40–50/hr rates?
Offshore teams + tools like this = 40–60% savings, same quality
Bio has free savings calc
A growing apparel brand we support now works with 20+ offshore & nearshore designers.
Why?
Because hiring that many designers in-house would have been incredibly expensive.
Instead they built a flexible design team — and saved a lot in the process.
@CNS_Recruiting $40–$50/hr freelance design rates seem pretty common right now.
A lot of companies we talk to are experimenting with offshore design support to keep costs manageable while scaling creative output.
Curious what founders and marketers are seeing right now
What’s the biggest challenge with graphic design?
A) Finding good designers
B) Affording good designers
C) Managing design workload
D) Getting things done quickly
Feels like most teams struggle with at least one of these
Most companies underestimate the true cost of a graphic designer
Salary: $65k–$85k
Benefits & taxes: ~$15k
Software & overhead: ~$5k
Suddenly that “$70k designer” becomes a $90k–$100k employee
One reason many growing brands are quietly experimenting with offshore design teams