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Design Career Guide
Job Boards
There’s no one way to be creative, so naturally there are thousands of ways to find creative jobs. To help you find them, we’ve compiled a list of the Top 10 Creative Job Boards Online with some advice on what to look for. There is something for everyone, whether you’re looking for a members-only environment or a specific design niche.
We invite you to use these sites in your career search.
Top 10 Creative Job Boards Online
Looking for a creative position? Take advantage of our listing of the top 10 design job boards online.
1. AIGA
AIGA is perhaps the largest and longest-running professional membership organization for design. Founded in 1914, AIGA’s stated mission is to advance “design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force.” To this day, AIGA defines global standards and ethical practices in design.
Important to note: The AIGA job board is only available to organization members. While membership requires a yearly fee, there are a variety of membership levels at different price points. For information on joining, visit the AIGA membership page.
2. COROFLOT
Coroflot launched in 1997 as a way to connect creative professionals with jobs in design. The site boasts a large and active job board, with employers ranging from small local companies to multinational industry leaders like Nike, Microsoft, and Landor.
Coroflot’s job board is searchable by keyword, company, location, job level, or specialty. Some of the many specialties listed include 3D Modeling, Art Direction, Packaging Design, Typography and Awesomeness.
3. HOW DESIGN
The How Design job board was created in partnership with Coroflot, so you’ll see many of the same design jobs listed on both sites. Though Coroflot offers a more detailed breakdown of job categories, the How Design job board provides many helpful resources for designers, including a 3-week training on creating your first WordPress blog and an awesome infographic that breaks down creative jobs by salary.
4. CREATIVE HOTLIST
Creative Hotlist site is a career resource site for creative and design professionals, who can log into the site to post resumes, online portfolios, and job-wanted ads. Members can also save searches in a personalized virtual filing system, which can be helpful for organizing job search information. You can use the basic search function to browse jobs by keyword. Or, a more advanced search can be used to filter results alphabetically, by experience level, or by the date the job was posted. All custom search results can be saved for future access.
CREATIVE HOTLIST – CREATIVEHOTLIST.COM/BROWSE/JOBS
5. BEHANCE
Behance is a unique online platform where individual designers showcase their creative work. The site contains thousands of online portfolios from designers around the world, broken down by a variety of different creative fields (architecture, graphic design, illustration, and motion graphics are just a few of the popular search categories).
As a complement to the vast portfolio-sharing site, Behance offers a free job board. Jobs are searchable by keyword, creative field, or company. Check out the company directory to view active job listings with companies ranging from Adobe to Etsy.
6. KROP CREATIVE JOBS
Krop.com began in 2000, not as a design Web site, but as a private mailing list for professional designers. In time, it grew into a design job board and design community Web site. Today, Krop gets more than 1 million visits to their Web site per month and is still owned by the original founders.
Use Krop to search hundreds of creative job listings or to build and host your online portfolio. Be sure to check out the Pluck’t feature—a list of top portfolio pieces, uploaded by Krop users, and hand-selected by the Krop.com staff.
7. AUTHENTIC JOBS
Authentic Jobs is one of the few top job sites that specifically caters to Web designers. What sets the site apart from other online job boards? The moderators of Authentic Jobs personally screen all job posts to verify that the job is fair and legitimate. The site is freely searchable by designers and features job opportunities with companies big and small.
Authentic Jobs is a great choice for freelancers and job seekers who want to be sure they’re applying for a trustworthy job. Designers can search for jobs by category, location, and whether the job is full-time, contract, freelance, or an internship.
8. SMASHING MAGAZINE
Smashing Magazine is an independent site delivering interesting and informative content to Web designers and developers. In their own words, “The Smashing Team loves high-quality content and cares about little details.” Smashing even holds regular special events and conferences featuring top Web professionals from around the world.
The Smashing jobs board features companies of all sizes. Some notables include Electronic Arts, Amazon, Rockstar Games, MTV, and Nokia. Jobs are searchable by keyword or location, and also can be refined by type (full-time or freelance) and category.
9. DRIBBBLE
“What are you working on?” That’s the motto of the Dribbble design community. Dribbble is a place for creative professionals share samples of their work. Unlike many portfolio sites, Dribbble is a “show and tell” site for in-process projects. It’s a place where designers go to connect, get inspired, and promote their work to industry professionals.
Dribbble features a straightforward job board, searchable by location. While the site can’t boast hundreds of job postings, the positions listed are relevant and up-to-date.
10. UPWORK
Last but not least is Upwork, which is different from the other job boards on this list. Upwork is a place where business owners post job opportunities for freelancers. To date, Upwork is the most popular site of its kind.
On Upwork, business owners post job opportunities and freelancers write proposals for the job. Upwork can be a competitive environment, but it’s a great place to build a positive reputation online. The site also offers tools to track job progress, set milestones, view in-progress projects, and video conference with clients.