Hire A Graphic Designer
Design Bottlenecks Kill Momentum — Agencies Bill By The Revision
A dedicated, full-time designer who lives inside your brand — social creatives, ads, decks and collateral, every day — from $1,200/month.
How Much Does A Graphic Designer Cost — And What Do You Get?
A dedicated full-time graphic designer through Borderless Recruit starts at $1,200 per month. A comparable US designer costs $4,200–$5,800 per month in salary plus about 30% in employer costs, and design agencies bill per project or subscription tiers with request limits. You get a full workweek of design, every week.
What Our graphic designers Actually Do
Hiring Locally vs Borderless Recruit
Full monthly employer cost — gross salary plus 30% in payroll taxes, benefits, equipment and office space.
| Hiring In The US | Borderless Recruit | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $5,460–$7,540 | from $1,200 |
| Extra employer costs | +30% on top of gross | None — one flat monthly rate |
| Time to hire | 4–10 weeks | 10–14 business days |
| If it doesn't work out | Full re-recruitment on you | Free replacement + refund for days not worked |
| Estimated annual savings | — | $63,600 |
Calculate Your Savings
Enter the salary you would pay locally — and see how much stays in your business.
How much would you save on a graphic designer? Set the salary you would pay locally.
Local employer cost is calculated as gross salary plus 30% — payroll taxes, benefits, equipment and office space. The Borderless Recruit figure is a flat monthly rate with no additional employer costs.
- Local employer cost
- $6,500 /month
- With Borderless Recruit
- $1,200 /month
- Monthly savings
- $5,300
How We Know Our graphic designers Are Good
To enter our database, every candidate passes three assessments and an in-depth interview — only a small fraction of applicants ever reach your shortlist.
Live English Interview
Fluent written and spoken communication, tested in a live interview — not a questionnaire.
Personality Assessment
Commitment, reliability and the ability to work independently and remotely, long-term.
Professional Skills Test
A hands-on test in the tools and real tasks of a graphic designer — not just a resume.
Our Process
What You Can Expect From Working With Us
Free consultation with one of our representatives in Borderless Recruit - full characterization of the role for the business and the specific requirements from the employee
Search for an employee from our pool of talented employees to suit the specific needs of the business
A job interview with the employer with the 2-3 final candidates we provide from the database
Starting the employment of a talented and hardworking employee
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you test design skills?+
Candidates complete a hands-on design test and a portfolio review before they ever reach you — then you review the finalists’ portfolios and interview them yourself.
Which tools do your designers use?+
Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma and Canva are standard. If your stack is different, we screen specifically for it during the professional skills test.
How is this better than a design subscription service?+
Subscription services queue your requests behind other clients and cap active tasks. Your designer works only for you, full-time, and builds brand context that compounds — no queue, no per-request limits.
What if the style is not a fit?+
You see portfolios and interview finalists before anyone starts. And if it still does not work out, we replace your designer free and refund any days not worked.
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