When hiring a freelance magazine designer, a popular choice is to use marketplace platforms such as Fiverr or Upwork. While these platforms make it easy to find freelancers for various tasks, there are reasons why you may want to consider having direct access to an experienced magazine production artist without a marketplace platform in sight.

• You'll get better service. You will have direct access to any members of our team who will be able to understand your aims and objectives fully. It's more than just the quality of the final output; our communication and planning with our clients are important.
• You'll save money. Marketplaces take a service fee on every project. This can add up with more considerable project work, such as magazine production.
• You'll have more control. Unlike a marketplace, where you're at the mercy of the freelancer, we take ownership of projects and deliver within realistic timeframes, communicating what those timeframes are before we commence work.
• We don't cut corners. And for very good reason. Work supplied by marketplace freelancers may need correcting or recreating later, which can invite further unexpected costs. We frequently see it with supplied artwork.
• You're protected. If marketplace freelancers don't deliver on their promises and you miss your deadline, it can be difficult to get your money back. We prefer to provide our clients with confidence when choosing to work with us directly, which is why we are proud to have been independently vetted and registered with Trading Standards' Buy with Confidence scheme.
• Experience. Each team member is not only fully conversant with continual investment in the latest software and supportive tools, but we have also worked in prepress production departments within commercial printing organisations and, therefore, understand the intricacies and technicalities when it comes to fulfilling design work.
• Collaboration. Some projects may require additional members of production artists to deliver a project within a shortened timeframe. Being a team, we can expedite any requirements once we have identified and justified why and how this would work. If using a marketplace platform, how would this foresight be identified, and how would this work when hiring individuals using a marketplace platform?
• Management. We will plan and manage projects to ensure all remain on track to meet deadlines.
• Resourcing assistance. With many years in the business, we have a bank of contacts we have previously worked with, enabling clients to enlist additional services only when required.
• Availability. Illness can strike anytime, or a team member could be on holiday. It doesn't mean your project should be put on hold. Unlike a marketplace freelancer, we can provide you with a choice. We can work around it, or if time is of the essence, we can move the job to another team member who can pick up the project, minimising delay or incurring additional costs.

In a nutshell, we offer clients direct access to our experienced production artists to deliver an efficient and cost-effective reliable service, directly managing your project as we strive to exceed expectations while keeping pricing as low as possible, which is why you won't find us on any marketplace platform.

To find out more, drop us a line via our contact page.