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Designs That Resonate, Brands That Last.
A well-crafted design can make all the difference in how your marketing resonates with your audience. Its not just about hiring a designer; its about finding a seasoned professional who understands the art and science of impactful visuals. To meet your goals, you need someone with the skill, insight, and...
Top Services:
- Graphic Design
- Creative Services
- Logo Design
- Branding
- Design Services
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- Location
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Strategic Marketing for Small Business.
We specialize in Web Design, Social Media, Content Creation, Email Marketing, & SEO that inspires & delights. We building brands, boosting traffic, and driving conversions...
Top Services:
- Design Services
- Creative Services
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Clayton, North Carolina
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $30/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Create Positive Change
Fine Humans is a small but mighty creative agency specializing in branding, UX/UI design, and growth marketing. For the past 10 years we've worked intimately with businesses at every stage of their journey, from pre-launch startups to growing and established companies...
Top Services:
- Branding
- UI/UX Design
- Web Design
- Logo Design
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
A Creative Powerhouse For Visual Storytelling
MovingStone Digital is an animation studio turning ideas into captivating stories. Since 2019, weve been creating standout visuals through creativity, collaboration, and a passion for storytelling...
Top Services:
- Video Production
- Design Services
- Logo Design
- Branding
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Austin, Texas
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Marketing That Scales With You
Gridhaus is a strategy-led creative studio based in Chicago, building brand, web, and UX systems for bold, high-growth companies in tech, fintech, and healthcare. We don't do campaigns we build the foundational systems that help ambitious teams scale with clarity and confidence...
Top Services:
- Digital Strategy
- Branding
- Creative Services
- Logo Design
- Design Services
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- Location
- Evanston, Illinois
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Strategic Design Studio Built Around Clarity
Hasnify is a strategic branding and digital design studio focused on helping businesses build clear, memorable brands and intuitive digital experiences. Its approach is centered on the principle of clarity, with an emphasis on making brands easy to understand rather than following short-lived design trends...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Digital Strategy
- UI/UX Design
- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Sheridan, Wyoming
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Together, Lets Make The Magic Happen.
Magic Promotions Inc. helps businesses create memorable brand experiences through promotional products, branded merchandise, corporate gifting, and creative marketing solutions designed to strengthen client and employee connections...
Top Services:
- Digital Services
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Design Services
- Package Design
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- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $5/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
If your brand is impacting the world, your brand should reflect it
Alt-Black is a future-focused branding agency for startups that impact the world...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Graphic Design
- Creative Services
- Design Services
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- Location
- New York City, New York
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
One-Person Design Studio
Seal & Co. is a one-person design and systems studio based in Vancouver, Washington, helping businesses improve how customers discover, experience, and engage with them online. The studio combines website design, digital systems development, automation, and customer journey optimization to address visibility...
Top Services:
- UI/UX Design
- AI Development
- Web Design
- SEO
- Web Development
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- Location
- Vancouver, Washington
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $129/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Vector Artwork US LLC
Vector Artwork US LLCGet Top-Quality Vector Conversion Services...
Top Services:
- Graphic Design
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Design Services
- Package Design
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- Location
- Wyoming, Delaware
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $10/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Professional Lifeguard & CPR Training in New York
Lifeguard Training NY provides professional lifeguard certification, CPR/AED, First Aid, waterfront lifeguarding, WSI, and aquatic safety training across Long Island and New York...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- AEO
- Design Services
- Creative Services
- Branding
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- Location
- Roslyn, New York
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $20/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Vault Innovation Group is an award-winning digital solutions agency headquartered in Chicago, dedicated to building technology that drives growth.We specialize in custom software development and digital product innovation, helping organizations transform ideas into scalable solutions. From startups looking to...
Top Services:
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- Web Design
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- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
Let's Create Exceptional Experiences.
Studio Science is a design & innovation consultancy. We work with established market leaders, enterprise software companies, and assertive venture-backed startups to deliver transformative brands, products and services...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Development
- Branding
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $175/hr
Simply Masterpiece
We are a digital agency with expertise in Web development, Mobile development, Creative designs, UI/UX designs, and digital marketing...
Top Services:
- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
- Email Marketing
- SEO
- Web Development
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- Location
- Miami, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $20/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Digital Design Done Right.
At Hounder, we are passionate about helping our clients create meaningful digital products and experiences that deliver results. We ensure projects receive the focus they need to be done correctly and on schedule – reducing cost and risk for all stakeholders involved. Our success is measured solely by how...
Top Services:
- eCommerce Development
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Software Development
- CRO
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- Location
- Redlands, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $300/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
Tailored digital products and brand UX design
For two decades, our innovative digital products development agency has taken on a wide range of challenging IT services. We are masters at crafting custom software solutions and stunning web designs - anything from simple logo design to complex large-scale development projects! Let us help make your digital...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- Software Development
- Mobile App Development
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- Location
- New York City, New York
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $149/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
Advancing the corporate sphere
As a leading provider of advertising, digital marketing, and digital transformation services, we offer a comprehensive range of solutions to help businesses grow and succeed in the digital space. Our services include Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Optimization (SMO), website design and...
Top Services:
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
- CRO
- Email Marketing
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- Hillside, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Full-service creative studio crafting unparalleled digital experiences.
We are a full-service creative studio crafting unique digital experiences.We provide our partners with exceptional digital solutions that bring strategic value and make their businesses thrive...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Web Development
- eCommerce Development
- Digital Services
- Design Services
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- Location
- New York City, New York
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
Big Ideas Start with SunerGarcia.
We are SunerGarcia. We are an innovative digital marketing agency that focuses on building around technology and consumer experience. We build exciting brand experiences for our clients. Our team is a fine assortment of movers and shakers, creatives, designers, planners, tech enthusiast, and all around hard...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- PPC
- Software Development
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- Location
- San Diego, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Turning Ideas Into Powerful Brand Identities
We create custom logos in Los Angeles, helping businesses of all sizes build strong brands...
Top Services:
- Logo Design
- Graphic Design
- Digital Services
- Branding
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Century, West Virginia
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Creative Hearts. Engineered Identities.
Atin is a strategic design and branding studio operating in London and Los Angeles. We engineer bespoke brand identities, custom logo systems, tactile packaging, and web experiences for venture-backed startups and scaling enterprises...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Package Design
- Design Services
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Creative. Bold. Different.
Nice Touch is a team of creatives, developers, and strategists pushing beyond the ordinary to deliver bold, impactful solutions. We challenge conventions and craft work that stands out...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Package Design
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- Web Design
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- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
For over 10 years, Nine Labs has been providing product strategy, consulting, and advisory services to some of the world's biggest brands and fastest...
Top Services:
- Creative Services
- eCommerce Development
- Digital Services
- UI/UX Design
- Branding
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- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Transforming Challenges into Digital Excellence.
Brightly is a research-driven, design-led digital transformation studio specializing in experience design (XD) and digital transformation (DX). We create impactful brands, intuitive software, and engaging digital experiences through deep business immersion and data-driven insights. Our expertise spans web...
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Web Design
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
StudioThinking, BrandBrewing
Dreamentia Creative Laboratories is a boutique branding and marketing agency founded in 2006, with offices in Los Angeles and Boston. The firm specializes in integrated advertising and marketing services encompassing branding, strategic planning, digital and print campaigns, direct mail, packaging, and web...
Top Services:
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Advertising
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- Burbank, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Offshore Software Development Company - Build Faster, Smarter!
Kick-start your project with the best offshore software development company at affordable prices. With the best offshore development team and project management practices, our 400+ AI-enabled developers ensure your software is unique and robust...
Top Services:
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Software Development
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- Location
- Maryland, New York
- Number of Employees
- 250 - 499
- Average Hourly Rate
- $14/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
From Idea to Market, Seamlessly.
DevSquad is an elite team of developers helping founders turn SaaS ideas into reality with a transparent, scrum-driven approach...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- UI/UX Design
- Web Development
- eCommerce Development
- IoT
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- Location
- Murray, Utah
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
Mark your Brand Up
Global Leader in Mobile App Development & Digital Engineering...
Top Services:
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
- Blockchain
- AI Development
- IoT
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- Location
- Sammamish, Washington
- Number of Employees
- 250 - 499
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Always Ahead, Forward, Near.
KNDCODE delivers quick and easy access to custom-tailored technology solutions, nearshore services and team augmentation that multiply organizational efficiency, and maximize usability...
Top Services:
- AI Development
- Software Development
- Mobile App Development
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Carmel, Indiana
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Business & Marketing Consulting Firm
Nufire Marketing is……a full-service business and marketing consulting firm that helps business owners and marketing professionals build awareness, generate leads and increase sales with integrated brand marketing that revolves around a great understanding of your business and your culture.We are a...
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- Business Consulting
- Creative Services
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Burnsville, Minnesota
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $120/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
We Take Your Ideas Forward
Aximsoft from San Ramon California, is the partner of choice for many of the world’s leading enterprises and emerging startups, delivering technology solutions right from ground-up. Be it product design, engineering or product marketing, we’ve got it all covered! From Printing to Energy, Automobile to...
Top Services:
- VR/AR
- Software Development
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- IT Services
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- Location
- San Ramon, California
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
Make the Complex Simple
shark&minnow is a business & marketing consultancy that makes the complex simple. Core offerings include: research & insights, strategic planning, design & marketing communications...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Public Relations
- Digital Marketing
- UI/UX Design
- Market Research
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- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Crafting Visuals That Connect. Stories That Stick.
Zalaznik Creative is a full-service design and branding studio that integrates web, print, laser-engraving and promotional solutions to help small-to-medium businesses build memorable and cohesive brand experiences...
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- SEO
- Print Design
- Branding
- Web Design
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- Location
- Dubuque, Iowa
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $65/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Accelerating Value Delivery
We provide data, cloud, product, and quality engineering services for enterprises that need to transform with predictability. We partner with our customers on high-priority, high-visibility projects where failure is not an option. And we only work with customers who want a partner that is invested in the same...
Top Services:
- Big Data Analytics
- Cloud Consulting
- IT Services
- Managed Services
- IoT
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- Location
- Stratford, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- 250 - 499
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
STA is a full-service advertising agency
We are proud to be a small but mighty team. Sean Tracey Associates is made up of Creative Directors and Thinkers, Video Producers and Editors, Researchers, Designers, Digital and Media Strategists, and Account Executives. We're all a little bit different. We each have our area of specialty. But we pride...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Creative Services
- Video Production
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Your Partner For Custom Design Solutions
Fineart Design Agency, a leading design agency in Canada, is passionate about creating the best user experience possible and exceeding your expectations. From ideation to launch, we are dedicated to delivering impeccable solutions that align with your development goals...
Top Services:
- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
- UI/UX Design
- Graphic Design
- Design Services
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- Location
- Highland Heights, Ohio
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $30/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Web & Brand Design Agency
Schletty Design & Music design and develop responsive/adaptive CMS-based web sites using WordPress and Drupal. We also design with Dreamweaver...
Top Services:
- Web Development
- Web Design
- SEO
- Graphic Design
- Print Design
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- Location
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Branding That Speaks for Itself.
Trusted by clients from around the world, Ikigai has been standing out for over decade...
Top Services:
- Web Development
- Mobile App Development
- Branding
- Creative Services
- SEO
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- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Medical 3D Animation / Mobile Apps / Interactive Web / Video Production
We are visual storytellers transforming your ideas into beautiful, educational, and inspiring visual art. Our 3D artists, programmers, designers, and developers are highly experienced and take pride in the work we do for you. We serve you, our customers and friends, with professionalism and a level of...
Top Services:
- Video Production
- Design Services
- Web Design
- Mobile App Development
- Web Development
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- Location
- Alpine, Utah
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $70/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Marketing, PR & Creative.
Oakland Trust Marketing commenced its journey in 2019, initiated by a college freshman eager to venture into advertising, later realizing it was merely a component within the broader realm of marketing...
Top Services:
- Digital Services
- Graphic Design
- Digital Strategy
- Print Design
- Package Design
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- Location
- Waltham, Massachusetts
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
We Believe in Doing Great Work with Great People.
Signal Factory is a brand and creative studio blending deep insight, high-end visuals, and creative intuition to build brands that speak volumes. Since 2010, we've closed the gap between strategy and execution, helping global brands move from fragmented messaging to brand systems that scale...
Top Services:
- Creative Services
- Design Services
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Video Production
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- Location
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
Boxes Built Around Your Product & Not Templates. Benefit from low minimum orders.
Custom Designs Boxes build brands and an 20+ Year experienced workforce to design Custom Boxes, Custom packaging, creative die-cut designer boxes that satisfy the needs of heavy or light, big or small, casual or luxurious products/businesses...
Top Services:
- Package Design
- Digital Services
- Branding
- Creative Services
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Manassas Park, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $45/hr
Your Partner For Innovation
MTechZilla is a custom software development company helping growing companies and product teams across the US and EU to build software products or scale engineering capacity. Senior, pre-vetted developers fully aligned to your timezone. AWS Partner with 40+ products delivered...
Top Services:
- Software Development
- Mobile App Development
- Web Development
- AI Development
- Cloud Consulting
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- Location
- San Jose, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
From Concept to Cut-File, with Precision
Bhameshwari Graphics is a professional graphic design company with a strong reputation for delivering premium-quality artwork to clients across the world. With over a decade of dedicated experience, we specialize in vector art conversion, custom illustrations, and creative graphic design for printing...
Top Services:
- Logo Design
- Graphic Design
- Branding
- Creative Services
- Design Services
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- Location
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $10/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Helping Local Businesses Grow Online
Misselhorn Media is a North Palm Beach, Florida-based digital marketing and design studio led by Chad Misselhorn, a solo marketing professional with more than 20 years of experience helping local businesses grow online. The company specializes in SEO, content marketing, digital advertising, email marketing...
Top Services:
- SEO
- PPC
- Content Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Graphic Design
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- Location
- North Palm Beach, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $80/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Optimize For AI Platforms Like ChatGPT
SEO James is a boutique internet-marketing agency that offers everything you need to grow your business. Founded by CEO and President James McCauley, the firm is comprised of a talented team of savvy internet marketing experts with the experience needed to help you stand out from the crowd...
Top Services:
- Digital Services
- Design Services
- Logo Design
- Digital Strategy
- Reputation Management
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- Location
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $35/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Business Solutions For A Smarter Way To Work
Sentinel Edge is a Tennessee-based business automation and technology solutions company that helps small businesses streamline operations, reduce manual work, and improve efficiency through smart systems and automation. The company specializes in workflow automation, CRM integration, AI-powered assistants...
Top Services:
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
- CRM Consulting
- SEO
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- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
We Kill Ordinary
Raw Engine Media is an automotive marketing agency built by enthusiasts, for the performance aftermarket. Founded in 2016 and based in Southern California, we specialize in creative production, brand strategy, content marketing, and advertising for brands that live in car culture...
Top Services:
- Graphic Design
- Digital Services
- Video Production
- Creative Services
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Chino, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $30/hr
Oak & Grid is a Dallas-based creative studio specializing in branding, web design, and digital experiences for modern businesses...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Web Design
- UI/UX Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Mansfield, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Great Quality, Fast Result, Fair Price.
HLP Studios is a creative technology studio helping brands turn products, ideas, and digital needs into high-quality visuals, websites, apps, animations, and custom software solutions...
Top Services:
- Digital Services
- Creative Services
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- Mobile App Development
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- Location
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
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Hiring Guide: How to Choose the Best Product Design Company in the US
What can custom product designers in the USA do for businesses?
They can help businesses turn ideas into market-ready products that attract users and improve usability, aesthetics, and strengthen brand value.
These specialists ensure the customer needs are central to the business, which directly supports branding efforts.
If the product is well-designed, it’s easier to sell the vision for the brand and get the company name known across the niche.
Namely, companies that put design at the center of decision-making have outperformed the S&P 500 by 228% over a ten-year period, indicating a link between design quality and business performance.
On a product level, well-designed user interfaces can increase conversion rates by up to 400%, while improved usability alone can double conversions by making products easier to understand and faster to use.
How is a product design agency different from a UX/UI design agency?
UX and UI designare subsets of product design, focusing on the usability, functionality, look, and feel of the product itself.
In essence, UX designers’ core responsibilityis theexperience a user has while interacting with a product or service. It seeks to identify the end user’s problem(s) and provide them with a functional, easy-to-use solution.
Product design, on the other hand, takes a broader, more holistic view of the product, considering not only the usability of the product, but also where the product fits into the market and how it relates to business goals.
How to choose the best product design agency in the USA?
We prepared a mini guide to help you choose the best product design company in the United States.
These considerations can help you avoid common hiring mistakes and set clearer expectations:
- Set a clear scope
Determine whether the service you are seeking entails full product ownership or support for a specific phase, such as UX audits or a prototype. - Seek product design firms with problem-relevant experience
When researching candidates, inquire about their user research, trade-offs, and constraints in past projects, especially those similar in complexity or business model to yours. - Ask about their research and decision-making process
An experienced product designer should be able to explain why they design something, not just what the solution constitutes of. - Inquire about collaboration with engineering and stakeholders
Ensure the team can work within real technical limits and document design decisions neatly. Consider asking how they manage design systems, feedback cycles, and changes during development. - Request a detailed proposal
The proposal should outline activities, deliverables, timelines, ownership of design assets, and communication channel and frequency. - Choose a partner
Select an agency that understands your vision behind the product and can its long-term consistency.
How to find the best product design agency on DesignRush that fits my budget?
Our directory of top US-based product design firms profiles agencies across multiple price points, so you can identify a vendor that's within your budget.
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| Low budget: $25,000-$50,000 |
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Beyond budget, our agency directory allows you to filter agency profiles by location, area of expertise, agency reviews, client types, team size, and hourly rates.
What questions should be asked before hiring a product designer?
Before hiring a product design agency, you should ask some of the following questions to assess its fit for the project:
Relevant Background
- What types of products have you designed and at what scale?
- How much of your work is focused solely on product design vs. branding or marketing?
- Have you worked on products whose target users, purpose, constraints, or business models were similar to ours?
Services and Processes
- How do you structure pricing and what’s typically excluded?
- How do you balance user research, business goals, and technical feasibility when making design decisions?
- What methods do you undertake for usability testing and validation before final delivery?
Related to Your Project
- How many people will work on our product, and what roles will they cover?
- What assumptions would you challenge early in this project?
- What risks or limitations should we be aware of before starting?
- Realistically, what timeline can we expect until design handoff?
Sources
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Product Design Agency FAQs
What services do product design companies in the USA provide?
Product design companies in the USA provide a spectrum of services aimed at creating new digital or physical products that solve particular user problems. Their expertise is often sought after for assessing whether a proposed solution is feasible from both a technical and a business perspective.
As part of their portfolio, product design firms offer product/user research services, user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) design, industrial design, prototyping, usability testing, manufacturing, and launch support.
In terms of demand, the research, strategy, and conceptgeneration segment remains dominant, accounting for over39% of the revenue share. As for applications on the rise, the consumablesand accessories segment is projected to witness a CAGR of 11.06% over the forecast period until 2030.
How much does a product design agency charge in the US?
Product design can cost from $5,000 to over $40,000, depending on the project type and how much detail goes into it. When it comes to price per project type, the cost starts around $2,000 for research and can exceed $50,000 for detailed development.
Based on these estimations, here’s what price ranges businesses can anticipate:
| Phase | Estimated cost range |
| R&D | $5,000-$20,000 |
| Conceptual design | $10,000-$30,000 |
| Prototyping | $15,000-$40,000 |
Product designers typically charge in one of three ways:
- By the hour: Charging for each hour spent on the project
- A fixed project fee: A single charge for the whole project, regardless of the time spent
- A retainer fee: A pre-agreed sum paid regularly to reserve the designer's services over a certain period
What timelines does the service typically follow?
The timeline will depend on the product type and its complexity, and it will vary from product to product. Typically, product design can take from a few weeks to several months and up to 1 year.
The breakdown by phases usually looks like this:
- Discovery phase: Between a few days to over 2 weeks
- Wireframing: 30-80 days
- Iterative design: Depends on the wireframing, it typically takes as 1.5x longer
- Responsive design: Depends on the iterative design time, it typically takes as 0.63x longer
What does a typical product design process look like?
A typical product design process follows a structured set of 10 steps to turn an idea into a high-quality, market-ready product.
The process usually looks like this:
- Brainstorming: Teams generate and evaluate ideas to solve a specific problem, encouraging creativity before selecting the most viable concept.
- Defining the product: The team clarifies the product’s purpose, core problem, and key features, focusing on what matters most and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
- User and market research: Designers and analysts study users, competitors, and market trends to ensure the product meets real user needs and has long-term value.
- Sketching concepts: Early sketches explore design directions and layouts before committing significant time or resources.
- Prototyping: A basic version of the product is created to show structure, functionality, and user interaction, helping catch issues early.
- Specifications and requirements: Detailed documentation defines features, technical requirements, timelines, costs, and responsibilities for development.
- Pre-production samples/MVP: Initial samples (or MVPs for software) are built to test feasibility, usability, and readiness for production.
- Testing and validation: The product is tested with users and stakeholders to identify flaws, gather feedback, and make improvements.
- Development and production: The product is fully built using defined specifications, often with agile methods to manage tasks and priorities.
- Quality assurance: Final checks ensure the product meets quality standards, works as intended, and aligns with requirements before and after launch.
What kind of results can businesses expect from a product designer?
If a product features a top design, businesses can achieve 32% faster revenue growth and 56% higher total returns. Design-led organizations are also twice as likely to outperform industry benchmarks on innovation and customer satisfaction.
In addition, well-designed products are shown to reduce development and support costs by improving usability and lowering error rates. Studies show that fixing usability issues early can cost up to 10× less than addressing them after launch.
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