Lightboard is a Seattle-based graphic design company offering on-demand design services. The company has been in business since 2015 and all of the staff are US-based.
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About Lightboard.io
The company is run by CEO Brad Bouse and CTO Dave Foley. Both have extensive experience working with startups and agencies, they decided to start Lightboard because they feel everyone deserves access to great designers.
Their target customers aren’t narrowed into any niche. They work with everyone from entrepreneurs and small business owners, to large businesses.
If you need graphic design work done but don’t have a designer in-house, you can outsource the work at a lower cost than hiring a full-time designer.
The process couldn’t be any easier either. When you submit a job one of their project managers will contact you with an estimate for the work within a few hours.
If you are happy with the estimate and give them the go ahead they will assign a designer and start work within one day of receiving your proposal.
Services
Lightboard’s graphic designers are able to handle any form of graphic design work you request. This includes:
- Presentations
- Websites
- Illustrations
- PDFs
- Display Ads
- Custom designs
They aim to turnaround projects within 1-2 business days.
Plans and Pricing
Lightboard currently has two hourly rates depending on the experience and expertise needed for the job:
- $85 per hour for their senior designers.
- $65 per hour for their junior designers.
Their senior designers are best suited for creative projects, creating new designs, layouts, branding etc.
Junior designers take on the production work, such as implementing templates, resizing, etc.
When you submit a job you are assigned an account manager. They work with you to make sure they understand exactly what you want, assign the best-suited designer to the job, and give you an estimate.
They will budget for three rounds of revisions. If you have a strict budget in mind for the job make sure you communicate this upfront and they will do their best to stick your budget.
Lightboard does offer a subscription plan for clients who need have a higher volume of work. this is worked out on a custom basis per client however and you’ll need to contact them direct for a quote.
Lightboard Alternatives
For smaller design projects, you might consider a crowdsourced service like 99designs or DesignCrowd.
What separates Lightboard from other graphic design companies in the space is their flat hourly rates, and is perhaps best-suited to companies with larger design projects.
Most other firms have shifted to a productized model, like Deluxe, with flat project fees based on what you need done, or a monthly subscription model, like Design Pickle, which is best-suited if you have lots of different smaller design tasks each month.
Your Turn
Have you received design work from Lightboard? If so, please leave a brief review below of your experience to help others with their decision.