My previous experience is limited to spending $20 on fiverr, see the results here: https://medium.com/@SteveRidout/redesign-my-landing-page-for-1000-kudos-72f0cd57c04a#.3g3uz1i7h

This time I’m looking for a designer to help with the brand, color scheme, fonts, logo, visual language, (optionally) illustration and to apply this to the landing page. I’ve offered $1000 for this in the above Medium post and on https://www.reddit.com/r/designjobs . The deadline is Fri 22nd Jan. So far I’ve had 33 applications, and would like some tips on:

- How to choose the best applicant?

- Is this a good approach?

- Does the price ($1000) sound reasonable?

- How do you find a good designer?

These are fuzzy questions, but I’m interested in opinions about this from both sides - designers and those who’ve contracted designers.