The creative arts and design industries are booming and have a strong need for talent. Here are 13 specialty job boards for artists and designers in the creative design sector.
#1 – AIGA Job Board
AIGA has become the “Official Professional Network of the AIGA”. Its job board is filled with graphic design jobs across all fields. You can find jobs related to graphic design, web design, web development, ad design and more.
You can find AIGA job listings here.
#2 – ArtJobs Job Board
ArtJobs Job Board is dedicated to connecting artists with creative jobs in the visual, performing and literary arts industry. With over 15,000 artists and artisans from over 90 countries, ArtJobs Job Board provides the job seekers with the opportunity to share their skill sets.
#3 – AuthenticJobs Job Board
This job board serves as an industry resource for connecting artists, designers, creatives, marketers, and more. You can post jobs here and also update your portfolio with your skills and experience.
#4 – Behance Job Board
The Behance network comprises over 100,000 professionals and thousands of independent artists and design firms from all around the globe. In 2024, the biggest trend to take place was the massive expansion of the Behance Job Board, which started out as a hub for creatives to show their portfolios.
There are over 1800 job postings on Behance now, and nearly half of the posts are for freelance or consulting work, which is the driving force for the growing community.
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#5 – Coroflot Job Board
Created by Coroflot (a French online art marketplace), this job board is focused on artists, designers, photographers, and illustrators.
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#6 – Glassdoor
Glassdoor allows users to rate and review jobs and employers. Users can also post their own profiles to showcase their experience, expertise, and qualifications.
They also have job listings across a variety of industries, it will pay to check general job boards along with niche ones, as they tend to have large corporate job listings.
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#7 – CreativeHeads Job Board
This organization is designed to connect skilled professionals in video game, VFX and software/technology industries to opportunities within the creative industry.
They have a variety of high-level jobs in the industry including front-end developer, mobile developer, UI/UX designers, content writers, social media managers and more.
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#8 – Creative Hotlist Job Board
Co-located with and run by marketing creative agency Siegel+Gale, this board focuses on design jobs in San Francisco. They do job posting and display ad creative jobs by category.
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#9 – Creative Pool Job Board
They have several categories including art, photography, creative marketing, graphic design, branding, and creative director. They also have searchable portfolios.
#10 – Dezeen Jobs
Created by the New York Times as a video magazine, Dezeen Jobs offers career opportunities in architecture and design. The website showcases prominent designers such as Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry.
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#11 – Dribbble Job Board
Dribbble Job Board is a jobs board created by Dribbble where freelancers, web designers, app developers, and others can post their creative work and their job opportunities. Dribbble Job Board is an innovative tool to source new work and provide an outlet for finding jobs.
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#12 – Indeed.com
The largest job board online is Indeed.com. Here you can find jobs related almost any industry, including advertising and media, motion picture and film, and creative jobs across all types of sectors.
General job listings boards are good to use in addition to more niche sites, as many corporate HR departments will use them for all their job openings.
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#13 – Krop Job Boards
Krop.com is a website builder to use for online portfolios. They also offer a job board for creative professionals.
The Krop job board is full of artists, designers and entrepreneurs offering temporary jobs, contract work and freelance opportunities. They are a great place to connect with potential clients and make connections with potential business partners.
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Conclusion
Finding a job can be difficult, but the creative industry is growing in need of creative professionals with a passion for their work. Using these job boards can help you track down the perfect opportunity for you. Good luck!