{"id":24871,"date":"2016-04-20T11:07:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=24871"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:43:37","slug":"become-a-designer-for-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/become-a-designer-for-hire","title":{"rendered":"Become a Designer For Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Shapeways&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/hire\/designer\">Designer For Hire<\/a> program!&nbsp; This program connects people with great ideas to skilled 3D designers.<\/p>\n<p>How does a designer qualify? Shapeways community members who have an open shop, have first and last name visible in their profile and who have successfully shipped three different models or model versions will be able to post their services for hire. These checks have been put in place to ensure familiarity with the Shapeways system. Having a shop makes it easy for the final design to be printed and shipped to the client without the designer having to manage those details.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To join the program and start designing you can check your profile settings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/settings\/designer-for-hire\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re looking to hire a designer you can do that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/hire\/designer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For help from the community go to our forums <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/forum\/index.php\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As a starting point, read this article from our blog archive about how to successfully collaborate on design: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/18445-the-three-cs-of-hiring-a-designer.html?li=hire-designer\">The Three C\u2019s of Designing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24890 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"shapeways_29\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" data-wp-pid=\"24890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-625x342.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-400x219.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29-800x438.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shapeways_29.jpg 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have additional questions about Designer for Hire, please feel free to reach out to our Community Department at community@shapeways.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Shapeways&#8217;&nbsp;Designer For Hire program!&nbsp; This program connects people with great ideas to skilled 3D designers. 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