Design Observer Job Board

Review:

Design Observer, a dedicated design site and online publication, attracts a niche audience of creatives across disciplines. Although the largest proportion of site visits come from the U.S., the platform also attracts a fair amount of international traffic, making it an attractive portal for U.K. employers to reach a global design audience.

While employers can enhance their job ads with add-on features, the platform lacks additional hiring tools, such as a searchable resume database and applicant tracking. The site is also costlier than many local niche hiring platforms, some of which even offer free options, such as Creativepool and CreativeJobs.

Pros:

• Job posts are active for 90 days.
• The site gives U.K. employers access to an international audience of design professionals.
• Listings are distributed across other design websites, on social media, and to over 30,000 email subscribers.
• Employers can enhance their job posts with paid add-on features.
• The job posting process is fast and easy.
• Job posts can be edited at any time.
• Customer support is available via phone and email.

Cons:

• There is no free plan or free trial.
• Pricing is only listed in U.S. dollars.
• Job postings are costlier than on several local niche sites, including Design Jobs Board, If You Could Jobs, and The Dots.
• The platform lacks other hiring tools, such as a resume database and applicant tracking features.
• The site does not provide local customer support channels for U.K.-based users.

Reputation:

We could not find any online reviews of Design Observer's job board.

Design Observer vs. British Creative Jobs:

While British Creative Jobs attracts far less website traffic than Design Observer, it forms part of the CV-Library network across which job postings are distributed, reaching a large U.K.-based audience. Another benefit of this affiliation is that employers can access CV-Library's extensive CV database, a service Design Observer does not offer.

Design Observer vs. Design Jobs Board:

Unlike Design Observer, Design Jobs Board is a dedicated job portal for design professionals. While neither platform offers a searchable resume database, Design Jobs Boards has more job posting options and is the more affordable of the two sites.

Design Observer vs. Behance:

Both Design Observer and Behance reach an international audience of creative professionals. While the former is an industry publication, Behance is a social media platform for showcasing design portfolios. Overall, Behance offers better value as it lets employers post jobs for free and search candidate profiles.