Team NGD unveiled its on-demand freelance creative platform – YouDesign to the tech community for the first time at the Lagos Tech Expo 2023.
Since it’s prototype was announced at the NGDX event in Lagos 2021, the team has been hard at the Labs with development features to ensure the product is capable of being the marketplace that brings freelance graphic designers and project owners together in a symbiotic manner solving the creative needs of over 30 million SMEs in Nigeria by creating value for their businesses while providing designers with income opportunities doing what they do best.
Youdesign was well received by attendees, creatives and also project owners who stopped by the booth to experience the platform.
Read below to find out how the African tech community received the tech Product and the advantages for businesses who key into this system.
About the Tech Expo 2023
The shift from crude work strategies like hiring, working 9-5 and fixed locations was displaced by the largest disruptor since the industrial revolution – The Coronavirus.
Conferences are now held all over to discuss findings on the latest ideas on how to leverage disruptions created by the pandemic.
One such conference, the startup Expo was held this month in Lagos, and amongst the several businesses lined up at the Expo was NGD presenting our Youdesign Product to the African market for the first time, sharing the space with notable disruptors like Piggyvest and Cowrywise.
Our offers to project owners and designers in the African Space
At the Tech Expo the NGD team explained how youdesign offered a smarter way of conducting creative services for businesses and creatives.
For Project owners: The current mode of hiring and managing creatives for design needs are much more enhanced on the youDesign dashboard. Projects are paid upfront, and designers get paid when the project has been marked as complete. The worry of a non-performing designer is totally eliminated as projects can be re-assigned.
Other value to project owners are:
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- Design Bank. With over 2,000 portfolios Youdesign offers a competitive pool of creatives for businesses
- Verification. Verifed designers possess the skills to transform your brief into visual magnets for attracting customers with our Talent Pro feature.
- Budget and Time billing. Skip the negotiating hassle by setting a fair price for your briefs with the embedded budget tool in Youdesign . This smart tool also let’s you state how many days you intend to receive your visuals from creatives.
For creatives: African creatives struggle with ways to earn good pay or a market seeking their services. There are over 44 million SMEs in Africa and Youdesign is your gateway to accessing these markets all in one place. To the African creative we offer
- Portfolio uploads: Sign up for free to create a portfolio for attracting clients and landing juicy gigs
- Juicy Pay: Get paid your worth with our bidding tool for telling project owners how much you expect from creative gigs.
The freelance platform built for the next-gen African creative not only uses technology to create opportunities, but also increases the earning potential for creatives whilst increasing the scalability potential for SMES who will benefit from the finest works of creatives on Youdesign.
This the first outing of the tech Product and we look forward to witnessing how the connections made at the expo further our goals of improving creative standards in Africa with technology.
The freelance platform built for the next-gen African economy enjoyed attention confirming the need for creative products intertwined with technology.
This the first outing of the tech Product and we look forward to witnessing how the connections won at the expo further our goals of improving creative standards in Africa with technology.
Join the Largest Creative movement in Africa
The community of 214,000 is a locker room of activities targeted at measurable growth and improving the output of creatives in Africa.
We offer the following activities to strengthen members
virtual challenges. Online competitions organized by NGD to keep community members engaged and deliver criticism for improvement.
Masterclasses. In-depth workshops on specific design disciplines. Check out our last Photo manipulation Masterclass with famed poster maker Franklin Ozomah.
Sponsored competitions. Brand sponsored competitions held to support the NGD casue and raise awareness about its offers.
Resource center. A guide to credible materials for designers on improving skill and client management.
At the end of it, the platform produces the designers with global standards ready to serve your creative needs.
You can join the movement straighten by signing up to the Youdesign platforms a creative and joining the Facebook community to enjoy insightful discussions or simply Post your briefs now and watch them transform into compelling visuals for client attraction.
