Quote Originally Posted by abostonboy View Post
Think about what you just said.

I agree totally with everything that Basschick has said. However, I would like to add that designers design. A good designer knows hierarchy. Knows color schemes. Knows mechanics.

However, a designer is only as good as the client requesting the design. I for one would never say to a designer, "Design me a bear site. See you in a week with the check."

"I had to tell one of our straight designers to butch it up a bit." You probably did. Maybe you would have had to ask a gay designer to add some more graphical appeal? Who knows?

What one needs before they approach a designer is a vision of what they want the site to be. That comes from marketing.

I always create a rough visual on paper before I give to a designer as a foundation for what I want. Then it's really up to me and the designer to make it happen.

I have no idea if any designer I have ever used was gay or straight. In fact I am sure some of the companies that I have worked with have both gay and straight designers.

I look for a designer with a good sense of hierarchy, color schemes, and technical skills as my requirements. Those are my weaknesses. Helping the designer make a tour more butch is the easy part as long as the designer is easy to work with. That's a whole other issue.

Hugs,
Lloyd
This is turning into an interesting thread

Perhaps I should rephrase what I am looking for.

I was taken on as the Gay Sites Affilate Manager for MaxCash. I want to make MaxCash a real force in the gay scene.

I have learned that we have some great staff that are employed full time to build sites. They know the biz better than many of us here. They build fantastic sites that convert.

But they are all straight.

I want to be spending my days promoting the sites and offering affilates the best service I can. We have some RSS feeds coming that are going to blow you away.

In reality I spend too much time looking for great video clips and pics for the new niche sites to perform 100% as an affiliate manager.

I want someone who can do the design and gets excited by the content. I want someone who can do half my job for me.

If you have experience as a website designer and you know a hot guy when you see one hit me up