Hire an offshore graphic designer for your Australian business
An offshore graphic designer handles the recurring visual work behind your marketing — social graphics, presentations, ad creative, brand collateral, and Canva or Figma asset production. Through Lite-Force, they're employed properly via an EOR structure with payroll, compliance, and HR support included. Most hires are live within 2–4 weeks.
Day in the life
A day in the life of an offshore graphic designer.
Typical responsibilities:
- Social media graphics — LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok creative across formats
- Presentation design — investor decks, sales decks, internal slide builds
- Ad creative — static and animated assets for Meta, Google, LinkedIn paid campaigns
- Brand collateral — one-pagers, brochures, infographics, case study layouts
- Email and newsletter design — headers, layouts, CTAs in Mailchimp, HubSpot, Klaviyo templates
- Web design support — landing page mockups, hero images, Webflow or Framer assets
- Brand consistency — applying brand guidelines across every output and onboarding new design templates
- File management — keeping the brand asset library organised in Figma, Frame.io, or shared drives
Why offshore
Why graphic design works well offshore.
Production design is brief-driven.
Once brand guidelines and templates are set, design execution is highly repeatable. Your offshore designer produces against the same brief and brand standards as a local one.
Every design tool is cloud-collaborative.
Figma, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, Frame.io, Notion — designed for distributed teams. Your offshore designer collaborates in real time with reviewers in Australia.
Timezone overlap means iterative review.
Philippines hours align with Australian business hours. First drafts come back same-day; revisions happen during your trading hours — not waiting on a 24-hour overseas cycle.
Lets you maintain real design throughput.
Senior in-house designers are expensive and often overloaded. Offshore production design takes recurring asset work off your senior designer's plate — they focus on brand and creative direction, your offshore designer handles execution.
Cost comparison
What does a graphic designer cost — local vs offshore?
Indicative comparison based on typical Australian salary ranges for this role.
Local Australian hire
Lite-Force offshore
Indicative comparison based on typical Australian salary ranges for mid-senior graphic designer roles (sources: SEEK, Glassdoor, Monarch Institute). Actual costs vary by specialism (motion, web, brand) and agency vs. in-house mix. Lite-Force pricing confirmed on a per-role basis during your discovery call.
What's included
What you get with a Lite-Force graphic designer.
Included in the service
- Full sourcing, screening, and shortlisting
- EOR employment contract structured for local compliance
- Monthly payroll and statutory contributions
- Leave tracking and management
- HR support and regular check-ins
- Replacement commitment within initial period
Typical candidate profile
- 3–7 years graphic design or production design experience
- Strong English (written — for design briefs and stakeholder feedback)
- Proficient in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), and Canva
- Portfolio of work in digital, social, and brand collateral
- Filipino or Southeast Asian — timezone-aligned with Australia
Getting started
Three steps to your offshore graphic designer.
Book a discovery call
Tell us about your brand, design volume, and which deliverables you most need supported.
We source and shortlist
You review portfolios and interview candidates — we recommend a paid trial brief.
They start
Employment, payroll, and onboarding handled. You manage the work.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Can they design for a strong Australian brand?
Yes, if you give them what they need: brand guidelines, font and colour systems, examples of approved work, and reference designs. With those in hand, offshore designers produce consistently on-brand — we recommend a trial brief to confirm fit.
Static graphics only, or motion / video too?
Most graphic designers cover static design (social, slides, brochures, web). For motion graphics (animated ads, After Effects work), screen for that specifically — or hire a video editor in parallel.
Can they work in our Figma library?
Yes — Figma is the most common tool in the offshore design candidate pool. They join your team, follow your component library, and contribute to shared files. Permissions, branching, and version control work the same as with local designers.
How do they handle feedback rounds?
Same as local — written briefs, Loom walkthroughs, Slack channels, or Figma comments. Mid-senior designers respond to feedback constructively and don't need hand-holding on iteration. Junior candidates need more direction; we screen for working style.
What if the hire doesn't work out?
Replacement commitment within the initial engagement period. If design quality or fit isn't right, we source again at no additional placement cost. Details confirmed in your service agreement.
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