Not Sure Where to Hire a Virtual Design Assistant? Here's 11 Boss Ladies Ready to Get You Started!

If you want to grow your design business, your first stop should be researching where to hire a virtual design assistant who can help you with renderings, drafting, and more.

You’ve got an eye for great design and your clients flock to you for creative, well-executed projects. Now, you’re wondering if there’s a way that you could take on more work, without stretching yourself too thin. You’re curious whether clients might be encouraged to buy more and expand contracts if they could clearly envision the plans that are laid out in front of them.

Maybe you’re a designer with extensive training in rendering, but you just don’t have the time to dedicate to thoughtful, beautifully-designed drawings. Perhaps you don’t have carefully honed rendering skills –– and aren’t interested in adding rendering to the list of services you personally offer. Or, maybe, you’re finding yourself bogged down in admin work and wishing you had time to focus on client relations and doing what you love, design. You need someone reliable to turn to when you need an extra set of hands and a trained eye.

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Chief Architect v. SketchUp

One of my favorite things about working virtually is building a community of designers across the country who are eager to lift one another up as we navigate design and business challenges. That’s why I created my Facebook group, Presentation by Design. It’s a resource and sounding board for us to come together for inspiration, troubleshooting, and support.

A few months ago, my co-administrator, Sarah Durnez, and I went live on Facebook to discuss one of the biggest questions facing designers and rendering artists: What application should I use for rendering? What are the pros and cons of Chief Architect v. SketchUp?

If you haven’t joined Presentation by Design on Facebook, you’ll definitely want to do so to stay on top of future trainings and Q&A sessions. In the meantime, however, I’m going to break down our Facebook Live for you here.

4 Reasons High-end Rendering Artists May be the Key to Future Design Trends

Look to a rendering artist for a pulse on what’s coming up next in interior design and decor.

When you present your clients with 3D renderings by a fellow high-end designer and artist, they’re thrilled to get a peek into how their final project will look. A board full of memos and images is wonderful for envisioning the feel and emotion of the room, but the realistic perspective lets a client dive in and visualize the finished space.

Your usual process may incorporate commissioning upscale, high-resolution renderings to bring your concepts, specs, and finishes to life. But, have you ever thought about sitting down with your rendering artist to chat about what they’re loving in the interior design industry right now? Have you considered that perhaps he or she may hold the key to identifying future design trends?

The Benefits of Hiring an Architecturally Trained Virtual Design Assistant & Rendering Artist

Recently, the market for Virtual Design Assistants (VDA) and Rendering Artists has become more available than ever before. As the world of design is becoming a close knit community, via social media and collaborative dashboards like IVY.co and MyDoma, it can be difficult to weed through all the professional resources. Instagram feeds, Facebook groups, and Google search results all add that extra layer of stress when looking for right the team member.

So, with all these opportunities, testimonials, and connections how do you know you’re making the right choice?

An Interior Designer's Guide to Home Designer Pro vs. Chief Architect Interiors

So here’s the big question, one that I counsel Interior Designers on regularly, and I mean 2-3 time per week… minimum. Between Chief Architect and Home Designer which version (of the seven) is right for you and why? Well my immediate response is; what do your projects look like and what do you hope to get out of the software?

How Chief Architect Will Help You Design and Sell Kitchens...

Are you an Interior Designer or Architect trying to decide if adding renderings, or even making the full transition to a Building Information Modeling (BIM) software is right for you? Today, there are many software options that can provide you all sorts of integrated services and rendering techniques, but which one will work best for you?

The truth is, it depends on what you want to get out of it.

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