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Hello HN. I'm building a fairly large application as a side project and going to hire a designer. This is my first experience in doing so and I'd like to get some advice here, if possible. We work in the same company as of today. He proposed a $50/h rate and is going to charge me for all the 1-on-1 meetings we'll be having together throughout the whole project. 1-on-1 meetings are required to build the proper UX first and leave the UI as the very last piece of work.

The thing I'm struggling with is the $50/h rate I'd have to pay him for the time on these meetings. I know that we definitely have to go over everything together. But is it a common practice to pay the same rate for an hour meeting and an hour of him doing the actual work (i.e. wireframes, prototypes, flows, etc.)? What keeps pushing me back is the fact that I hire someone in order to save my own time. Should I negotiate the price when we have 1-on-1s? I have a very limited budget and do not want to f*k it up.

Greatly appreciate any feedback on this topic.

I'm looking for someone to write high quality article/blog post (about NYC). There are tons of companies I could go with, but I'm completely unfamiliar with this whole area. Any recommendations? My budget is 100-300$ per article.