PROJECT DESCRIPTION I am looking for a genuinely talented website designer with a strong visual eye and a proper understanding of branding, typography, layout, pacing, and digital storytelling. This is for the website of Deniz Kuzgunu — a multidisciplinary platform spanning design, strategy, communications, cultural infrastructure, mapping projects, events, and creative ventures. The website will be built on WordPress. The structure, bilingual copy (Turkish and English), brand direction, colour palettes, typography references, logos, and core content are already prepared. I will also provide visual references, mood direction, and strategic guidance throughout the process. What I need is somebody who can take all of that and turn it into an elegant, intelligent, beautifully designed digital experience. I am specifically looking for: • A designer with genuine creative instinct • Somebody who understands hierarchy, whitespace, rhythm, typography, and restraint • Somebody capable of thinking beyond templates • Somebody who understands how premium brands feel online • Somebody collaborative, sharp, and detail-oriented • Somebody who can contribute ideas rather than simply execute instructions mechanically What I am NOT looking for: • AI-generated design spam • Generic Elementor template flipping • Fake “agency” accounts outsourcing the work elsewhere • Designers who rely entirely on Midjourney, ChatGPT prompts, or auto-generated layouts and call it “creative direction” I work with AI myself every day. I can immediately recognise AI-generated thinking and recycled layouts. This project requires human judgement, taste, intuition, and proper design intelligence. The website itself is content-rich yet visually refined. Think editorial sophistication rather than corporate clutter. The right person may also continue onto a second website project immediately afterwards. Requirements: • Strong portfolio with real websites • Strong typography and layout sensibility • Experience designing premium, editorial, cultural, luxury, strategy, or design-led brands • WordPress experience essential • Elementor Pro experience preferred • Comfortable working with bilingual content (Turkish/English) • Strong communication and collaborative attitude When applying: Please send: Three relevant website examples you genuinely designed yourself A short explanation of your design approach Which parts were custom-designed versus template-based Your preferred workflow for collaborative projects Applications with generic copy-paste proposals will be ignored. Budget: Open to discussion depending on quality and experience. Potential for long-term collaboration.