How to Join

If you are a creative professional, individual, or student and are interested in joining the Design Corps, please fill out our application here.

The Design Corps Committee selects professionals based on the below listed criteria which supports creative value and professional practices. In addition to meeting this criteria, and agreeing to the Design Corps Principles, the Committee will review a professional’s portfolio and requested client references on a monthly basis, followed by a notification within a couple of weeks.

The annual membership fee of $150.00 will be requested upon acceptance of your application.

Our Criteria

Design Professionals who have the expertise to:
• Combine creative criteria with sound problem-solving strategy
• Create a broad range of conceptual, formal and technological skills
• Provide the highest level of strategic design, typography and image solutions to ensure increased visibility

Practicing Business Professionals who:
• Have at least 5 years professional experience
• Have an active, user-friendly, visually representative website
• Provide the client with a working agreement or estimate for all projects
• Treat all work and knowledge of a client’s business as confidential
• Do not work on assignments that create potential conflicts of interest
• Pursue business opportunities that support fair and open competition
• Have a working knowledge of copyright laws and usage rights