How to hire creative talent in Georgia
Georgia has become a hub for remote work in the region, helped by a permissive residency regime that drew in freelancers from across the former Soviet Union. Tbilisi has a visible design community and a high proportion of people already working with clients abroad.
What the creative pool in Georgia actually looks like.
Strong on branding, illustration and graphic design, with motion design growing. Because so many people already work remotely for foreign clients, English levels and freelance professionalism are both higher than the region's average.
- Graphic design
- Branding
- Illustration
- Motion design
Language, hours, contracts and getting paid.
- Georgian is the state language, Russian is widely understood, and English is common in the design community.
- Four hours ahead of London, giving a longer shared afternoon than Central Asia.
- Georgia's individual entrepreneur scheme is widely used, so many designers can invoice you properly with low local tax. Wise and Payoneer are both common.
- Many freelancers here are registered as individual entrepreneurs and can issue proper invoices, which makes the paperwork simpler than in most markets in this list. No local entity is needed on your side.
The boards people in Georgia actually use.
Job hunting is local. The global boards you already know have almost no audience here, and the sites that do are not in English and mostly will not take a posting from a company without a local presence.
What catches foreign agencies out.
Rates are higher than Central Asia, reflecting how much of the pool already works for European clients.
The population of remote workers is partly transient, so confirm where somebody actually intends to be based over the next year.
Or skip all of it and post once.
Everything above is doable on your own. It takes a local number, a local entity on some boards, a translated description and somebody to read applications in Georgian. Elsewhere does that part for you. You write the role once in English, pick your markets, and upload examples of the work you want. We translate it, post it to the local boards, pay the posting fees, and score every applicant’s portfolio against your references before you see them.
- One job description in English, plus examples of the work you are looking for.
- Translation into Georgian, posting to the local boards, and the fees they charge.
- Applicants ranked by how closely their portfolio matches the work you uploaded.
Do I need a local entity to hire someone in Georgia?
Not to engage a contractor. Many freelancers here are registered as individual entrepreneurs and can issue proper invoices, which makes the paperwork simpler than in most markets in this list. No local entity is needed on your side. Employing someone on a local payroll is a different question and does normally require an entity or an employer of record.
What language should I write the job description in?
Georgian is the state language, Russian is widely understood, and English is common in the design community. Elsewhere translates your English description into the local language automatically, so you write it once.
Which job boards should I post on in Georgia?
The boards that matter locally are hr.ge, jobs.ge. Elsewhere posts to them for you and covers the posting fees.
How much overlap will I get with my working day?
Four hours ahead of London, giving a longer shared afternoon than Central Asia.
How do I pay someone in Georgia?
Georgia's individual entrepreneur scheme is widely used, so many designers can invoice you properly with low local tax. Wise and Payoneer are both common.