“I’ve been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration—likely because so much bad design simply is decoration. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.” – Jeffrey Veen
It certainly wouldn't be worth hiring a designer just to get "pretty" pixel perfection. I would hope they could provide thinking as well. By doing the work in parallel with you, they should make it possible to go faster than doing it yourself.
“I’ve been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration—likely because so much bad design simply is decoration. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.” – Jeffrey Veen
It certainly wouldn't be worth hiring a designer just to get "pretty" pixel perfection. I would hope they could provide thinking as well. By doing the work in parallel with you, they should make it possible to go faster than doing it yourself.