You will need three main documents to organize the work with a freelance designer:
• Contract. Here you write down all the specifics like project duration, deadlines, number of deliverables, services, etc.
• NDA. A non-disclosure agreement isn’t a mandatory document. However, you may ask a freelancer to sign it if your project has sensitive information.
• Invoice templates. They are needed to account for payments and taxes.
You can avoid signing the paperwork, but this has some risks. Your designer might vanish in the middle of the project or up the budget if you didn’t establish rates and terms.
If you need a safer option, you can choose flat rate platforms like Awesomic. They don’t require any paperwork at all. The only information your designer will need from you is brief and a couple of references.