Freelancer Platforms

Whether you have complex or specific design needs or you just prefer to outsource, these platforms connect you with professionals:

• Upwork. Your go-to freelancing platform for experienced designers specializing in trade show booth graphics, banners, and promotional materials.
• Fiverr. In this online marketplace, it’s the freelancers that are sellers while business owners are the buyers. Find designers for exhibition banners, signage, and print-ready booth visuals here
• DesignCrowd. Crowdsource trade show design concepts from DesignCrowd’s creative community.
• Toptal. Tap into top-tier designers here when you need your trade show materials to look like a million bucks.
• Behance. Explore portfolios of exhibition design specialists here and reach out to those whose style matches your vision.
• Guru. Post your design brief on this platform and let pre-screened experts pitch why you should choose them to design your trade show materials.

Design Tools (Templates/Mockups)

Everything you need to create standout trade show visuals — design tools, customizable templates, mockups, free downloadable PSDs, and vector graphics.

• Canva. Design banners, flyers, and signage quickly with this intuitive tool rich with templates for your trade show materials.
• Adobe Express. Create sleek flyers, banners, and promotional materials in minutes with this web-based design tool packed with customizable templates.
• PosterMyWall. Simplifies the design process with its plug-and-play poster, flyer, and banner templates.
• Visme. Design trade show-ready banners like a pro.
• Marq. Helps you produce on-brand trade show materials — fast. Set up your templates once, reuse them endlessly.
• Creative Market and Design Bundles. Get templates and graphics from these platforms then customize with your go-to editor.
• Freepik. Offers a massive library of ready-to-customize templates and mockups.
• Vecteezy. Design now, not later with Vecteezy. From this site, you get free, ready-to-use design templates and trade show vector images.
• Unblast. Find free, curated design resources, including pro-grade trade show mockups in this platform.
• GraphicsFamily. Customize event marketing templates and mockups in a few clicks.
• Mockup World. The ultimate source for free, high-impact, photo-realistic mockups
• PSDFreebies. Snag premium, editable PSD templates for flyers and banners from this site.

AI Platforms

Simplify your trade show prep with AI — design, automate, and enhance graphics, banners, logos, and marketing content.

• Fotor AI Poster Maker. Using this platform allows you to whip up a poster in minutes. Pick a template, customize it, and download your print-ready design.
• Designs.ai. Generate professional marketing graphics and booth layouts quickly with this platform.
• Simplified. All your trade show design and content, done in a snap. Consider this AI studio as your content creation and marketing toolkit.
• Looka. Start with a logo, end with a brand suite. Looka makes creating branded assets easy with over 300 templates.
• Kittl. Kittl brings advanced AI tools and customizable templates together — perfect for high-impact trade show graphics.

Stock Images

Get royalty-free images for trade show visuals and materials from these websites:

• Adobe Stock. Access trade show templates and high-res graphics for your banners and booths.
• Unsplash. This free resource serves up high-res stock photos perfect for banners, signages, and more.
• Pexels. Free never looked this good. Download high-res photos that bring serious style to your trade show visuals.
• Pixabay. The ultimate free visual arsenal. Grab photos, vectors, illustrations, and even videos for your trade show graphics and signage.
• StockSnap.io. Provides curated, high-quality free photos to elevate your trade show presence.

Conclusion

And that’s a wrap on our trade show resources cheat sheet.

With these tools and platforms, you’re just a few clicks away from creating professional-looking trade show prints. Save this guide for later and pass it along!