How to set tasks and control the work of a designer?

Question

Project management

Good afternoon, colleagues!
Some time ago, I decided to switch from the "I do the whole site on a turn-key basis" format to the team work format. Now I have a coder, a designer. Project management, front and back, I still do myself.
What's the question. I have a problem with designers. What did the design process look like before?
I developed the structure of the site, it was approved by the customer. After that I drew prototypes and at that time, of course, many new ideas appeared, somewhere the structure was corrected, improved. There was an understanding that, in fact, what was in the structure needed to be reworked a bit. After the prototypes were handed over to the customer, and then the design was drawn.
Now I'm handing over a structure to a designer to create prototypes and I'm faced with a completely formal approach to work. It is said to do so, it is done so, and not otherwise. Not said - not done. No suggestions to improve the interface and site structure. Up to the point that they see that they draw complete crap on the page layout, but draw further. It's in the structure, after all. This situation is far from being with one specialist.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that the work is being done remotely. We contact, check the result and set tasks for Mon, Wed and Fri, but this does not solve the problem.
I get burned out by this approach.
Have you encountered such a problem? What is better to do: still look for proactive designers who care about the little things, make the structure of the site better, or build the process of working with the designer in some other way? How often do you communicate with him?
I will be glad to any advice. Thank you!

Answer 1

Some time ago I watched a video where Birman from Gorbunov Design Bureau told how their work was
built
. friend
. For example, at the beginning of your work with diss, you stopped your creativity with a couple of careless phrases, and that’s all
. Also, as an option, a person doesn’t really care. Why twitch if the bosses have already decided and you just need to draw (which is actually good - for some types of tasks, it’s better to have a person who will do everything on a piece of paper without questions and quickly)
Look for more designs, put the design in the office, outsource it, let's more powers, go along with the disem to the customer
There is no easy answer when it comes to human resources

Answer 2

The problem is motivation.
Try encouraging people with money, prospects, etc. This applies to specialists from 0 to 200k per month.

Answer 3

Look for another designer :) Lack of motivation brings a lack of desire to invent and waste time on what you don't want to do. It's logical.)

Answer 4

Now I'm handing over a structure to a designer to create prototypes and I'm faced with a completely formal approach to work. It is said to do so, it is done so, and not otherwise. Not said - not done. No suggestions to improve the interface and site structure. Up to the point that they see that they draw complete crap on the page layout, but draw further. It's in the structure, after all. This situation is far from being with one specialist.

Try to talk to the designer instead of going to the forum. People do what you tell them, and more often than not, you said one thing and imagined another. Therefore, you need to communicate with people when they do not what you expect and clarify the details and more clearly tell your expectations and make sure that the person understands this. This is called feedback.
If a person is still doing the wrong thing, then you need to go to the conflict, not to find out why he does not do what was agreed on, and in the process it will be seen whether the person is adequate or not. If adequate, then you can decide, if not adequate, then you need to change the person and not waste time on him.