While in principle any good web hosting provider will do, as a designer you may have two specific needs, which, if addressed properly, can even open to path to some extra activities and services within your field.
Some of the offers of web hosting for designers concentrate on simplifying the task of creating an impressive and visually pleasing online portfolio to exhibit your design work. Indeed, a few of these solutions became some sort of industry standard over the last years, and as a design creative you are almost expected to display your work in such a manner. While the costs seem to be higher than standard web hosting initially, you may have a hard time staying below if you go the route of developing your own web design of similar quality on your own server. There´s a reason cost-conscious creative professionals adopted these services widely.
As a specialized web designer or a provider of web services in the greater sense, you may not only prefer to manage your web development into detail and have complete control over your web space. You most likely already have or will gain clients with a need for some form of web hosting. I would therefore recommend to chose a reseller hosting plan from the beginning. Not only will you know your providers hosting environment in and out by the time a potential client approaches you in this matter, so assistance in setup and operating your clients website will take you a minimum of effort while you can provide a great, reliable service – a reseller hosting plan as well allows you to offer web hosting and complete installation of the clients web site as an additional value in one package with web design and site maintenance, a factor all too often underestimated in terms of costs and hassle for both the website owner and web designer. If you know the hosting company and the respective web hosting plans from your very own daily experience, you are almost guaranteed to save nerves, time and effectively money when running your clients web site.
