Try to communicate visually within a framework. +1 for the idea by @ericHosick. We use balsamiq to wireframe the details. We take inputs from team to review th

Try to communicate visually within a framework. +1 for the idea by @ericHosick. We use balsamiq to wireframe the details. We take inputs from team to review the details of fields & overall menu placements etc., And then we let our designer take it up from there with freedom to come up with various options on his own within the framework. It really helps the designer to work with freedom knowing that the overall content is "almost" set and he is free to implement thoughts based on usability and design aspects.