Looking to Hire A Wordpress Design Expert

I'm looking to hire a Wordpress and Design expert who has a track record of understanding the ins-and-outs of wordpress coding, plugins, and widgets while also having the ability to put together an impressively attractive and cutting-edge wordpress theme (the types of themes you see in "best of" lists). Someone with online marketing experience and understanding is an added bonus.

You will begin by working on my site: Moving to China Blog: Quitting Corporate America to Pursue Life in Shanghai, China. I need the following work done:

1) A logo -- simple, but graphically appealing and unique. Combines graphics and words. You can incorporate web 2.0 icons in the logo to visually represent "moving to China".

2) A newsletter subscription box and field to go somewhere on the website. My selling point is that I will give discounts and special offers to people who sign up for my newsletter. I would like to make this noticeable and graphically appealing from first sight.

3) A thank you / confirmation page for the newsletter that indicates that the visitor has opted in to receive the newsletter.

4) Advice on how to collect e-mails, track e-mail statistics, and put together a graphical template for my e-mails. I'd like to send e-mails out for free since I don't anticipate having a large mailbase for a while.

5) Correcting fonts in widgets.

6) Offering additional advice for improvement for the site. How to make it graphically appealing and how to improve the site for online marketing purposes. If you present to me additional work that you can do, this can increase your workload.

7) I need it to be done ASAP.

Please reach out to me on the e-mail address shown on my website with your rates and any questions / comments you have on the above. If you are as impressive as I'd like, there is potential for much more work.

Best regards,

Mike