Why is it so hard to find a designer/front-end dev partner and/or freelancer that can make mobile specific designs!?

I do that for a living. Hahah. But you're correct. There's not very many of us.

After three years of mobile design being a basic requirement, I find it outstanding how many 'designers' give you a desktop design and say 'make it responsive'.
For the last time guys, *If you don't think it up, you don't get to claim credit for two thirds of the design *