A monthly design partner for SaaS and AI teams
Partner is ongoing design for teams that already shipped: product and UI work sprint by sprint, design system upkeep, and marketing site and campaign pages. One senior designer, one active focus at a time, no retainer you forget you’re paying. From US$6k/mo, pause anytime.
Who it’s for
- You shipped, you grew, and the design stopped keeping up.
- You don’t have enough design work for a full-time senior hire.
- Your only designer just left and you need someone senior now.
How “one focus at a time” works
We work on a single active track, finish it, then move to the next. You decide the order. It’s how one senior person stays faster than a five-person team, and why you always know what we’re working on.
What’s included
- Product and UI work, sprint by sprint
- Design system upkeep
- Marketing site and campaign pages
- Async work inside your tools and your repo (we work with Claude Code)
Partner vs a design subscription vs a hire
Design subscription
A request queue, good for small, repeatable tasks. Weak on complex product UX.
Full-time hire
Right once design work is constant.
Partner
Senior judgment on the work that matters most right now, month to month.
Our only designer quit. Now what?
Partner can cover the gap: we pick up the system and the most urgent focus, and keep things shipping while you decide whether to hire. If you do hire, we can help with the brief (see Director).
Price
From US$6k/mo. Month to month, pause anytime. If the fit isn’t right after the first sprint, we say so.
Compare it with Launch and Director on engagements and pricing.
Further reading
- What is a design partner?A design partner is a senior designer or small studio working with a company over time on product, brand and website. Not a design partner program.
- Design subscription vs design partner: when “unlimited requests” is the wrong fitUnlimited design subscriptions are great for small, repeat tasks. For product UX they often aren’t. When a subscription fits, and when a partner does.
- Design partner, agency, freelancer or subscription: which one for your startup?Agency, freelancer, design subscription or design partner? A decision table for SaaS and AI founders covering product, brand and website design, with prices.
FAQ
It’s a monthly engagement without lock-in. Pause or stop anytime.
Subscriptions work through a queue of requests. Partner works on one senior focus at a time, with an opinion on what to do first.
Yes, inside your tools, and with Claude Code when it helps.
Yes. Launch (from US$12k) is a fixed-scope sprint, and many teams continue with Partner after it.
Send your brief
A short note about the product, your stage and your timeline is enough. We reply within two working days.
Send your brief