Defined the design direction from scratch, reducing time-to-market and aligning two competing audiences — which resulted in a revenue stream.
Founding Designer as a Service
Full design ownership while you hire.
Startups often spend 2–4 months hiring a designer, and that gap is more expensive than most founders realize. I close that gap immediately — taking full design ownership and protecting the metrics that matter most while the search continues.
Fully remote — I adapt to your timezone, wherever you're based.
Available 1–3 months.
PROBLEM / SOLUTION
Hiring a designer takes 2–4 months.
Your customers don't wait.
HOW IT WORKS
How it works
01 — Diagnose
Design decisions come from understanding how users arrive, what motivates them, and what the business is trying to achieve. That context is the input.
02 — Execute
With that context, I work with the CEO, the team, and the data to improve any experience that moves the needle — user flows, onboarding, core product moments, design system, delivery speed. Whatever is costing the business most.
03 — Handoff
When your permanent designer starts, I brief them on where everything stands — file infrastructure and the design-business context that took time to build. They hit the ground running.
RESULT
Results
Built the design culture, scaled design maturity and stayed through the full growth arc, from 8 to 300+ people.
PRICING
Simple model.
No surprises.
Rate
€450-500 / day
Based on scope and overlap with your team. No hidden fees.
Duration
1-3 months
Aligned to your hiring timeline. I hand off when your permanent designer starts.
Contract
Simple
Contractor invoice. No EOR, no Deel, no complexity. You hire me like a freelancer — one invoice per month.
Fully remote — I adapt to your timezone, wherever you're based.