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
Moving the needle.
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.