Embedded design team

Senior designers inside your team.

When you need design capacity, not a vendor. Two or three senior designers join your standups, your design tool and your codebase, and stay the same people from kickoff to ship, for as long as it makes sense and not a day longer.

Sound familiar?

How we think about it

The designers on the call are the designers in the file.

We're a tight-knit team by design. Most engagements are run by the same two or three people from kickoff to ship. We don't pitch with one team and hand off to another.

And clients tend to keep us on. PeakMetrics brought us in to redesign notifications and kept us on for the Narratives work. Marker Learning worked with us from 2023 to 2025.

What you get.

A senior design team that works like part of yours.

01

End-to-end product design

Research, flows, UI and design systems, from the same people.

02

Inside your rituals

Standups, planning and reviews, in your chat and your design tool.

03

Paired with engineering

We work in your codebase and with your engineers until features are live.

04

Working files from day one

No big reveals. You see the work as it happens.

05

An AI-fluent process

We use AI heavily for exploration and upkeep. Every decision is still made by a senior designer.

06

A clean handover

We stay as long as it makes sense, and leave you a clean system when you take design in-house.

How it works.

01 / Intro

A 15-minute call

We meet, hear what you need and tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

02 / Scope

Agree the setup

Goals, team, cadence and how we'll know it's working.

03 / Embed

Join your team

We join your rituals and tools and start shipping work.

04 / Stay or hand off

Your call

Keep us on as your senior design partner, or take over with a clean system.

Teams we've worked inside.

Long engagements with the same senior team throughout.

Enterprise SaaS · 2024 to 2025

PeakMetrics

Brought in to redesign notifications, then kept on to extend the Narratives experience with Layers and a Bubble Map.

EdTech · 2023 to 2025

Marker Learning

A redesigned report workflow and AI features, shipped in time for a critical client launch.

“We're very happy with our ongoing relationship.”
Janelle Jenkins, VP Marketing, Afficiency · Verified Clutch review

Questions.

How is this different from hiring a freelancer or an agency?

You get a senior team rather than one person, and the same people throughout rather than a sales team and a delivery team. We work inside your process, not next to it.

How many designers will we get?

Usually two or three senior designers, depending on the scope.

How long do embedded engagements last?

As long as it makes sense. Some clients keep us on for years, others bring us in for a launch and then take over with a clean system.

Can we start with something smaller?

Yes. Some teams start with a UX audit or a focused sprint before deciding to keep us on.

How do we start?

Book a 15-minute intro call. We'll tell you on the call if we're not the right fit.

Need senior design help on your team?

Two easy ways to start. We'll tell you on the call if we're not the right fit.

Intro · 15 min

Book an intro call

Fifteen minutes to meet, see how we work, and decide if it's a fit on both sides. No deck.

Book an intro call →
On us · 30 min

Brainstorm session

Bring a UX or product-strategy problem you're stuck on. Thirty minutes of human brains, no pitch.

Schedule a brainstorm →