DesignStrategists

Your next great hire is in our network.

Every designer in our network is vetted by practitioners who've led design at enterprises and startups. Hire full-time, fractionally or on contract.

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Trusted from startups to enterprises

  • TELUS
  • Varicent
  • Software AG
  • Blueprint
  • Spirent
  • Ciena
  • Ruby
  • StarFish Medical

Why Design Strategists

A network built by industry experts.

We've done the job

Design leadership inside enterprises and startups.

We still build

We test for the skills the work needs now.

A vetted network

Designers we've worked alongside, hired or vetted in person.

We judge the thinking, not the artifacts

A person who does the work reads it, and we talk it through with them.

We match to the team, not the title

The same title means five different jobs. We match on the problem in front of you.

We stay past the start date

We check in through the first month. If it isn't landing, we say so early.

Three ways to hire

Full-time, fractional or contract.

Full-time

You're building the team.

A permanent hire, sourced from our network and assessed by us.

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Fractional

You need senior judgment, not a full headcount.

One to three days a week. Directing your team or executing on work that needs to get done.

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Contract

You have a defined piece of work.

A design system, a zero to one product, a research push. Fixed window, with a clear finish line.

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How it works

From the first conversation to meeting people, in about a week.

  1. 01

    Tell us the role

    Twenty minutes on the team, the problem, and whether you need someone full-time, fractional or on contract.

  2. 02

    We go to the network

    We shortlist designers we already know, and reach the ones who aren't looking. No post, no pile of applications.

  3. 03

    You meet two or three

    Intro calls within days, with our read on each person. No fee to shortlist, no obligation to hire.

  4. 04

    We stay through the start

    Offer, onboarding, and the first month in the seat. We're accountable for whether it works, not just whether it closes.

Tell us who you need.

A quick conversation, then a short list of designers we'd hire for ourselves.

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