Services

I work with teams building meaningful digital products.

This often includes: startups, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations that are navigating complexity, ambiguity, or growth.

If you’re trying to define what to build, improve what exists, or make smarter product decisions before investing heavily in development, we’ll likely work well together.

I’m not just here to design screens.
I help teams reduce uncertainty and move forward with confidence.

What I Help With

My work centers on helping teams make better product decisions, then turning those decisions into clear, usable, scalable experiences.

How I Work

I work collaboratively, transparently, and align with stakeholders early and often. I surface tradeoffs clearly and always design with implementation in mind.

Core Engagements

Ways we can work together

Product Definition & MVP Strategy

For early-stage products or teams at an inflection point.

We clarify what to build, what not to build, and why. This work typically combines research, stakeholder alignment, user flow design, and prioritization logic so development starts from a solid foundation.

Typical outcomes:

Clear opportunity framing

Validated user insights**

Defined MVP scope

Prioritized roadmap direction

Aligned product narrative

Ongoing Product Partnership

Month-to-month retainer

For teams that need senior product design support over time.

I work alongside product, engineering, and marketing to guide decisions from discovery through launch. That includes research planning, experience design, QA collaboration, iteration cycles, and strategic alignment as the product evolves.

This model works well when:

The product is actively growing

New features are being scoped regularly

Design leadership is needed without a full-time hire

Most long-term partnerships span multiple months and evolve as the product matures.

UX Audits & Evaluations

For teams who need focused clarity.

A structured review of an existing product, feature, or workflow to identify friction, usability gaps, accessibility risks, and opportunities for improvement.

Audits range from lightweight evaluations of a single flow to deeper reviews of full web or mobile products.

Typical outcomes:

Prioritized findings

Clear recomendations

Identified risks and quick wins

Strategic next steps

Smaller audits may fall below typical project ranges depending on scope.

UX & UI Design Execution

Best for teams ready to design and ship.

Hands-on product design support across UX, UI, and interaction design, working closely with engineers and product partners.

Typical outcomes:

Best for teams ready to design and ship.

Hands-on product design support across UX, UI, and interaction design, working closely with engineers and product partners.

Typical outcomes:

End-to-end flow designs

High-fidelity UI and interaction patterns

Design systems or component libraries

Design QA and collaboration through build

I design with implementation in mind, not as an afterthought.

Investment

Every engagement starts with a conversation to understand scope, goals, constraints, and timeline.

Most projects fall between 7k and 35k depending on scope and complexity. Ongoing partnerships are structured monthly and scale with involvement.

If you are exploring a focused audit or a longer-term product partnership, I’m happy to talk through options and recommend an approach that fits your team.

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