Engagement Models.

Flexible frameworks designed to match the stage, complexity, and risk profile of your product. Pricing reflects scope, speed, and level of involvement.

Project-Based Engagements

Best for: Defined initiatives, new product efforts, major redesigns, or validation-heavy phases.

How It Works

  • Fixed scope and timeline
  • Clear outcomes and deliverables
  • One or more phases of the Proto UX process
  • Ideal when goals and constraints are well understood

Typical Projects

  • Discovery & opportunity framing
  • Experience architecture and interaction design
  • Complex workflow prototyping and validation
  • Design system creation or modernization

Investment Range (Indicative)

Discovery & Framing$3k – $5k
Experience Architecture + Prototyping$5k – $10k
Design Systems & UI Execution$8k – $15k
End-to-End Engagements$16k – $20k+

* Final pricing is based on complexity, timeline, and stakeholder involvement.

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Fractional Design Partnership

Best for: Teams that need ongoing senior design leadership without hiring full-time.

How It Works

  • Monthly subscription model
  • Predictable cost, flexible scope
  • Acts as an extension of your internal team
  • Supports evolving priorities and fast iteration

Typical Use Cases

  • Product strategy and UX leadership
  • Continuous discovery and validation
  • Design system evolution
  • Prototyping and design support across multiple initiatives
  • Design-to-engineering collaboration

Monthly Investment (Indicative)

Light Partnership$5k – $9k / mo
Core Partnership$10k – $14k / mo
Embedded Partnership$15k+ / mo

* Minimum 3-month engagement recommended for meaningful impact.

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Engagement Criteria.

You Need

  • Clear Deliverables & Fixed Scope
  • Ongoing Leadership & Direction
  • Rapid Iteration & Prototyping
  • Scientific Validation of Logic

We Recommend

  • Project-Based Engagement
  • Fractional Design Partnership
  • Fractional Design Partnership
  • Project-Based (Discovery) or Fractional

What’s Included

  • Senior Leadership & Strategy
  • AI-Native Workflows
  • Risk Reduction & Compliance
  • Scalable System Architecture
  • Direct Access to Founders

What We Don’t Do

  • Fixed screen counts without logic
  • Unvalidated / 'Pretty' only work
  • Unsupervised AI content generation
  • Maintenance of legacy PHP/WordPress
  • Race-to-the-bottom pricing

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