UX Design Partner (Monthly Retainer)Kinshuk Bose
You don't need a project. You need a designer who knows your product, your users, and your codebase constraints - and gets better at all three every month.
I become your embedded UX design partner. In your Slack/Teams, part of your stand-ups, accountable for the quality of what ships.
12+ years in product design, working for companies like Simpplr, Honeywell, the United Nations, and BT Group.
What changes after this engagement
Product quality compounds
One-off projects produce spikes. A retainer produces a trajectory. Context is cumulative - design gets sharper every month.
Design stops being a bottleneck
Priority access, same-day response, enough context to start immediately on any task.
Your design system actually evolves
New components as features ship. Outdated ones deprecated. Consistency doesn't erode as the product grows.
Strategic input, not just pixel output
I challenge specs, flag UX problems before they reach engineering, and prioritize work that moves metrics.
$100K+ saved vs. a full-time hire
Senior UX lead expertise without the $150K+ fully loaded cost. Flex up or down as needed.
What's included
Up to 80 hours/month of dedicated design work
Weekly async or sync check-ins
Slack/Teams access for day-to-day communication
Feature design, design system maintenance, UX research, prototyping, design QA, AI-assisted ideation, and design-to-code export
Strategic input on product direction
How it works
Flexible scope - One month it's a feature flow, next month a design system audit, next month usability testing. I work from your backlog.
Priority access - Same-day response. Priority scheduling over project work.
Transparent tracking - End-of-month summary: work completed, hours used, what's next.
Embedded - I join your Slack, standups, and design reviews. Not an outside vendor.
Perfect for
Post-v1 teams that need a designer who moves fast and doesn't need managing.
Post-Series A startups that need senior quality without a full-time hire.
Enterprise SaaS teams needing surge capacity alongside their internal team.
Companies building AI products that need fluency in complex, data-heavy UX.
Not ready for the full scope?
Start with a UX Design Sprint to validate a focused problem first
Already worked together?
Most retainers start after a Design Sprint or End-to-End Product Engagement. The retainer keeps the momentum going.
FAQs
Kinshuk's other services
Starting at$3,500 /mo
Tags
Design Systems Specialist
Product Designer
Prototyper
UX Designer
UX Researcher
Visual Designer
AI Products
Enterprise SaaS
No-code
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UX Design Partner (Monthly Retainer)Kinshuk Bose
Starting at$3,500 /mo
Tags
Design Systems Specialist
Product Designer
Prototyper
UX Designer
UX Researcher
Visual Designer
AI Products
Enterprise SaaS
No-code
You don't need a project. You need a designer who knows your product, your users, and your codebase constraints - and gets better at all three every month.
I become your embedded UX design partner. In your Slack/Teams, part of your stand-ups, accountable for the quality of what ships.
12+ years in product design, working for companies like Simpplr, Honeywell, the United Nations, and BT Group.
What changes after this engagement
Product quality compounds
One-off projects produce spikes. A retainer produces a trajectory. Context is cumulative - design gets sharper every month.
Design stops being a bottleneck
Priority access, same-day response, enough context to start immediately on any task.
Your design system actually evolves
New components as features ship. Outdated ones deprecated. Consistency doesn't erode as the product grows.
Strategic input, not just pixel output
I challenge specs, flag UX problems before they reach engineering, and prioritize work that moves metrics.
$100K+ saved vs. a full-time hire
Senior UX lead expertise without the $150K+ fully loaded cost. Flex up or down as needed.
What's included
Up to 80 hours/month of dedicated design work
Weekly async or sync check-ins
Slack/Teams access for day-to-day communication
Feature design, design system maintenance, UX research, prototyping, design QA, AI-assisted ideation, and design-to-code export
Strategic input on product direction
How it works
Flexible scope - One month it's a feature flow, next month a design system audit, next month usability testing. I work from your backlog.
Priority access - Same-day response. Priority scheduling over project work.
Transparent tracking - End-of-month summary: work completed, hours used, what's next.
Embedded - I join your Slack, standups, and design reviews. Not an outside vendor.
Perfect for
Post-v1 teams that need a designer who moves fast and doesn't need managing.
Post-Series A startups that need senior quality without a full-time hire.
Enterprise SaaS teams needing surge capacity alongside their internal team.
Companies building AI products that need fluency in complex, data-heavy UX.
Not ready for the full scope?
Start with a UX Design Sprint to validate a focused problem first
Already worked together?
Most retainers start after a Design Sprint or End-to-End Product Engagement. The retainer keeps the momentum going.
FAQs
Kinshuk's other services
$3,500 /mo