Ongoing Design Partner by Dan GoughOngoing Design Partner by Dan Gough
Ongoing Design PartnerDan Gough
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You don't need another freelancer. You need a design partner who knows your product, your market and your ambition as well as you do.
This is a monthly retainer for founders who want embedded design support without the overhead of a full-time hire or the ramp-up cost of briefing someone new every time.
Most clients come to this after a sprint. They've seen how I work, the quality is right, and they want to keep the momentum going. But you don't need to have done a sprint first.
What you get:
A senior designer embedded in your team. I handle brand, product, web, pitch decks, marketing assets, whatever design work moves the needle that month. You get a dedicated partner who understands your business deeply and can move fast because there's no ramp-up.
How it works:
We set priorities at the start of each month. I work async with daily updates, jumping on calls when needed. You'll have a direct line to me. No account managers, no layers.
Typical monthly output includes 2-3 major deliverables (a landing page, a feature redesign, a pitch deck refresh) plus smaller requests as they come up.
This covers design and strategy. Development can be scoped separately as needed.
I've had retainer relationships that started as a 3-week sprint and ran for 18 months. Qured started as a 21-day MVP and became an ongoing partnership. That's the pattern this is built for.
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Starting at$5,000 /mo
Tags
Figma
Brand Designer
Product Designer
Web Designer
Design Partner
Startup Design
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Dan Gough proMelbourne VIC 3004, Australia
Ongoing Design PartnerDan Gough
Starting at$5,000 /mo
Tags
Figma
Brand Designer
Product Designer
Web Designer
Design Partner
Startup Design
Cover image for Ongoing Design Partner
You don't need another freelancer. You need a design partner who knows your product, your market and your ambition as well as you do.
This is a monthly retainer for founders who want embedded design support without the overhead of a full-time hire or the ramp-up cost of briefing someone new every time.
Most clients come to this after a sprint. They've seen how I work, the quality is right, and they want to keep the momentum going. But you don't need to have done a sprint first.
What you get:
A senior designer embedded in your team. I handle brand, product, web, pitch decks, marketing assets, whatever design work moves the needle that month. You get a dedicated partner who understands your business deeply and can move fast because there's no ramp-up.
How it works:
We set priorities at the start of each month. I work async with daily updates, jumping on calls when needed. You'll have a direct line to me. No account managers, no layers.
Typical monthly output includes 2-3 major deliverables (a landing page, a feature redesign, a pitch deck refresh) plus smaller requests as they come up.
This covers design and strategy. Development can be scoped separately as needed.
I've had retainer relationships that started as a 3-week sprint and ran for 18 months. Qured started as a 21-day MVP and became an ongoing partnership. That's the pattern this is built for.
FAQs

$5,000 /mo