Product Design Retainer

Pro

Luke Dalton

Starting at

4,000

/mo

About this service

Summary

My product design retainer package is tailored to help growing startups transform their digital products into intuitive, visually stunning experiences that captivate users and drive results. With a dedicated design partner, you gain access to ongoing, top-tier product design expertise without the overhead of building an in-house team. What You Get:

Seamless Collaboration: A 1-on-1 partnership with a seasoned product designer, ensuring your vision is understood and brought to life.

Continuous Iteration: Agile design workflows keep your product fresh, relevant, and aligned with user feedback and market demands.

High-Impact Deliverables: From polished UI designs to robust prototypes, every asset is crafted to elevate your product's usability and appeal.

Scalable Support: Whether you're launching new features or refining existing ones, my retainer ensures design support is always at your fingertips.

Value I Deliver:

Consistent Quality: Maintain a cohesive and professional design language across your product.

Time and Cost Efficiency: Avoid the time and expense of hiring and training internal design staff.

Faster Time-to-Market: Get designs ready to hand off to development with minimal delays.

User-Centric Focus: Drive user engagement and retention with designs that truly solve user problems and delight customers.

Process

Onboarding: Align on goals, priorities, and workflows for ongoing collaboration.

Design Strategy: Regularly refine and align design goals with business objectives.

UI/UX Design: Create and iterate on responsive, high-fidelity designs for new features and updates.

Design System Maintenance: Build and update reusable components and style guides.

Feedback Loops: Conduct bi-weekly reviews to gather feedback and ensure continuous improvement.

Ongoing Support: Address design tweaks, urgent requests, and developer handoffs as needed.

FAQs

What is a product design retainer, and how does it work?
A product design retainer is an ongoing collaboration where we dedicate time each month to your design needs. You pay a fixed monthly fee, and we work as an extension of your team to deliver high-quality design work, from UI/UX updates to new feature designs and design system maintenance.
What type of projects can be included in the retainer?
The retainer covers a wide range of services, including: Designing new features or pages Improving existing designs Maintaining and updating your design system Creating interactive prototypes Supporting your development team with design assets
How many hours per month are included in the retainer?
The number of hours is flexible and depends on the package you choose. Typically, retainers start with 20-40 hours per month, but this can be adjusted to fit your needs.
How do you handle communication and updates?
We provide regular updates via Slack, or project management tools like Linear. Bi-weekly or monthly review meetings keep everything on track, and you’re welcome to reach out anytime with requests or questions.
How does this service benefit my company compared to hiring an in-house designer?
With a retainer, you get access to expert design talent without the overhead of hiring in-house. It’s cost-effective, scalable, and ensures consistent, high-quality design work tailored to your needs.

What's included

UI/UX Design
High-fidelity designs in Figma for new features or pages, iterative improvements to existing designs based on feedback, fully responsive designs for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Design System & Component Library
Creation or maintenance of a reusable design system, adding new components or updating existing ones, documentation for consistent use by developers.
Collaborative Workshops
Monthly or bi-weekly design review sessions, stakeholder alignment and brainstorming workshops.
Performance Improvements
Optimizing designs for better usability and faster navigation.
Collaboration with Developers
Design-to-development handoff using tools like Figma or Zeplin, regular check-ins to ensure design fidelity during implementation.
Ongoing Support
Priority support for design tweaks or fixes, quick turnaround for urgent design requests.

Example projects