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Hourly
Great for a new relationship with individual designers or researchers. Each team member has an hourly rate that is a direct payout to them. We then ask for a 30% Collective fee to cover all shared AI tool subscriptions and training programs in the Collective. We track using Toggl and only bill for used hours. We always set a cap on the number of hours each week and communicate with our client before we hit this amount.
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Project-based
Clients with pre-determined project requirements would benefit from this option. Flexible payment plan based on deliverable milestones.
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Retainer
Long-term clients may benefit from a retainer approach with a dedicated team of up to a certain number of hours commitment each week at a reduced cost.
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A $5,000 per week retainer scope guarantees the same designers, researcher, and/or project manager on the project up to a certain number of hours.
Below are examples of pre-made project-based packages with activities and deliverables.
AI building
Why? Organizations struggle to implement AI effectively, often building features that don't solve real problems or integrate poorly with existing systems. AI Integration Audits help identify the highest-impact opportunities for AI enhancement within your current platform. AI Ecosystem Mapping creates a holistic view of how AI can transform your workflows. Agent Flow Mapping ensures complex AI systems work seamlessly across teams and processes, avoiding costly integration failures.
Each AI Building service is scoped based on your specific needs and organizational complexity. Contact Us to get a real, honest scope based on your needs.
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Looking to enhance your product with AI—but not sure where to start? We audit existing platforms (web, app, or service workflows) to identify opportunities for AI-powered features. Our team delivers actionable outputs like blueprints, interface sketches, and conversation flow diagrams to accelerate responsible and high-impact integration.
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Wondering how AI fits into your organization beyond a single tool? We help you map your internal workflows, roles, and team dynamics to recommend where and how AI systems or agents can boost productivity. Great for companies ready to evolve their operating models, but unsure what to adopt—or where to begin.
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As AI agents take on more complex tasks, designing for them requires more than just chat bubbles. We map the full end-to-end flow of how agents interact across users, systems, and internal teams—highlighting triggers, actions, data handoffs, and escalation paths. Ideal for organizations exploring AI delegation at scale or looking to integrate agents into multi-step workflows.
AI workshop
In addition to product work, we create custom AI training content that ensures your team can take advantage of AI tools and workflows.
Why? Teams often struggle to adopt AI tools effectively, leading to low implementation rates and wasted investment in new technologies. Facilitated Workshops provide hands-on learning that ensures immediate practical application. Cohort Programs create sustained transformation through peer learning and ongoing support. Custom Content delivers industry-specific frameworks tailored to your unique workflows. This approach guarantees skill adoption and measurable impact, with 100% of participants implementing new skills within 30 days compared to the 67% industry benchmark.
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$150-300/person Live instruction with expert facilitators focused on learn-by-doing approaches. Our hands-on sessions ensure immediate practical application.
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$800-1,200/person Multi-week transformation journeys featuring peer learning and ongoing support for sustained skill development.
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$2,500-8,000 (project-based) Built specifically for your organization's unique needs, featuring industry-specific tools and frameworks tailored to your workflows.
Impact:
850+ learners across workshops
9.5 NPS (industry benchmark: 6.2)
100% implement skills within 30 days due to hands-on application during sessions (industry benchmark: 67%)
Research & Testing
Why? Startups waste a lot of time and money on early product development by making products no one wants or can use. Up-front research allows us to understand user needs, business goals, and market blank space to create clear and tight product/platform requirements that are evidence-based. User testing on an existing product/platform allows for quick learnings from actual users to make sure what we are creating is solving an actual user’s needs and is usable. It also allows for tight design and development requirements which save time and money down the line.
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Goal: For a team who wants quick user feedback on the product and a general direction on where to focus on next
Deliverables:1 Collaborative user workshop
1 Short user research program with 3 to 5 targeted user interviews
1 Prioritized user feedback database
Timeline: 2 weeks
Impact areas: Quick study allows for the identification of low-hanging fruits user experience problems that may impact acquisition conversion rates and user engagement rate -
Goal: For a team that wants validated learnings through multiple sources
Deliverables:1 Collaborative user workshop
1 Competitive study with up to 3 competitors
1 User research program with up to 10 targeted user interviews or in combination with user surveys
1 Prioritized user feedback database
Top 10 product and design recommendations based on research
Timeline: 2 - 4 weeks
Impact areas: A multi-touchpoint study with considerations of competitive market, business goals, and user feedback to improve acquisition rate, engagement rate, and to inform the upcoming product roadmap -
Goal: For a team that wants to augment and fine-tune your decision-making process with a deep user feedback loop program
Deliverables: 1 Collaborative user workshop1 Competitive study with up to 10 competitors
1 User research program with up to 25 targeted user interviews and in combination with user surveys or other custom research methods
1 Prioritized user feedback database
Top 50 product and design recommendations based on research
Timeline: 4 - 8 weeks
Impact areas: An in-depth multi-touchpoint study with a focused goal to build, improve, and test a specific area of business KPI: acquisition, engagement, or retention to come up with a prioritized and actionable quarterly product roadmap -
Sometimes it takes two to come up with a research and design scope. Feel free to drop us a note and we’re happy to tailor a scope to your need.
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Design & Prototype
Why? The Design allows for the exploration of potential solutions based on identified problems and the market’s blank space during the Research & Testing phases. A Prototype allows for the expansion of the product/platform interactivities and moments of delight. Both create assets for further user testing and ensure tight development requirements which save time and money down the line.
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Goal: For a team that wants a simple prototype to show off ideas to potential investors / founding members
Deliverables:1 concept wireframe prototype
Up to 10 screens (desktop/mobile) of a concept wireframe design with an AI-powered prototype
Timeline: 2- 4 weeks
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Goal: For a team who has some research and testing validating and who wants a more comprehensive prototype to demonstrate a key user flow identified by the market, business, and through past research, to be used in further market validation and user testing
Deliverables:
1 User path workshop of up to 4 hours with the founding team1 concept wireframe prototype
Up to 20 screens (desktop/mobile) of a concept wireframe design and an AI-powered prototype
Timeline: 4-6 weeks
Impact areas: Quick concept design allows for the identification of ideas for showcase or further testing
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Sometimes it takes two to come up with a design scope based on current assets and development. This scope can include both concept wireframe design (commonly known as UX) as well as finished interface design (commonly known as UI.)
Feel free to drop us a note and we’re happy to tailor a scope to your need.Contact Us
AI integration & training
We have trained veterans who have created training and workshops for multiple bootcamps, teams, and mass markets. Our work in this space involves auditing a team's workflow, proposing augmentation, building out AI tools and integrations, then creating AI libraries as well as training the team to fully adopt and take advantage of new AI tools and workflows.
Contact Us to get a real, honest scope based on your needs
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Whatever it is, feel free to drop us a note and we’re happy to talk through how we can service your needs.