Design
Talent That
Defines.
Specialized search for the founding designers, senior ICs, and design leaders who raise the bar everywhere they ship.
Specialists for the roles that define companies.
From the first designer to the team that ships at scale.
The First Design Hire
Your zero-to-one designer. The one who sets the bar for brand, product, and team culture before anyone else.
Senior & Staff
Designers who've shipped at scale and can raise everyone around them. The hires that compound.
Specialist & Hybrid
Design engineers, brand designers, motion, and the cross-disciplinary talent that's hardest to find and hardest to keep.
How We
Work
Understand
We get deep on your product, culture, and what this hire actually needs to do. No generic job specs.
Source
We go direct to our network — people we know, not cold DMs. Passive candidates other recruiters can't reach.
Screen
Every candidate runs through our own design screen before you ever see them. We also help early teams design an interview loop that actually works.
Close
We pre-socialize comp, role, and expectations end-to-end so the offer stage isn't where deals die.
Most recruiters are generalists. We’re not.
We Speak Design
Portfolio reviews, critique, process, product judgment — we evaluate the way your team already does. Run by designers turned recruiters.
A Trusted Network
An active, personally-vetted bench across SF, NY, Seattle, London, and beyond — not cold outreach. Real relationships, not LinkedIn spam.
To First Candidate
We move at startup speed. Expect highly vetted, high-fidelity candidates in your inbox within the first week.
Designers, Not Generalists
We don't just know how to hire designers — we know how to evaluate craft, assess process, and identify the talent that actually ships.
Network, Not Cold Outreach
Direct relationships with design leaders and senior ICs other recruiters simply can't reach. These are people we know.
Day One, Not Months
We move at startup speed. From first conversation to offer acceptance, we compress timelines without cutting corners.
Designers who recruit.
Carl
I'm a former Product Designer who realized my true passion was building the teams that build the products.
With over 10 years of recruiting experience, including 6 years at Meta and time at BCG Digital Ventures, I've seen firsthand what it takes to find and hire world-class design talent.
“I don't just look at resumes; I look at portfolios, process, and potential. I speak the language of design because I've lived it.”
Jeremy
I came up in design, so I speak the language. Then I spent 11 years at Meta on the other side of the table — my teams hired the designers, and I hired the design leaders. From IC to Org Leader, I've personally recruited and closed the talent that built Meta's design org through its biggest growth era, 4,000 to 120,000 employees.
Since leaving Meta, I've been working with companies of all sizes to find great design and technical talent — from early-stage startups to established orgs looking to level up their teams.
“There's no design leader in tech that's more than one call away. I've either hired them, recruited against them, or built the team they came from.”
Questions, Answered
Who do you work with?
We partner with design-led organisations at every stage — from pre-seed founders making their first design hire to growth-stage teams scaling a product and brand org.
What are your pricing models?
Flexible pricing tailored to the stage and scope of your search. We optimise for long-term partnership and outcomes over rigid commission structures.
How long does a search take?
We move at startup speed. Expect highly vetted, high-fidelity candidates in your inbox within the first week — and an offer in hand in weeks, not months.
What roles do you specialize in?
Founding designers, senior and staff product designers, design leaders, design engineers, brand and motion designers, and the cross-disciplinary hybrid roles that are hardest to fill.