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Coffee

You buy the coffee.

Unlimited questions for the duration of one coffee.

Product or portfolio feedback
Honest, specific feedback
Advice

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Middle-est

Advisory

$10,000/mo

Fractional design leadership.

A standing line to 20 years of production experience.

Weekly design reviews
Live critique in your files
Product strategy
EPD process guidance
Quarterly planning review

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Full-time

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The complete Joel, on your org chart.

For organizations that need the full platform, embedded.

Owns design strategy and roadmap input
Team building and hiring loops
Hands-on design and production code
Concurrency: 1 (hard limit)

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Design sourcing

A recruiting add-on for companies that need the right designer, not merely another designer.

What you get

Higher-quality, highest-relevance designers
4-month minimum search commitment
3-month termination protection
Commission drops on failed intros

$1,500 due diligence fee: Credited toward the commission.
25% commission: On the new hire's first-year salary^6–7.; Payment due on employment contract signing.

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Recruiting services terms

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Feature	Coffee$0	Advisory$10,000/mo	Full-timeCustom	Sourcing add-on$1,500 + 25%
Feedback & reviews
Product & portfolio feedback	Included	Included	Included	Not included
Design reviews	One session	Weekly	Continuous	Not included
Live critique in your files	Not included	Included	Included	Not included
Life advice	Included	Included	Included	Not included
Product & strategy
Roadmap input	Not included	Async	Every planning cycle	Not included
Product vision	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Product principles	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
System design & specs	Not included	Review	Included	Not included
Research programs	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Managed rebrands	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Design quality & code
Quality standards & shipping baseline	Not included	Guidance	Owned	Not included
Design system	Not included	Guidance	Owned & maintained	Not included
Code prototypes	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Ships production code	Not included	Sometimes	Always	Not included
Team & process
EPD process & quarterly planning	Not included	Quarterly review	Included	Not included
Design team management & coaching	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Crits, jams & review rituals	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Hiring loops & team building	Not included	Included	Included	Not included
Designer search & sourcing	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Support
Response time	Not included	1 business day	In your Slack	1 business day

What is ambiguity costing you?

Estimate what unclear design direction costs your team each year, and how quickly Advisory pays for itself.

Designers on staff6 designers

Major projects reworked or rolled back per year1 project

Weekly meetings that end without a decision3 meetings/wk

Estimated annual cost

$541,000

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Frequently asked questions.

What does a typical Advisory week look like?

A weekly design review of your team’s current work, live critique in your design files, and async input on product and roadmap decisions between sessions, plus leadership input on org design, EPD processes, job descriptions, hiring, and the latest design methodologies. Questions get a response within one business day.

How do billing and cancelling work?

Advisory is invoiced monthly, in advance. There is no cancellation fee, and plan changes take effect at the next sprint boundary.

Can we start with Coffee and move up?

Yes. We even recommend starting with a coffee before committing to Advisory or Full-time plans. Book a coffee to begin →

Is the full-time tier available right now?

Yes. Full-time capacity is open again. Start a conversation →

Not sure which plan fits?

Book a coffee and we’ll work out the right engagement.

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