A fractional product designer for seed to Series A SaaS teams. I join your team two days a week from Skopje, on EU time with a US-East overlap, and own product design end to end: roadmap, design system, dev-ready Figma and the growth work in between. No agency, no handoffs, no full-time salary.
Best fit: seed to Series A SaaS, 5 to 40 people, no designer on the team yet. You have engineers and a roadmap, and nobody senior owning the screens.
Inconsistent UI, screens that drift with every AI-generated feature, and handoffs your engineers have to translate before they can build.
A senior designer costs $14,000 to $19,000 a month loaded in the US and takes three months to hire, and you do not have a full-time load of senior work yet.
Every freelancer leaves after the deliverable. The system decays, the next feature starts from zero, and nobody owns the whole product.
Not a fit if you need a full design team, or a one-off deliverable with no follow-through. For those, see the UX audit or MVP design. Weighing this against a design leader? Read fractional product designer vs head of design.
Three months is the shortest period in which all three land, which is why the retainer starts with a quarter.
I audit the product, rank the leaks by impact, and ship the top quick wins so you see movement in the first weeks.
First fixes liveWe build the design system and redesign the core flows, so every new screen stays consistent and dev-ready.
System shippedI work the roadmap with your team: new features, activation and conversion work, and a system that stays owned.
Roadmap moving8 yrs
Longest client relationship
“He gets the business, not just the design, that's why we keep coming back.”
Petar Spaseski6 mo+
Product verticals launched together
“He's basically embedded in our team without the full-time cost.”
Paul40%
Onboarding drop-off cut at Pixyle
“He thinks like a product person, not just a designer.”
Svetlana Kordumova3×
User engagement after the Atlas Health redesign
“User engagement tripled after Dejan's redesign.”
Tiffany Taylor3-month minimum, then month-to-month
Embedded in your team, 2 days/week.
A fraction of a full-time senior product designer, who costs $14,000 to $19,000 a month in the US or $8,000 to $12,000 in Western Europe, loaded. Need a project instead? See the Product Sprint.
Fixed quote on the call · 3-month minimum, then month-to-month · Pause available between quarters · Most clients stay 6+ months · Response within 24h
A senior product designer who works for you two days a week on an ongoing basis instead of full time. You get the same person every week, inside your tools, doing hands-on UX and UI work, without a full-time salary, equity or a three-month hiring process.
Mostly the shape of the engagement. A freelancer is usually hired for a project with an end date. A fractional designer is a standing part of the team, month to month, with a fixed number of days a week. I do both. The Product Sprint is project-shaped, the fractional retainer is a standing seat on the team.
Design direction tied to the product goals, weekly reviews of the work your designers or engineers produce, hiring and onboarding when you need a full-time designer, and ownership of the design system so quality does not drift. As your team grows, the same two days can shift from hands-on work to this kind of direction.
Two days a week, fixed, so you can plan around them. We can go to three with a month of notice. The calendar on this page shows real availability.
Three months, then month to month. A quarter is the shortest period in which the audit, the design system and the first roadmap work all land. You can pause between quarters, and most clients stay six months or more. The longest client relationship I have is eight years.
Yes, and that is often the point. A fractional head of design gives a junior or mid-level designer senior review and direction, which is cheaper and faster than replacing them. I set the system and the standards, they ship inside them.
Then I help you hire them: the job description, the portfolio review, the interview, the first month. The design system and the Figma files are already yours, so the handover is a conversation, not a project.
I am in Skopje, Central European Time, which overlaps the full UK and EU day and US East Coast mornings. Reviews are async by default, as Loom videos and Figma comments, with one standing weekly call.
A free 30-minute call. Bring the roadmap and the team, and I will tell you whether a retainer fits, or whether you need the audit first.
One short email every two weeks: a teardown, a pattern, a number worth knowing. No pitch, unsubscribe any time.
