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Client - Product Audit

Live B2B product Several roles or dense data 3-4 working days
$1500-$2500 / project
⊹ Every new feature adds another exception
⊹ An important flow costs you users, time or rework
⊹ You want to see the fix before you build it

Client - PoC Sprint

Founders & product teams Pilot or investor demo Up to 7 working days
$4000-$8000 / project
⊹ A pilot, investor demo or build decision is coming
⊹ You'd rather click a prototype than read a long document
⊹ Users should click it before engineering builds it

Client - Design System Foundations

Growing product Figma and code drift apart 3-6 weeks
$8500-$20000 / project
⊹ Every new feature looks different
⊹ Figma says one thing, the code says another
⊹ Designers, devs and AI tools work from different sources

Team - Design Partner

Hourly, no minimum Weekly or monthly or full-time
$70/h / or a full-time seat
⊹ Your designer just left
⊹ A client project starts in weeks
⊹ Nobody owns the design decisions

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What I expect from you

If you don't meet these, your application will be auto-rejected.

Must-haves

You have a real problem to solve. Decoration is someone else's job.
You make decisions in days. Months is for committees.
You own the product decisions, or the person who does joins us
You need more than the prettiest of three options
You communicate directly and honestly. Even when the answer is no.
You have a budget and know your product is worth it

Nice-to-haves

You have a dev team ready to implement
You work remotely or async-friendly
You've seen what good design does for a product
You have user feedback, analytics, or support tickets to share
You're open to being challenged on assumptions
You want it in users' hands within the next few months

Compensation & Benefits

Think of it as investing in your product's future.

Prototypes you can click
Hosted, with a link you can share. Show investors, test with users, hand specs to devs.
One price, agreed upfront
Projects have a fixed price before we start. Design Partner hours are booked weekly or monthly. You work directly with the person who does the work.
AI-assisted, human-led
I use AI workflows to speed up prototyping and Figma for design. I make every design decision with you.
Side by side with your team
Inside your sprints, from product decisions and edge cases to specs your engineers can read. For a few sprints or the long run.
NDA before any paid work
Your product stays yours. I sign NDAs before we start. No exceptions.
Refund before kickoff
Projects: 100% refund if we haven't started. Design Partner: 30-day notice for monthly bookings, weekly bookings end after the paid week.

How the recruitment works

Transparent, respectful, and fast. I'll actually respond, at any stage.

01
Submit your application

Tell me about your product, your team, and what problem you're trying to solve.
No cover letter. Just the facts.

02
Clarity Call (30 min)

If you pass screening ☻, I'll invite you for a video call.
I listen, ask questions, and assess fit. Zero pressure.
Bring three answers: why now, who decides, what you need to decide next.

03
Scope + Fixed Quote

If we're a match, I send a clear proposal within 2 business days.
No "we'll get back to you." A real timeline.

04
Kickoff + Delivery

Payment received - we start. Without 6-week onboarding and 3 rounds of "alignment workshops."
Every project ends with a debrief for your team.

Question

What motivates you to spend money on a designer?

my product needs it
I need something I can click
Because I can't do it myself
Our users are leaving and we need help fast
(¬‿¬) nothing, I have AI for this

Honest answers only


    

Michael Kulesza

Product Design Partner. 10+ years in product design, in design since 2009.

I help founders and product teams move from idea to a working product they can test, then build the system that keeps it consistent. Teams bring me in when there's pressure to ship, a designer just left, or nobody owns design decisions.

I work side by side with the person who owns the vision. What gets built is our shared responsibility.

Hospitality, healthcare, AI marketing, maps and geodata, infrastructure, corporate governance. Poland, CET, remote across Europe and the US.

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