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AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIRING

Unlimited design.
Without the hire.

Get a dedicated design resource, without the salary, the recruitment risk, or the long-term commitment. Cancel anytime, scale up or down as needed, and own everything we build.

Book a 30-Minute Call

Pause or cancel anytime • 100% IP ownership from day one

One queue. Always moving.

No meetings, no hiring, no overhead. Just senior product design delivered on a timeline that matches the real complexity of the work.

  1. Subscribe

    Pick a plan and add as many requests as you like to your dedicated queue. One flat monthly fee, no scope creep, no surprise invoices.

  2. Request

    Add as many design tasks as you need to your dedicated queue. We tackle them one at a time, async, with clear delivery expectations.

  3. Receive

    Get polished, production-ready design files delivered async. Review, request revisions, and move straight to build, with 100% of the IP owned by you from day one.

    Async delivery, always on

Companies we’ve supported

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The employee problem, solved

Hiring a designer is a bet, a fixed monthly cost, a recruitment process, and a long, awkward exit if it doesn't work out. Here's what you get instead.

Fixed cost, variable workload

Unlimited actions per month

A salary is owed whether there's 2 days of work or 20. Here you send as much as you like for one flat monthly fee.

Expensive to get wrong

Start immediately

No recruitment fees, no onboarding runway, no months spent unwinding a bad hire. Work starts the day you do.

Can't flex with demand

Scale up or down as needed

Idle in quiet months, a bottleneck in busy ones, a headcount can't flex. Your subscription can.

Locked in once you commit

Cancel anytime, no notice period

No notice periods, no HR process, no awkward exit. Pause or cancel the moment your priorities change.

Pay regardless of output

Not satisfied? Cancel straight away

You pay for work that lands, not for a seat being filled. If the output isn't right, you're free to walk.

EMPLOYEE OUTPUT IS YOURS, BUT SO IS THE RISK

100% IP ownership from day one

Every design, file, license, trademark and copyright belongs to you. We carry the risk, you keep the work.

Founding rate, limited time

Choose your track

One flat monthly rate based on how many requests move at once, not per task, not per hour.

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One senior designer. Not a rotating team.

designforward is run by Richard Marseglia, a senior product designer with over 20 years’ experience turning complex, legacy-heavy operations into usable software. You’re not getting a junior generalist or a rotating team, you’re getting that experience, on tap.

Trusted by product leaders

Senior design support that shows up in the work, and in the way teams ship.

Anchors his interface designs in the user’s mental model, ensuring the end product is as intuitive as it is beautiful.
Sam DeardenSTRATEGIC PRODUCT LEADER, EPICOR
His ability to connect research, systems thinking, and practical execution made him the go-to for complex product decisions, driving a real impact on how our products evolved.
Adrian GardenerHEAD OF UDES, UNIPART DIGITAL
Technically excellent and a great guy to work with. Would recommend him in an instant.
Lee MasonDIGITAL ARTIST
Singlehandedly rebooted the whole UX strategy for the product. This completely transformed the whole UI of our product, resulting in a consistent and user-centric design for our customers.
Katherine Le LereSENIOR SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER, DATA INTERCHANGE

Ready to skip the hiring headache?

Pause or cancel anytime • 100% IP ownership from day one