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Founders hiring their first designer
You know you need design support but aren't sure how to evaluate craft or fit on your own.
02 / Design hiring
Find the right designer for what your team needs.
Designer-led hiring support grounded in your product, team, and expectations. Jacki finds relevant talent and meets one-to-one with candidates to assess their craft, professional goals, and alignment with your opportunity.
Discuss your hiring needsWho it's for
Start where you are.
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Product leads
You're growing your team and need someone who understands both craft and how design work actually ships.
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Growing teams
You're defining a design function and need help setting the bar for quality and ownership.
What's included
A designer-led search, end to end
A clear process for finding and evaluating the right designer for your team.
Not generalist recruiting — design talent evaluated by someone who still practices the craft.
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Define the right fit
Clarify the skills, experience, working style, and level of ownership your team needs, along with the expectations and bar for the role.
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Find relevant talent
Identify and connect with designers whose experience and strengths match your company’s specific needs.
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Meet candidates one-to-one
Personally consult with candidates to understand their design craft, professional goals, role expectations, and what they want from their next opportunity.
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Assess alignment
Evaluate each candidate against your company’s bar and share the reasoning behind each recommendation, including strengths, potential gaps, and alignment on expectations.
Process
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Understand your needs
Align on your product, team, role requirements, and what a strong hire would bring.
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Source and meet candidates
Find relevant designers and hold one-to-one conversations to understand their work, ambitions, and expectations.
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Introduce aligned talent
Present candidates with clear context on their strengths, fit, and any considerations for your team to explore.
Ways to work together
Design search
Designer-led support for defining, sourcing, and evaluating your next design hire.
Best for · Founding and high-impact roles
Before you reach out
Common questions.
How is this different from a recruiting agency?
Candidates are evaluated by a practicing designer, not a generalist recruiter — assessing craft and judgment alongside experience and fit.
What roles do you support?
Product design, UX and interaction design, and design leadership roles, matched to what your team actually needs.
How are candidates sourced?
Through direct outreach, referrals, and relationships built through The UX Chats community.
What do we receive for each candidate?
A clear recommendation with the reasoning behind it, including strengths, potential gaps, and alignment with your expectations.