Senior design and system leadership, embedded in your team
For product organisations that need design-system stewardship, governance and hands-on delivery over months rather than weeks. Six or twelve months at four or more days a week, at the 90 €/h partnership rate.
- Timeline
- 6 or 12 months
- Investment
- 90 €/h
- Package
- Partnership rate
Use a partnership when the work outlasts a sprint
- An embedded design partner across product and brand
- Design system programs with governance and agent-assisted ops
- Holistic design leadership for the whole product
- Org-wide design system stewardship and AI enablement
What the partnership covers
Dedicated design expertise four or more days a week: the complete design process and its deliverables, direct collaboration and strategic design guidance, with specialists from a network added as the work needs them.
Not the right fit for
- Staffing a large parallel program
- Terms under six months at the partnership rate
- Fewer than four days a week at the partnership rate
How a partnership runs
- Agree the term, days per week and the outcomes the partnership owns.
- Start with a short audit of the current system and team practices.
- Work inside your planning, review and release rituals.
- Review progress against the agreed outcomes and adjust the plan.
What the partnership includes
- Dedicated design expertise four or more days a week
- The complete design process and its deliverables
- Direct collaboration and strategic design guidance
- Specialists from a network when the work needs them
How the price is set
Six months at four days a week is 780 hours, about €70k. Shorter terms or lighter weeks use the standard 120 €/h rate.
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Relevant published work
SAP, 2022 to 2026
SAP Build Apps Design System
The design system for SAP's low-code platform: 100+ components across Figma and React, serving 300+ developers and designers.
Read the case study: SAP Build Apps Design SystemVR Group, 2026 to present
DSharp Design System
Tokens, component contracts, Storybook, MCP, CLI and enforcement tooling for an AI-assisted design-system architecture.
Read the case study: DSharp Design SystemCity of Helsinki, 2020 to present
Helsinki Design System
Research, component structures, accessibility review, documentation and delivery practices for a design system used across many digital services.
Read the case study: Helsinki Design System
About the partnership
Hours across the term at 90 €/h, 25% below the standard 120 €/h. Six months at four days a week is 780 hours, about €70k.
Buying from Digitaltableteur
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Digitaltableteur, a Finnish sole trader registered in the Trade Register. Business ID 2264455-2, VAT ID FI22644552, Hämeentie 8 C 26, 00530 Helsinki.
Plan the partnership on a 30-minute call
Talk through the term, the weekly rhythm and what the partnership should own. A calendar invite arrives by email.