Senior UX/UI Staff Embedded in 72 hoours

WANDR provides senior-level UX designers, UI designers, UX researchers, and product design leads who integrate directly into your existing team and deliver from day one. Matched within 72 hours, no long-term hiring risk.

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"While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us."
Brett McLaughlin, CTO, Sticky.io
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"They hit every milestone and delivered on time. The team is very skilled and they provide best-in-class service."
Aston Teague, Co-Founder, Crowdlink
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"Working with the team was an absolute delight! Their dedication to incorporating research into our discovery process brought invaluable insights that truly shaped our product's direction."
Neta Goldberg, Business and Product Operations, Synchrony (GiftNow)
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A UX/UI Staff Augmentation Service Run by Designers, Not Recruiters.

We've embedded 100+ designers across a decade of engagements. We know that the first two weeks of an augmentation are the highest risk — the moment where a new resource either clicks with the team or creates friction. Our onboarding process is built specifically to eliminate that risk.

We don't send you a resume and wait. We match you with a vetted senior professional within 72 hours based on your product maturity, domain, team structure, and technical requirements. Not who's available. Who's right.

If the match isn't right, we replace within 24 hours and give you one month free. We've built our entire model around removing the risk that makes hiring feel like a gamble. Speed without sacrifice. Flexibility without chaos.

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Proven impact

UI/UX work that
moves the needle.

Our UX/UI staff augmentation moves the needle on every metric that matters.

B2B SaaS · Subscription Commerce Platform

Sticky.io

95%Satisfaction score on the redesigned prototype with legacy users.

A complex platform serving two very different buyer types — with no UX/UI on staff. Zero personas. Zero validated flows. In 3 months we established design operations, built a design system from scratch, and redesigned the merchant and admin interfaces.

"While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us."Brett McLaughlin · CTO, Sticky.io
Sticky.io · Subscription commerceSticky.io redesign preview
Cybersecurity · SaaS

Vectrix

Acquiredby Cloudflare. Designed the product they acquired from Vectrix.

WANDR partnered with Vectrix from early-stage to help design a product compelling enough to attract one of the world's leading technology companies. Product strategy, end-to-end UX, and a design system built to ship quickly without sacrificing rigor.

"Wandr understood the strategic value of design from the start — they helped us build a product story that resonated with both users and acquirers."Corey Mahoney · Founder, Vectrix
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Vectrix · Acquired by CloudflareVectrix product design
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By the numbers

Senior UX  work that compounds.

72hr
avg time to match with a senior UX/UI professional
4 Yrs
longest staff augmentation engagement (Synchrony),
and only ended due to client’s insolvency
14%
cancellation rate reduction (Synchrony)
25%
increase in online revenue (Cinepolis)
100+
product teams augmented across a decade
500+
projects delivered
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The reality

Most digital products fail
not because of bad tech
‍but because of bad UX.

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4-6 months

average time to hire a senior UX designer — from job post to first day.

LinkedIn Talent Insights 2024
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$150K+

average fully-loaded cost of a senior UX hire— salary, benefits, recruiting fees and onboarding time.

LinkedIn Salary Data 2024
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3x

faster time-to-productivity with embedded staff augmentation vs. a new full-time hire who needs ramp-up time.

Forrester Total Economic Impact
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72 hours

average time for WANDR to match a product team with a senior UX/UI professional ready to contribute from day one.

McKinsey Design Index
Our ux/ui staff augmentation process

Match fast. Deliver immediately.

We don't run a staffing agency with a team of recruiters. We run a design practice. Every professional we place is vetted, senior, and supported by WANDR's design leadership team at no additional cost so you get the talent and the oversight.

01

Discovery.

We understand your product goals, team structure, workflow, and current gaps. Not just the role, but the context the role needs to succeed in.

02

Research & Insights.

We gather and synthesize user research, competitive insights, and existing behavioral data alongside your team. We don't design in isolation. We design from evidence.

03

Embedded Team Integration.

Your augmented team member works inside your existing workflows, tools, and ceremonies (Figma, Slack, Jira, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews). Like an in-house hire, without the hiring process.

04

Ongoing Leadership Oversight (No Additional Cost).

Every designer or developer is supported by WANDR's senior leadership team, including UX direction and quality control, engineering architecture guidance, code reviews, and QA discipline. You get the resource and the safety net.

05

Flexible Scaling.

Scale up or down as priorities shift without renegotiating contracts or restarting recruitment cycles. Your roadmap changes. We change with it.

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Process
What you get

Senior-level professionals who operate as a true extension of your team, selected for your specific product context,
not just availability.

Each resource is selected based on your product maturity, domain, team structure, and technical requirements, not availability.

01 / 06UX Research

UX/UI
‍Designers

product design, interaction design, visual systems, high-fidelity execution

02 / 06UX/UI Designers

UX
‍Researchers

discovery research, usability testing, synthesis, insight generation

03 / 06UX Researchers

Service
‍Designers

complex systems, journeys, and cross-team orchestration

04 / 06Service Designers

Product DesignLeads

design strategy, quality control, mentorship, stakeholder alignment

05 / 06UX/UI Developers

UX/UI Developers

implementation of design systems across all devices and tech stacks

06 / 06Ongoing leadership oversight

Post-Launch
Ongoing leadership oversight

WANDR senior team provides direction and quality control at no additional cost

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How WANDR's UI/UX
design agency compares.

Full-Time UX HiringTraditional Outsourcing
Time to Start4–6 months2–4 weeks72 hours
SeniorityVariableJunior-heavySenior only
Team integrationFullSiloed, vendor-styleFully embedded
FlexibilityNone — long-term commitmentLimitedScale up or down anytime
RiskHigh — bad hires are expensiveHigh — no product ownershipLow — free replacement within 24 hours.
Leadership oversightInternal onlyNone after deliveryWANDR Senior Team included
What our clients say

Verified Clutch reviews.

“

Working with the team was an absolute delight. Their dedication to incorporating research into our discovery process brought invaluable insights that truly shaped our product's direction.

Neta Goldberg, Business and Product Operations, Synchrony (GiftNow)
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“

While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us.

Brett McLaughlin, CTO, Sticky.io
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We were impressed with their ability to problem-solve and to conform to extremely tight timelines. The Wandr team successfully deployed product and provided support through the run of show during SXSW.

Grant MordecaiChief Client Officer · Valkyrie Intelligence
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Why Wandr?

UX/UI Staff Augmentation Services ThatRemove the Risk,
Not Just the Friction

01 · Seniority

Senior talent, not average availability.

Every professional we place is senior-level experienced in modern product workflows, Figma-native, and ready to contribute from day one. We don't match on availability. We match on fit. And our leadership team provides ongoing direction and quality control at no additional cost.

02 · Evidence

Embedded, not outsourced.

Our augmented professionals work inside your tools, your workflows, and your ceremonies. No silos. No handoffs. No "that's out of scope" energy. Your strategy, your roadmap, your decisions with the execution bandwidth to actually deliver them.

03 · Guarantee

The guarantee that changes the math.

The guarantee that changes the math. If a resource isn't the right fit, we replace them free of charge within 24 hours and provide one month free with the replacement. We've built our entire model around making staff augmentation feel less like a risk and more like a superpower.

The difference

One of the World's Largest Cinema Chains. Before and After Wandr.

Buildbox came to us with a no-code game development platform used by millions — but with friction that was costing them activation. Here's what changed.

Before redesign
After redesign
BeforeAfter
Before WANDR — Cinepolis
  • ✕Outdated website and mobile app directly costing ticket sales and customers abandoning to competitors
  • ✕Zero user testing, zero research, zero product methodology with decisions made solely by top leadership
  • ✕Fragmented ecosystem across kiosks, back-office, website, and app across multiple countries
  • ✕No centralized design system so the engineering teams rebuilding components from scratch every time
After WANDR — Cinepolis
  • ✓ 25% increase in online revenue after UX/UI redesign and staff augmentation engagement
  • ✓Multi-year embedded partnership across countries, platforms, and product teams
  • ✓Unified global design system built across all digital touchpoints (app, website, kiosks, back-office)
  • ✓Design thinking methodology introduced and embedded into a product org that had never used it
Cinepolis·Enterprise Cinema Chain·Multi-Year Staff Augmentation
Who this is for

The backlog is real. The deadlines are real. The gap between what your team can deliver and what the roadmap demands is real. Staff augmentation is how you close it without a six-month hiring process.

We work with CTOs, Heads of Product and Director of Designwho have a clear direction but not enough hands to execute it. Whether you need one embedded senior designer for a focused sprint or a full augmented design team for a long-term product build, WANDR scales to where you are and stays as long as you need.

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Not sure if augmentation is the right model? Start with a conversation.

Tell us what you're building, where your team is stretched, and what the timeline looks like. We'll tell you honestly whether staff augmentation is the right answer and if it is, we can have someone matched and ready within 72 hours.

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Frequently asked.

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  1. UX/UI staff augmentation is an engagement model where experienced UX, UI, and product professionals join your existing team as embedded contributors. Unlike outsourcing, augmented team members work inside your tools, processes, and delivery cadence. Unlike full-time hiring, staff augmentation doesn't require long-term commitments, internal overhead, or extended ramp-up periods.
  2. Most teams are matched with a senior UX/UI professional within 72 hours of defining the role requirements. We can have someone embedded and contributing within the same week in most cases.
  3. We replace the placement free of charge within 24 hours — and provide one month free with the replacement. Our model is built around removing the risk that makes augmentation feel like a gamble.
  4. Yes. Our staff augmentation model is designed for full integration — your tools, your workflows, your ceremonies. Daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, Figma, Slack, Jira. Your augmented team member operates like an in-house hire from day one.
  5. We place UX/UI designers, UX researchers, service designers, product design leads, and UX/UI developers. Each resource is selected based on your product maturity, domain, team structure, and technical requirements — not who happens to be available.
  6. Yes — at no additional cost. Every designer or developer placed by WANDR is supported by our senior leadership team, including UX direction and quality control, engineering architecture guidance, and code reviews. You get the resource and the safety net.
  7. Engagements can be short-term (a single sprint or project) or long-term (our Synchrony engagement ran 3.5 years). We adapt to your timeline and roadmap without requiring you to renegotiate contracts as needs change.
  8. Hiring takes 4–6 months. Traditional agencies work in silos with limited product ownership. Staff augmentation gives you the speed of a contractor, the integration of a full-time hire, and the quality oversight of a senior design practice — without the long-term commitment or the handoff problem.
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