Simple, transparent pricing.
Every engagement is scoped clearly before we start. No surprises.
Senior Design Advisory
Ongoing advisory for VPs and Directors of Design navigating the AI transition. Best for Series B–D companies and mid-size orgs with a design team but no VP of Design.
Monthly Retainer
$3,500/mo
4 hrs/month of calls, async review, and written POVs. Minimum 3-month commitment.
Monthly working session
Async access between sessions
Written recommendations and POVs
3-month minimum commitment
Quarterly Strategy
$5,000
One deep work day plus written recommendations. No ongoing commitment required.
Full day working session
Structured agenda built around your priorities
Written recommendations and next steps
Single engagement, no retainer required
Project Engagement
$15,000–$35,000
Defined scope, clear deliverable. Right for teams with a specific problem to solve.
Scoped collaboratively before we start
Clear deliverable at the end
Appropriate for 4–12 week engagements
Pricing set by scope, not by the hour
AI Readiness Workshop
A structured working session with your design team — not a lecture, real work. Best for design teams of 5–25 where AI is arriving faster than the team can respond.
Half-Day Kickoff
$4,500
A focused session to orient the team and identify where to act first.
Team diagnostic and AI readiness mapping
Priority identification for your context
Framework and next steps
Up to 10 participants
Full Day
$8,000
Deeper work on real design challenges. Leaves with a framework your team owns.
Team diagnostic and futures framing
Live work on your actual design challenges
Custom framework built for your context
Up to 20 participants
2-Day Deep Dive
$14,000
Comprehensive transformation work. For teams ready to go further, faster.
All full-day elements, extended
Cross-functional alignment sessions
Roadmap and implementation guidance
Up to 25 participants
Speaking & Facilitation
Keynotes, panels, and executive workshops on AI and the future of design leadership.
Local / Regional Event
$2,500–$4,000
Keynotes and panels at regional design and product conferences.
Three ready-to-deliver talks on AI + UX
Q&A and facilitated discussion
Custom framing for your audience
Travel within region included
National Keynote
$5,000–$10,000+
National and international conference keynotes. Tailored to your event theme.
Custom keynote developed for your event
Pre-event call to align on audience and goals
Slides and materials provided
Travel and logistics by arrangement
Executive Workshop
$6,000–$8,000
Facilitated session for leadership teams. More conversation, less presentation.
Structured facilitation, not a lecture
Designed around your leadership team's questions
Practical frameworks and decision tools
Up to 15 executives
How engagements start
Every engagement begins the same way — a 30-minute conversation, not a sales call.
Book a 30-minute call
No intake form, no pitch deck. Just schedule a time and show up. We'll take it from there.
Talk through your situation
Tell me what's happening on your team, what you're trying to figure out, and what you've already tried. I'll ask questions.
We decide together if it's a fit
If there's a clear way I can help, I'll say so. If there isn't, I'll say that too. No pressure either direction.
What design leaders are saying
From workshops to ongoing advisory — here's what working together looks like.
Aaron helped us move past tool conversations and into the harder questions about how AI changes design governance. Exactly what we needed at this stage of our Series B growth.
VP of Design
Series B fintech startup
The full-day workshop was unlike anything we'd done before. We left with a real framework, not a slide deck. My team of twelve is still using what we built together.
Director of Design
Series C SaaS company, 18-person design team
Having a thought partner who could separate hype from real structural change — and help me think through what it meant for my specific team — was exactly what I needed as a new VP without a peer in-house.
VP of Design
Series D enterprise product company
Questions & Answers
Not sure which is right?
Start with a conversation. We can figure out the right fit together.