UX/UI Staff Augmentation Services

Senior UX/UI Staff Embedded in 72 hours.

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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"Their dedication to incorporating research truly shaped our product's direction."Neta Goldberg · Synchrony (GiftNow) ✱ "It was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us."Brett McLaughlin · CTO, Sticky.io ✱ "They hit every milestone and delivered on time. Best-in-class service."Aston Teague · Co-Founder, Crowdlink ✱
01·Senior designers. Embedded from day one. No hiring risk.

A UX/UI staff augmentation
service run by designers,
not recruiters.

A UI/UX design agency with a decade of product design experience, and a staff augmentation practice built on a simple belief: the only people qualified to match a designer to your team are designers who have worked inside teams like yours.

A community of senior designers and engineers
01

Onboarding built to de-risk.

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

02

Matched on fit, in 72 hours.

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.

03

Replace free within 24 hours.

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

Trusted by product teams who embedded with us
Sticky.io Synchrony · GiftNow Cinepolis Tracer Labs IBM WebPros RentRedi
By the numbers

Staff augmentation that moves the needle.

01Delivered
500+
projects delivered across a decade
for SaaS, enterprise, and high-growth teams.
02Augmented
100+
product teams augmented
with embedded senior talent.
03Time to match
72 hrs
avg time to match a senior UX/UI professional.
04Longest run
4 yr
longest engagement (Synchrony), ended only due to client insolvency.
05Revenue
25%
increase in online revenue (Cinepolis).
06Synchrony · Case study
1%
cancellation rate, down from 15% after A/B testing.
See case study ↗
02 · Proven impact

Our staff augmentation moves
every metric that matters.

Senior designers embedded into product teams, and the outcomes that followed.

Subscription Commerce Platform · B2B SaaS

Sticky.io

−60% component rebuild time after a design system built from scratch.

A complex platform serving two very different buyer types, with no UX/UI on staff and product decisions made on assumptions, zero personas, zero validated flows. WANDR embedded a product strategist, product designer, and visual designer for a 3-month core retainer: design operations, a design system from scratch, and redesigned merchant and admin interfaces. Onboarding new design work went from weeks to days.

"While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us." Brett McLaughlin · CTO, Sticky.io
See the full case study
Sticky.io · Subscription commerce Sticky.io platform redesign
E-Commerce · Corporate Gifting · Enterprise

Synchrony · GiftNow

15% → 1% cancellation rate, driven down through A/B testing.

GiftNow (acquired by Synchrony, the largest US provider of private-label credit cards) needed a partner to build a B2B self-serve portal and unify a fragmented design system across corporate and consumer products. WANDR embedded with their design team for nearly 4 years, customer support portal, a whitelabel corporate gifting solution, a unified design system, and continuous discovery. An onboarding template cut a 3–4 week process to 2–3 days.

"Working with the team was an absolute delight. Their dedication to research truly shaped our product's direction." Neta Goldberg · Synchrony (GiftNow)
See the full case study
Synchrony · GiftNow · 4-year embed Synchrony GiftNow / Loop platform
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The reality

Hiring senior UX is slow
and expensive. Augmentation
is neither.

01 / 04
0 mo

4–6 months average time to hire a senior UX designer, from job post to first day.

LinkedIn Talent Insights 2024
02 / 04
$0K+

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

Glassdoor / LinkedIn Salary Data 2024
03 / 04
0×

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

Industry benchmark
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0 hrs

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

WANDR
03 · 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 at no additional cost, so you get the talent and the oversight.

5 phases →
01

Discovery.

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

02

Fast talent matching, 72 hours.

You define the requirements: seniority, product background, domain expertise, technical stack. We match you with a vetted UX/UI professional within 72 hours, selected for fit, not availability.

03

Embedded team integration.

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

04

Ongoing leadership oversight.

Every designer or developer is backed by WANDR's senior leadership: UX direction, quality control, architecture guidance, code reviews, QA. The resource and the safety net, at no additional cost.

05

Flexible scaling.

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

Phase 01 / 05
Process
04 · What you get

What you get with WANDR
staff augmentation.

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

◇

UX/UI Designers

Product design, interaction design, visual systems, high-fidelity execution.

◷

UX Researchers

Discovery research, usability testing, synthesis, insight generation.

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Service Designers

Complex systems, journeys, and cross-team orchestration.

△

Product Design Leads

Design strategy, quality control, mentorship, stakeholder alignment.

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UX/UI Developers

Implementation of design systems across all devices and tech stacks.

✓

Ongoing leadership oversight

WANDR's senior team provides UX direction and quality control.

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

05 · The comparison

Three ways to
close the gap.

Full-Time UX Hiring Traditional Outsourcing
Time to start 4–6 months 2–4 weeks 72 hours
Seniority Variable Junior-heavy Senior only
Team integration Full Siloed, vendor-style Fully embedded
Flexibility None, long-term commitment Limited Scale up or down anytime
Risk High, bad hires are expensive High, no product ownership Low, free replacement in 24h
Leadership oversight Internal only None after delivery WANDR senior team included
What our clients say

In their own words.

“
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.
NG
Neta Goldberg Business & Product Operations · Synchrony (GiftNow)
See full review
“
While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us.
BM
Brett McLaughlin CTO · Sticky.io
See full review
“
They hit every milestone and delivered on time. The team is very skilled and they provide best-in-class service.
AT
Aston Teague Co-Founder · Crowdlink
See full review
06 · Why Wandr

Staff augmentation that
removes 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 direction and quality control at no additional cost.

02 · Integration

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.

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.

Cinépolis ran a fragmented digital ecosystem across multiple countries with no research practice. Here's what an embedded WANDR team changed.

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

08 · Start here

Not sure augmentation
is the right model?

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.

Schedule a free 30-min consult
Step 01Tell us the contextWhat you're building, where you're stretched, and the timeline.
Step 02We assess honestlyWhether staff augmentation is genuinely the right model for you.
Step 03Matched in 72 hoursIf it's a fit, a senior professional ready to contribute this week.
09 · Frequently asked

Staff augmentation, answered.

Click any question to expand. If yours isn't here, write to us.

  1. 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, it 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. In most cases we can have someone embedded and contributing within the same week.
  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 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 nearly 4 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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