Services / Extend
Senior designers. Flexible support.
A launch, a temporary gap, or ongoing needs. Add design expertise to your team without a full-time hire. Adjust skills and capacity as needs change.
Let’s talkMatching
The right match takes a trained eye
We’ve built design teams and hired for the work ourselves. That experience helps us understand what your team needs and recognize it in a designer, beyond a job title or polished portfolio. We handpick from our vetted network for relevant experience, judgment, and how they’ll work with your team.
Four things we consider
Experience that translates
We look for experience that applies to your challenges, even when it comes from a different industry or a less obvious background.
Judgment beyond execution
Someone who can ask the right questions, weigh trade-offs, and advise on the work, not just follow instructions.
How they work with your team
Clear communication, accountability, and a working style that fits the people they’ll collaborate with.
Capacity and practical fit
The hours, availability, and time overlap to work effectively within your team. Our designers are native English speakers who work in US timezones.
Made by Rally’s design leaders
When to Extend
A launch, a gap, or a part-time need
A launch or busy period needs more capacity
Add senior design support as you prepare for a launch, conference, major campaign, or busy season.
Your team needs to cover a gap
Keep design work moving during extended leave or while filling a role.
You need expertise, not a full-time hire
Bring in senior design support part-time when the work is ongoing but a full-time role isn’t the right fit.
Why Rally
Embedded in your team, backed by Rally
Senior designers who bring judgment
Our designers work independently within your team, bringing design judgment and advice to the work, not just execution.
Support beyond the match
We stay involved, with support shaped around your team. A dedicated account manager keeps a pulse on changing capacity and skillset needs. Rally’s design leadership is your point of contact for onboarding, design quality, and feedback.
Less contractor admin
We handle contractor agreements and payments, so you can focus on working with the designer rather than managing a separate contractor relationship.
Room to adapt
Adjust hours, bring in different expertise, or pause and resume later. Our designers work on a flexible retainer: no minimum or expiration, so we can adapt to your needs now and next.
How it works
~3–4 weeks from first conversation to designer on board
What to expect
Tell us what you need
Share your priorities, where design capacity or expertise is missing, and who the designer would work with. We’ll discuss timing, skills, and level of support.
Meet your designer
We share designer profiles, relevant work, and why we think they’re a good match. Meet the designer to assess fit firsthand before deciding to move forward.
Get started together
We handle the admin around the work and facilitate onboarding with your team. Together, we agree on responsibilities, tools, communication, and the designer’s first priorities.
Designers for your product, brand, and marketing
Product designers
Design new experiences and improve the ones people already use, from flows and prototypes to detailed interfaces and design systems.
Web designers
Bring your story into websites and landing pages, helping people understand your company, explore your product, and take the next step.
Brand designers
Build a recognizable visual identity or develop the one you already have, with guidelines and assets that keep your brand connected across your work.
Marketing designers
Support launches, campaigns, and everyday marketing with assets that put your brand into practice, from digital ads to sales and presentation decks.
Want Rally to lead the work?
Studio gives you a flexible design team with dedicated project management and hands-on design leadership, for a focused project or ongoing support.
FAQ
Common questions
Do we need to know exactly what kind of designer we need?
No. Tell us about your priorities and where your team needs help. We’ll help identify the skills, experience, and level of support that fit.
Who directs the designer’s work?
Your team sets priorities and provides day-to-day direction. The designer works within your team (your tools, processes, and rituals), bringing design judgment and advice. Rally stays involved through a dedicated account manager and design leadership for onboarding, design quality, and feedback.
How does the retainer work?
You purchase hours to use as needed, with no minimum retainer amount. You can start with a smaller engagement, and purchased hours don’t expire. If you pause and return later, we’ll discuss the capacity and availability you need at that point.
What if we need different skills or more capacity?
Your account manager can help adjust the hours, add another designer, or find different expertise. We’ll discuss availability and timing based on what you need.
What if the match isn’t working?
Bring concerns about design quality or the working relationship to Rally’s design leadership. We stay involved beyond the match and can work through feedback with you to understand what needs to change.