Early-stage tech founders:

Your product deserves better design.

I'm a fractional founding designer who partners directly with founders to design and ship products from day one. No full-time hire. No equity. Just a founding designer with four exits who is ready to build with you.


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4x

Founding Designer

4

Successful Exits

15+

Years of B2B SaaS

Why design matters before you scale

Most technical founders ship a working product first and figure out design later. That works until it doesn't. The moment you start selling, fundraising, or onboarding real users, design becomes the difference between a product that feels trustworthy and one that feels unfinished.

Getting a founding designer in early is not about making things pretty. It is about building the right foundations: clear user flows, a consistent visual language, and a product that communicates confidence to investors and customers alike.

That is what I do.

How I work with you

I embed directly with your founding team as your first and only designer. No middleman. No handoffs to a junior. Just senior design judgment applied to your most important problems, from day one.

What that looks like in practice:

  • Designing your product from first concepts through launch

  • Building the information architecture and user flows that make complex products feel simple

  • Creating a design system foundation that your engineers can build from consistently

  • Delivering high-fidelity UI ready for developer handoff

  • Sitting in on product discussions so design is never an afterthought

The engagement is simple. A monthly retainer, no long-term contract, no equity. We start with your most pressing problem and build from there. When you are ready to hire a full-time designer, I will have built the foundation they inherit.

  • Vytas was a delight to partner with... First-principles problem solving: he dissects a fuzzy requirement down to the atomic 'why,' then rebuilds a solution that feels inevitable. Speed with polish: Vytas can ship a rough cut and refine micro-interactions rapidly, never losing sight of the bigger business goal.

    Xing Xin, CEO & Co-Founder at Upfort

  • I had the pleasure of working with Vytas as Principal Designer at Upfort, where he consistently transformed complex, technical flows into simple, intuitive user experiences. He built a methodical design system that streamlined our development process and was a joy for any engineer to work with. I wholeheartedly recommend Vytas for any B2B startup looking to elevate their product through thoughtful, user-centric design.

    Han Wang, Head of Engineering, International Payments, at Numeral

  • Working in product for the last 25 years, I have seldom come across a UX/UI person that could balance the mechanics of user experience design with the aesthetics of UI visual design. Vytas is the best person with whom I have worked to balance these skills.

    Steve Owens, CEO at Docuvera

Ready to build it right from the start?

Book a free 30-minute call. We will talk through where you are, what you need, and whether I am the right fit for you.

No pitch. Just clarity.