Design, Brand & Product Strategy for Detroit Businesses

Detroit clients get senior creative and product design talent at a real cross-border advantage — the Canadian dollar stretches further, delivered entirely remotely, with the same senior-level thinking as hiring in-house.

Featured Case Study

Blu Ivy HR

UX & UI Design for an HR Brand Culture Platform

Motor City, and no stranger to it

Detroit and Southeast Michigan are automotive's home base — and this isn't a cold pitch into unfamiliar territory. 20+ years of experience includes automotive software at the dealer and regional dealer-group level, and advertising and design work spanning dealer, dealer group, service, and national OEM levels, both agency-side and inside automotive SaaS companies.

Where the fit is strongest

Product and UX/UI design for SaaS and technology teams is the standout draw for Detroit specifically — auditing and rebuilding software products, design systems, and user experience for teams that need senior product thinking without a full in-house hire. Brand, advertising, and marketing strategy are available too, at the same cross-border value.

How remote actually works here

No claim of a Detroit office — this is remote-delivered work, with the same senior-level involvement as an in-person partner, just without the overhead (yours or ours) of maintaining a cross-border office.

How We Use AI

Human First

A designer staring at a blank page and finding the idea nobody's seen yet — a brand, a campaign line, an interface that finally makes sense — is still down to talent and instinct. That doesn't change, whether the work is a visual identity or a product.

AI-Enhanced

Once that direction exists, AI helps us build it out faster and further: turning one identity into a full library of assets, one prototype into a tested, documented product, one concept into every size and format it needs to ship in. What used to take months can take weeks — the thinking isn't rushed, the production is.

AI-Responsible

Every AI-assisted deliverable gets reviewed and proofed by a person before it reaches you. It's a tool we use deliberately, not a replacement for craft — and not something we hide either.

What we do