SOUND FAMILIAR?
“There has to be an easier way to do this.”
“We’ve just always done it this way.”
If you nodded at any of these, you're in the right place.
“I know what I want. I just can’t make the pieces come together.”
“I don’t have time to figure out the system.”
WHAT CHANGES
Less friction.
Fewer tools, fewer handoffs, fewer “where is that file” moments.
More clarity.
Everyone knows what happens next and who owns it.
More capacity.
Time and energy back for the work that actually needs you.
HOW WE WORK
Observe first. Then build the smallest thing that changes the most.
Three ways to work with us. Most clients start with a Diagnostic. Some go straight to a build. The best relationships become partnerships.
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Diagnostic
We understand before we touch anything.
Build
We design it, build it and hand it over.
Partnership
A monthly partner for what keeps moving.
FOR WHEN
You know something isn't working, but not exactly what, or where to start.
WHAT HAPPENS
A working session plus a review of your current tools, processes and materials. We map where time and attention leak, and whether it's a habits, systems or people problem.
YOU GET
A written diagnosis, a prioritized roadmap and our recommendation for what to change first. Sometimes the answer isn't tech at all.
TIMELINE AND INVESTMENT
About one month, with two working sessions and touchpoints in between. From USD 2,000. Fixed fee, confirmed before we start. Half of it is credited toward your Build if you go ahead within 30 days.
FOR WHEN
The problem is clear, and you need it solved properly.
EXAMPLES
A website and messaging rebuild, a CRM or Airtable system, a project management setup, an AI workflow, a brand and communication system.
YOU GET
A working system designed around the people who will use it, with documentation, training and habit coaching so your team can run it without us.
TIMELINE AND INVESTMENT
Timeline agreed in your proposal. Fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed before we start.
FOR WHEN
Your needs change month to month, and hiring five specialists makes no sense.
WHAT HAPPENS
A reserved block of our team every month: strategy when you need it, hands on execution when you need that. We set priorities together each month, and we improve the process while we run it.
YOU GET
Context that compounds: one trusted team across strategy, systems, brand and delivery.
TIMELINE AND INVESTMENT
From USD 1,500 per month for 20 hours of team time (about 5 hours a week). Minimum three month cycle. Hours are a boundary, not a stopwatch.
These are engagement options, not a mandatory sequence.
Not sure which fits? That's what our discovery call is for.
SERVICES
One question,
many forms.
How could this work better?
Strategy, Systems & Project Management
For when work lives in five places and nobody's sure what happens next.
Priorities and roadmaps · Workflows and SOPs · Project and program setup · Roles and responsibilities
Technology, AI & Training
For when you have the tools, but they aren't saving you time.
Tool audits · AI workflows and automation · Setup and team training · Sometimes, fewer tools
Community & Member Operations
For when your members deserve an experience that runs without heroics.
Member journeys · Event operations · Communication rhythms · Community budgets and cycles
Brand & Communication
For when what people see no longer matches who you've become.
Brand voice and messaging · Visual identity · Collateral and templates
Websites & Visual Design
For when your site says too much and converts too little.
Strategy led websites · Portals and member areas · Decks and documents
Information & Workspace Clarity
For when nobody can find anything, and everyone has their own version.
Shared drives and workspaces · Naming and filing systems · Knowledge bases
BEAUTIFYING × DECLUTTERING
From ideas to everyday flow.
Useful can also be beautiful. We work where decluttering meets beautifying: we remove the friction that slows work down, and we raise how it looks and feels. We connect the visible experience with the work that happens behind it.
The system should serve the person.
Structure creates freedom. We design around real people, their needs and the way they actually work.
Productivity with purpose.
We build capacity with intention, for what matters to you, not for constant output.
Not tech worship
Human outcomes over shiny tools. Clear processes and responsibilities make room for creativity, confidence and care.
Flow over flawless
We don't chase perfection. We look for action, momentum and steady iteration.
What we've built with our clients.
Every engagement starts with the same question: how could this work better?
WORK
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY
A website that grew into a platform, one step at a time.
WHERE THEY WERE
A leadership development consultancy was scaling up and wanted a website that reflected both what the firm does today and where it is heading.
HOW WE APPROACHED IT
Together we chose a paced path. First we refreshed key collateral and clarified the brand voice and copy, so the website would be aligned with the work and with the firm's evolving vision.
WHAT WE BUILT
A new website, followed by a second phase: a secure facilitator portal where facilitators log in and find the resources they need in one place.
WHAT'S NEXT
The portal is the foundation for a dedicated app. Technology adopted at the pace the team is ready for.
Brand voice · Copy · Collateral · Website · Facilitator portal
A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY
From grassroots goodwill to a community that runs on a rhythm.
WHERE THEY WERE
A 30 year old, volunteer led community of chief executives across 10 regions. Its leaders were stretched thin, and the work lived across several platforms that often overlapped.
HOW WE APPROACHED IT
We joined as an embedded partner: running day to day operations and improving the process from inside it. Being in the work is how we see what to fix.
WHAT WE CHANGED
One shared operating base in Airtable. A more consistent brand across communications. A budget built on recurring income. An annual operating cycle, with a strategic plan, clear owners and a quarterly board rhythm.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW
The community is moving from grassroots, episodic and generosity funded to supported by systems, consistent and member sustained, in its first dues paying year. Partnership ongoing.
Partnership · Operations · Airtable · Brand · Community
ABOUT
A small studio that sees
how the pieces connect.
Design Hacks Studio started in 2019 as a design practice. Clients kept bringing us problems that weren't really design problems: scattered tools, unclear processes, brands that no longer fit. So we grew into what we are now, a small, cross-functional team that connects strategy, systems, technology and design, and stays until it works.
“I started in customer service, which is where I fell for one-touch solutions. I still judge every system by that standard: can the person using it actually use it?”
Valentina, Founder
— Founded 2019
— Based in Lagos, working globally
— English & Spanish
— Strategy, systems and design under one roof
QUESTIONS