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Good brands
should stand out

In a crowded world, hesitation holds growth back. When the right choice is clear, trust builds and momentum follows. Variate designs the decisions that move people forward.

Our Mission

We help brands stand out by creating clarity across every touchpoint, from story to system, so customers choose faster, stay longer, and drive growth.

Our proprietary system, Decision Design™, blends behavioral science, design, and strategy to remove customer friction and build trust at every decision point.

Our Mission

We help brands stand out by creating clarity across every touchpoint, from story to system, so customers choose faster, stay longer, and drive growth.

Our proprietary system, Decision Design™, blends behavioral science, design, and strategy to remove customer friction and build trust at every decision point.

Our Mission

We help brands stand out by creating clarity across every touchpoint, from story to system, so customers choose faster, stay longer, and drive growth.

Our proprietary system, Decision Design™, blends behavioral science, design, and strategy to remove customer friction and build trust at every decision point.

What Makes Us Different

How we eliminate hesitation and engineer adoption.

Variate Team with Client Partner Team

A New Model

We make your headquarters our headquarters. Our team integrates directly into your business, bringing exceptional design craft and the relationship skills required to navigate organizations, build trust, and drive alignment from the inside.

Variate Team with Client Partner Team

A New Model

We make your headquarters our headquarters. Our team integrates directly into your business, bringing exceptional design craft and the relationship skills required to navigate organizations, build trust, and drive alignment from the inside.

Variate Team with Client Partner Team

A New Model

We make your headquarters our headquarters. Our team integrates directly into your business, bringing exceptional design craft and the relationship skills required to navigate organizations, build trust, and drive alignment from the inside.

Customer Research

Proprietary Process

When emotion, logic, and behavior align, trust builds and adoption follows. Our system engineers that alignment at scale.

Customer Research

Proprietary Process

When emotion, logic, and behavior align, trust builds and adoption follows. Our system engineers that alignment at scale.

Customer Research

Proprietary Process

When emotion, logic, and behavior align, trust builds and adoption follows. Our system engineers that alignment at scale.

Design Director in Workshop

Expert-Led, Precisely Built

Each engagement is led by proven operators and staffed deliberately to match the challenge, ensuring depth of thinking, speed of execution, and no wasted effort.

Design Director in Workshop

Expert-Led, Precisely Built

Each engagement is led by proven operators and staffed deliberately to match the challenge, ensuring depth of thinking, speed of execution, and no wasted effort.

Design Director in Workshop

Expert-Led, Precisely Built

Each engagement is led by proven operators and staffed deliberately to match the challenge, ensuring depth of thinking, speed of execution, and no wasted effort.

10x

Outcome-Driven

Success is not what we ship. It is what changes. We measure our work by adoption, confidence, and momentum, because behavior is the only outcome that matters.

10x

Outcome-Driven

Success is not what we ship. It is what changes. We measure our work by adoption, confidence, and momentum, because behavior is the only outcome that matters.

10x

Outcome-Driven

Success is not what we ship. It is what changes. We measure our work by adoption, confidence, and momentum, because behavior is the only outcome that matters.

Our Story

We began in architecture, learning how people move through space. We evolved into CX, mastering how they move through journeys. Today, we apply that same precision with AI to help brands move markets faster than ever.

Our Story

We began in architecture, learning how people move through space. We evolved into CX, mastering how they move through journeys. Today, we apply that same precision with AI to help brands move markets faster than ever.

Our Story

We began in architecture, learning how people move through space. We evolved into CX, mastering how they move through journeys. Today, we apply that same precision with AI to help brands move markets faster than ever.

Variate Team Photo

Our Team

We are operators, strategists, and designers who work inside the businesses we serve.

Our difference is not just craft, but the ability to navigate organizations, align stakeholders, and turn complexity into decisions that move businesses forward.

Our Team

We are operators, strategists, and designers who work inside the businesses we serve.

Our difference is not just craft, but the ability to navigate organizations, align stakeholders, and turn complexity into decisions that move businesses forward.

Miles Kemp

Founder & CEO

Leads Variate’s vision and growth. Focused on helping complex organizations turn fragmentation into clarity at scale. Has partnered with executive teams at Marriott International, Carnival Cruise Line, Macy’s, Stanley Black & Decker, and Amerant Bank to align strategy, systems, and customer experience.

Miles Kemp

Founder & CEO

Leads Variate’s vision and growth. Focused on helping complex organizations turn fragmentation into clarity at scale. Has partnered with executive teams at Marriott International, Carnival Cruise Line, Macy’s, Stanley Black & Decker, and Amerant Bank to align strategy, systems, and customer experience.

Miles Kemp

Founder & CEO

Leads Variate’s vision and growth. Focused on helping complex organizations turn fragmentation into clarity at scale. Has partnered with executive teams at Marriott International, Carnival Cruise Line, Macy’s, Stanley Black & Decker, and Amerant Bank to align strategy, systems, and customer experience.

Brooks Martin

Design Director

Design leader with a strong product and growth orientation. Focused on building high-performing digital experiences that drive adoption and revenue. Has led work for Marriott International, Macy’s, Carnival Cruise Line, Fannie Mae, and other Fortune 100 brands. Past life: Emmy Award–winning digital product leader.

Brooks Martin

Design Director

Design leader with a strong product and growth orientation. Focused on building high-performing digital experiences that drive adoption and revenue. Has led work for Marriott International, Macy’s, Carnival Cruise Line, Fannie Mae, and other Fortune 100 brands. Past life: Emmy Award–winning digital product leader.

Brooks Martin

Design Director

Design leader with a strong product and growth orientation. Focused on building high-performing digital experiences that drive adoption and revenue. Has led work for Marriott International, Macy’s, Carnival Cruise Line, Fannie Mae, and other Fortune 100 brands. Past life: Emmy Award–winning digital product leader.

Ian Ballantyne

Design Director

Leads large-scale design programs at the intersection of business, technology, and experience. Focused on scalable systems, clarity in execution, and reducing friction for teams and customers. Has partnered with Carnival Cruise Line, the Federal Communications Commission, Macy’s, Amerant Bank, and Stanley Black & Decker.

Ian Ballantyne

Design Director

Leads large-scale design programs at the intersection of business, technology, and experience. Focused on scalable systems, clarity in execution, and reducing friction for teams and customers. Has partnered with Carnival Cruise Line, the Federal Communications Commission, Macy’s, Amerant Bank, and Stanley Black & Decker.

Ian Ballantyne

Design Director

Leads large-scale design programs at the intersection of business, technology, and experience. Focused on scalable systems, clarity in execution, and reducing friction for teams and customers. Has partnered with Carnival Cruise Line, the Federal Communications Commission, Macy’s, Amerant Bank, and Stanley Black & Decker.

Brooke Corcos

Senior UX Designer

Brooke Corcos

Senior UX Designer

Chris Atkins

Senior Brand Designer

Chris Atkins

Senior Brand Designer

Chris Atkins

Senior Brand Designer

David Hency

Senior UX Designer

David Hency

Senior UX Designer

David Hency

Senior UX Designer

Felipe Medeiros

Creative Director

Felipe Medeiros

Creative Director

Felipe Medeiros

Creative Director

Hannah Vine

Senior UX Designer

Hannah Vine

Senior UX Designer

Hannah Vine

Senior UX Designer

Jenny Flick

Senior UX Designer

Jenny Flick

Senior UX Designer

Jenny Flick

Senior UX Designer

Josh Cohen

Senior UX Designer

Josh Cohen

Senior UX Designer

Josh Cohen

Senior UX Designer

Madison Den Herder

Senior UX Designer

Madison Den Herder

Senior UX Designer

Ricky Munks

Senior Copywriter

Ricky Munks

Senior Copywriter

Ryan Chiu

Senior UX Designer

Ryan Chiu

Senior UX Designer

Ryan DeLuca

Senior UX Designer

Ryan DeLuca

Senior UX Designer

Ryan DeLuca

Senior UX Designer

Taylor Walden

Senior UX Designer

Taylor Walden

Senior UX Designer

Taylor Walden

Senior UX Designer

Usman Qureshi

Analytics Advisor

Usman Qureshi

Analytics Advisor

Vito Mansilla

Creative Director

Vito Mansilla

Creative Director

Amber Schmidt

Government Advisor

Amber Schmidt

Government Advisor

Jayson Truttmann

Advisor

Jayson Truttmann

Advisor

Results that Matter

$16B+

Growth driven for our clients since 2009

1B+

Customers choose our clients globally

400%

Increase in mobile bookings for Carnival

$50M

ARR added for Team Velocity

4.9★

App Store rating after Marriott redesign

$800M

Year 1 revenue from Marriott app redesign

See What’s Possible

When clarity replaces noise, customers choose faster, stay loyal, and drive growth.

Free CX Audit

See What’s Possible

When clarity replaces noise, customers choose faster, stay loyal, and drive growth.

Free CX Audit

See What’s Possible

When clarity replaces noise, customers choose faster, stay loyal, and drive growth.

Free CX Audit

Make your brand the obvious choice

Let’s design clarity that turns customer hesitation into growth.

Let’s Talk

Make your brand the obvious choice

Let’s design clarity that turns customer hesitation into growth.

Let’s Talk

Make your brand the obvious choice

Let’s design clarity that turns customer hesitation into growth.

Let’s Talk