How we can help

Launch new and updated products faster.

Accelerate your growth and revenue by releasing quality updates more often.

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Overview

Work with us if you want to:

 

  • Deliver new customer updates more often
  • Maximize your results
  • Establish and execute your ideal customer delivery process

 

Since we started in 2009, we've worked side-by-side with dozens of companies and enterprises to understand and refine their design delivery process. Our work focuses on helping you improve three critical areas to maximize your customer impact:


Products & Experiences

Products are how customers experience your brand, and it’s important for them to have a consistent experience throughout their journey. We help create this consistency by establishing guidelines and workflows that enable development teams to execute high-quality results faster.

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People

Your team is the lifeline of your organization, and it’s important to utilize the strengths of each individual. We’re an intentionally small, hyper-effective team that can scale up or down as needed and advise you on how to structure your teams to maximize results.

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Process and Technologies

We help you utilize business frameworks, new workflows, and technologies to improve your implementation process. We’re experienced in agile, SAFe agile, Google design sprints, design thinking methodology, and other frameworks that can help streamline your processes.

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“We blend in by design, working directly with your teams to offer a new perspective on your organization.”

Miles Kemp

CEO and Head of Design


How do we do it?

Products and Experiences

  • Create pixel-perfect designs for delivery
  • Create your new design system and design libraries
  • Align development teams around a shared design system
  • Perform ongoing design QA as features are developed
  • Ensure ADA accessibility compliance across all touchpoints
  • Create product and copywriting guidelines to create consistency

People

  • Evaluate your existing teams and fill in the gaps
  • Upskill individual team members
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities
  • Create a new company culture that attracts talent

Process and Technologies

  • Create an ongoing customer feedback engine to prioritize product improvements
  • Evaluate your internal design and development tools
  • Evaluate your strategy, design, and delivery workflows
  • Make process recommendations across your organization
  • Create guidelines to elevate standards across the company
  • Prioritize feature implementation and plan rollouts

Client Wins

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enterprise design systems created for different partners

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faster deployment for Ellucian in 2 years

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Marriott employees across 30 brands trained using the new learning platform in 1 year

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brands incorporated into one unified design system for Marriott

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brands incorporated into one unified design system for Team Velocity

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new design system for Carnival Cruise Line

2018

Marriott International among World’s Most Innovative Companies for design (Fast Company)

2017

Marriott International among World’s Most Innovative Companies for travel (Fast Company)


What our clients say

I worked with Variate on multiple projects over the last six years. The Variate team consistently delivers thoughtful solutions and especially shines when designing complex projects and new systems to align the overall experience. 

Mariana Cavalcanti
VP, Digital User Experience at Macy's

They really took the time to understand my needs and provide a personalized solution that surpassed my expectations. They truly care about their clients and their work, which is evident in their meticulous attention to detail.

Dre Nitze
Head Of User Experience, Digital Products & Strategic Innovation at Stanley Black & Decker

Variate's methodical, customer insights-led approach led to several breakthroughs for our different customer types. Our entire executive and working team found them a joy to work with!

Lara Pierre
Head of Ecommerce at Music & Arts

I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work with such a talented and genuinely amazing group of designers. I’ve worked with much larger agency partners, and this was by far the BEST experience I have had yet. I can’t say enough good things about this group.

Jessica Dewing
Sr. Manager, Digital Optimization & Marketing Ecommerce at Carnival Cruise Line

How else we can help


Schedule a call.