Senior digital product design consultants with a love for our craft and a commitment to your users
Distinct by design
Our Philosophy
SeaLab is a digital product design consultancy based in Austin, TX. We help product
teams move from UX research and strategy to shipped, polished design, whether that
means running a UX audit on a struggling product, building a design system, or owning
product design end to end. We work closely with the people who use your product and
the people who build it, as with our award-winning fintech UX design for Kasasa.
Our Process
Define
Every engagement starts with a clear picture of where you are. We run user research, UX audits, and product strategy sessions to find the real problem before we design anything.
Design
With a clear brief, we design interfaces, build prototypes, and develop the design systems your team needs to ship consistently. Every screen is grounded in research and built for your actual users.
Deliver
When it's time to build, we handle dev handoff documentation and design QA so what gets shipped matches what was designed. No lost specs, no last-minute surprises.
Deepen
Great products keep getting better. We offer ongoing UX support through retainers and fractional design partnerships, giving your team a senior design partner on call without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Making waves, together
Scalable services
SeaLab provides fractional design leadership and staff augmentation for product teams
that need senior UX talent fast. From a single embedded senior UX designer to a full
fractional design team, every engagement scales to fit your actual capacity gap. We
don't staff junior designers.
Senior talent, every time
Every SeaLab project is staffed with senior UX designers and product strategists who
have shipped real products across SaaS, fintech, edtech, and enterprise software.
Ten-plus years of cross-industry work means we've likely seen your problem before,
and we know what actually fixes it. Whether you're scaling an enterprise platform
or getting an MVP ready for investors, we bring the same senior-level focus.
Value delivered
When teams outsource UX design, they should know exactly what they're getting. SeaLab
offers flexible pricing through project quotes, retainers, or hourly arrangements,
whatever fits how your team works. The goal is better design without the overhead of
a full in-house hire.
Designing a better world
SeaLab's partnership with Evertreen underscores our commitment to
environmental sustainability. Together, we've planted over 1,600
trees, offsetting 1,440 tonnes of CO2 and supporting reforestation
efforts in Honduras and Madagascar. For us, great design goes hand in
hand with making a positive impact. By restoring ecosystems and
fostering a healthier planet, we align our work with a vision of
sustainable, user-centered solutions.
2,960
Total trees planted
2,664
Tonnes of CO2 offset
2
Countries reforested
370
Working hours created
From our community
The Kasasa Loan has helped me so much... Being able to see my loan on the app has also helped me immensely, as I've been able to keep complete track of my finances.
Emilee L.
Kasasa User
Great tool. Easy to use. I appreciated the quick ability to reserve a space and find people to meet with.
iOFFICE Hummingbird User
Concept designs, though processes, sketches, communication, and overall execution was A+++
Geoff Tudor
VM & GM, Vizion.ai
SeaLab felt like an extension of our team. They took the time to understand our users, clarified complex flows, and brought our ideas to life with clarity and care. We couldn't be happier
Graeme Waitzki
Vice President of Operations, TreeHouse
Hands down the best MTG companion out there — and honestly, the only one you need. Beautiful, full-featured, and constantly improving. From deckbuilding to price tracking, it does it all — and the dev is incredibly responsive and helpful. Worth it.
Brian Hamilton
TopDecked User
“Collaborating with [SeaLab] has been invaluable… not only filling in gaps, but helping shape the broader design ethos with best practices and high-quality output. [SeaLab is] first on my list if we need help again.”
Anthony R.
Principal Product Designer,eLearning Platform
“Work is fantastic and the whole company really thinks this will elevate our product experience. It is a strong base to build on top of, and a lot of the design system you made is pretty reusable across the app. I enjoyed working with you and appreciate that we were very flexible in terms of feedback, iteration, and working async.”
Josh Niederriter
Co-founder FOMO.ai
“SeaLab helped us move at true startup speed without sacrificing design quality. They built a scalable design system and shipped dev-ready flows fast—while keeping everything organized, consistent, and easy for our team to carry forward.”
Robert Hougie
Co-founder Goods Inc.