Hire me

MikaSato

I design things people click.

moodboard.fig
3D paint palette with a brush
212colours argued over
launch-day.proto
3D red rocket
60+products shipped
todo.txt
clicks.live
1,204,331 clicks on things Mika designed, today. Yours count too.
3D pencil with sparkles
3D smiley face
3D gold star
Available
from
OctoberBooking now

Independent product designer and illustrator. Nine years, 60+ shipped products, from the first sketch to the button you just pressed.

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Psst Everything on this desktop drags.

Selected work

Stuff people
actually use

01 / paydeck
Fintech app3D push button being pressed

Paydeck

Lead product designer
+41%sign-ups finished
02 / heartbeat
Dating app3D red heart

Heartbeat

Product + illustration
2.3xfirst messages answered
03 / hue kit
Design system3D colour swatch fan

Hue Kit

System designer
212components, one source
04 / brightroom
Edtech3D light bulb

Brightroom

Design lead
4.8App Store rating
05 / blockhaus
3D store builder3D orange cube

Blockhaus

Product designer
$1.2Msold in year one
06 / comet post
Brand + launch site3D comet with a flame tail

Comet Post

Brand + illustration
#1product of the day
9years designing
60+products shipped
34clients, most came back
0launches missed

Clients, lately

  • Paydeck
  • Heartbeat
  • Brightroom
  • Hue
  • Blockhaus
  • Comet Post
  • Lumen Bank
  • Okapi Maps
  • Fernway
  • Tiny Seed
  • Pocket Farm
  • +23 more

Services

Hire me
for this

Fixed prices, clear dates, one designer from start to finish. No account managers, no surprise invoices.

3D monitor with a cursor

2 weeks

Product sprint

One flow, fixed properly. Onboarding, checkout, the screen your support team hates.

$4,800fixed

  • Audit of the current flow
  • 3 directions, 1 winner
  • Clickable prototype
  • Dev-ready files
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Most booked 3D easel with a paint palette

4 weeks

Brand + illustration

A look people remember: logo, colours, type and a set of custom illustrations.

$6,500fixed

  • Logo and identity
  • 12 custom illustrations
  • Icon set in your style
  • A brand book that is fun to read
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3D paintbrush

Monthly

Design partner

Me, in your Slack, three days a week. For teams that ship every Friday.

$9,000/ month

  • 3 days a week
  • Product + visual design
  • Design system upkeep
  • Pause any month
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Process

How it
goes

These stickers peel. Try one.

3D thought bubble with a pencil 01

Poke

A 30-minute call. You show me the thing that bugs you.

3D pencil, ruler and brush 02

Sketch

Three directions in five days, drawn fast and argued about.

3D hand tapping 03

Build

Real screens, a prototype, and a system your devs will like.

3D finger touching a star 04

Ship

I stay through launch and the first round of fixes.

Kind words

Nice things
people said

3D red hearts
Mika rebuilt our onboarding in two weeks and sign-ups went up 41%. She also drew a mascot nobody asked for. It is now on our hoodies.
DO
Dana OkaforHead of Product, Paydeck
The rare designer who can draw the illustration and also handle the edge case. Our engineers asked if she could stay forever.
LF
Luis FerrerCTO, Blockhaus
Clear, fast, funny, and every file named properly. We have hired her again four times.
AB
Aiko BrandtFounder, Brightroom

Toolbox

Tools I use

Figma Framer Procreate Blender Spline Rive After Effects Illustrator ProtoPie Jitter Webflow Notion Linear Pen + paper

Currently learning: Rive state machines

3D light bulb with a mouse cursor

Contact

Got a thing?
Let's make it click.

hello@mikasato.studio

Booking projects from October. I reply within two working days, from Tokyo, and I am happy to take calls in your morning.

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