Sharpen’s elite PRODUCT designers

Turn great ideas
into amazing products.

Usability and customer experience are the key differentiators separating good products from exceptional investments. But it’s almost impossible to find business-savvy design consultants who understand the full-product lifecycle. That’s why startup investors, founders, and enterprise intrapreneurs choose Sharpen Partners. Our team of veteran product designers draw on diverse careers in research, technology, architecture, business, and the arts to assemble 
the perfect team for your new or re-imagined product.

Contact Sharpen for a free remote consultation with our product-design leaders to see how we bring ideas to life 
and transform them into results.

Service packages for every product & every need.

UNICORN INVASION:
LEVEL UP with a design sprint

Our team joins yours for a one-week design sprint, creating new concepts, breaking through roadblocks, or leveling-up existing products with a unique mixture of business analysis and user research all the way to information architecture and high-fidelity visual design.

EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMATION:
MARKET READY IN TWELVE WEEKS

We take your team and key stakeholders through a proven, repeatable, and rigorous application of research based design-thinking for product development and omnichannel marketing that elevates your user experience and drives measurable results.

FRACTIONAL CXO:
DESIGN LEADERSHIP OVER TIME

Our team provides integrated strategic and tactical support in developing your investor, customer, and employee experiences. And for companies with a defined exit strategy, we occasionally and selectively trade a portion of our fees for equity.

Our proven processes deliver powerful results.

  • Sharpen’s work was key to our company winning several awards for customer-centric businesses. The tool got glowing reviews and 80%–90% user adoption within the company’s management. Overall, the product was a big success that’s still living, breathing, and growing today.

    Senior Project Manager, Global Operations
    AT&T

  • You think you’re working on an app prototype, but you’re working on so much more. We worked on every facet of our business … logistics, operations, business model, and it all happened organically … We’re going into a whole new level of business with a level of confidence I’ve never had before.

    Startup Co-Founder
    Post-Office CoWork

  • They have been so responsive, organized, and creative ... I really appreciate the amount of thinking that goes into this because it’s super complex. I wish we’d been working with these guys from the very start.

    Senior Manager, Sales Technology & Digital Innovation
    Deloitte/Lockheed Martin

  • I was very impressed with the level of detailed thought and best-practices recommendations the Sharpen team put into all of the work they shared with us. They skillfully maintained existing functionalities and design elements while innovatively expanding the project's scope.

    Executive VP
    Laughlin Constable

  • They've stayed on deadline and on budget for us, and they really have been miracle workers at times when we found ourselves up against a tight deadline ... There's a lot of one-on-one attention, and I think they're darn near perfect.

    Director, Community Partnerships
    Open Hand Atlanta

  • The quality of their work is top-notch. They took something very technical and made it visually appealing. They're very responsive, never miss a deadline, and exceed expectations. They think out of the box, creating materials that are better than anything I could think of. I couldn't ask for anything better.

    Marketing Manager, Carrier Services
    Cox Communications

  • They moved our website into the modern age and were committed to the final product and doing the “right thing.” Detail-oriented and communicative, the team handled difficult interactions with diplomatic tact. What’s more, their sound thinking resulted in expert decisions and sophisticated design artifacts.

    Director, Consumer Experience
    Moxie/Devry

  • I was most impressed with the depth of experience they have working across various industries. As such, they were able to offer creative, fresh ideas that weren’t necessarily centered around tech … It was refreshing to open the door to their creativity, allowing them to bring more innovative approaches to the table.

    Director, Product Management
    Digi International

  • The team was highly agile when it came to accomplishing their tasks, and internal stakeholders were particularly impressed with the team's dynamic and collaborative approach.

    Client Engagement Lead
    Block + Tackle

  • We interacted with the owners. They handled the project personally ... Their creativity is unique, and they bring new assets to the table that other vendors don’t.

    Creative Producer
    Coca-Cola

  • We needed someone to communicate high-level C-suite concepts with intelligent design. It was a difficult task but the end result was impressive and Sharpen was diligent in maintaining our deadlines. The CEO was really impressed. It doesn't get much better than that.

    Director of Brand Marketing
    Conga/Apttus

  • They’re responsible for everything, from developing wireframes and visual comps to bringing together data from a number of different data sources and putting it together. You can trust them. They'll understand your needs without you having to go into great detail. We couldn't be happier with what they’ve brought to the table.

    Senior Digital Project Manager
    MaxMedia/AT&T

  • They’re passionate about their work. I appreciate their willingness to look outside themselves to find suitable solutions and their transparency allowed us to come up with an innovative approach [that] went above and beyond our expectations.

    Executive Producer
    Tyson Foods

  • Sharpen delivered a visually appealing product design. Their team managed the project well and understood the need for design subtleties and nuances.

    Startup Founder
    ParkPro USA

But don’t just take our word for it.

One of the most valuable metrics for any engagement is client satisfaction. For us, it isn’t enough to deliver innovative solutions that exceed your customers’ expectations—we need to exceed your expectations, too.

Clutch, an impartial ratings and reviews site that collects in-depth and unbiased feedback from clients, continually recognizes Sharpen as a top-rated experience design agency and as a national leader among design and strategy partners.