Pixel-perfect work. Shipped weekly.
Shipping velocity
Craft meets cadence
From brief to first reviewable design pass.
Vs. clients' previous agency or in-house team.
Every deliverable lands in Figma + code, ready to ship.
Why it matters
Why teams fire agencies and hire us
The difference between a design file and a shipped feature.
Traditional design agency
- 8-week timelines for a landing page
- Pretty Figmas that can't be built as drawn
- A handoff meeting — then silence
- Generic templates dressed up as brand
- Nobody on-call when the CMS breaks at 11pm
A South Assistants designer + dev
- Weekly ship cadence from week one
- Figma paired with real React — built by the same team
- Embedded in Slack, Linear and GitHub with your team
- Brand systems tailored to your ICP and positioning
- One hire. Long-term ownership. Real accountability.
What we deliver
From first sketch to production deploy
Pick a designer, a developer, or both. Every deliverable is built to ship.
Landing pages & marketing sites
High-converting landing pages built in Webflow, Framer or Next.js. Figma, code, and deploy — in one sprint.
UI / UX design
User-centric flows, prototypes and design systems in Figma.
Frontend engineering
React, Next.js, Tailwind. Shipped in your repo, reviewed by your team.
Design systems & components
Token-driven Figma libraries that map to your production components, so design and code never drift.
Mobile & app design
Native iOS and Android flows with production-ready specs.
Brand & identity
Logo, type, palette, voice — brand systems your marketing can actually use.
Built by senior operators, not design juniors
Every designer and engineer has 5+ years shipping production work at startups and agencies. We hire for taste and rigor — and reject applicants who can only copy dribbble.
How it works
From brief to deploy, in a sprint
A weekly cadence designed to keep you reviewing — not waiting.
- Step 01
Brief & reference gather
A 30-minute kickoff to align on scope, audience, brand references and success criteria. Output: a one-page design brief.
- Step 02
Concept pass within 48 hours
First reviewable direction in Figma — layout, typography, a hero, a feature block. Fast feedback, minimum over-design.
- Step 03
Refine & build
Daily Loom walkthroughs as design settles. Engineer starts building in parallel. Figma and code converge.
- Step 04
Ship, measure, iterate
Deploy to your staging, QA, and ship. Then: analytics, heatmap review, and the next iteration the following sprint.
Tools we master
Fluent in modern design & dev
We arrive with opinions on the stack — and can work in yours if you've already picked one.
...and many more. If you use it, we can learn it.
“We shipped a full rebrand, new landing pages and a design system in six weeks. That's half the time our agency had quoted. And the work is better — my team actually uses the components.”
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How design & dev engagements work.
Can you work in our codebase?
Yes. We push PRs directly to your GitHub/GitLab. We follow your ESLint config, your testing standards and your PR template. You own the code, always.
Design only, dev only, or both?
Both is most common — a designer + frontend engineer who already work well together, for faster handoff. We also offer design-only or dev-only engagements.
Do you build full-stack, or frontend only?
Frontend is our core. React, Next.js, Tailwind. We work alongside your backend team and can scaffold API routes, integrate with your infra, and handle auth flows — we just don't build the DB schema.
Can you build in Webflow or Framer?
Yes — for marketing sites, these are often faster and cheaper. We'll recommend the right tool based on your goals. For product surfaces, we usually ship in React.
What about brand systems from scratch?
Yes. Logo, type, palette, voice, component library, illustration style, guidelines doc. Typically 3-5 weeks depending on scope.
How do you price fixed vs. ongoing?
Most engagements are monthly (fractional designer/dev on your team). We also offer fixed-fee projects for landing pages, rebrands and audits. We'll propose the model that fits your goals on the call.
Ship work you're proud of
Book a 30-minute call. We'll audit what you've got and show you the designers and engineers who could plug in on Monday.