Makati, Metro Manila
Product design for software teams in Makati, covering SaaS products, dashboards and internal tools, from a UI/UX designer based in Metro Manila and available to meet in Makati.
Five-star reviews from clients on Upwork
Product design
UI/UX design for the software a business runs on, the portals, dashboards and internal tools that clients and staff open every working day.
Makati is where much of the country's banking, insurance, outsourcing and tech work is managed, and a lot of that work runs on websites and software that were built quickly and never really designed. That is the software I design, and the part of the work that pays back fastest is usually the screen staff use all day.
Whole product surfaces with more than one kind of user, the permissions between them, and the data they share.
Screens that answer the question someone opened them for, instead of displaying every metric the database holds.
Admin panels and operations screens, where good design is measured in staff hours saved every week.
Ordering, billing and account screens for B2B customers, and first versions scoped to the one job they must do.
Working together
I am based in Metro Manila and meet clients in Makati in person. For product work that matters more than it does for a website, because the best research is watching people use what they have now. Two hours beside an operations team in their own office tells me more than a week of remote calls.
After discovery the work runs online, in Figma and in writing, the same way I work with product teams in the US, Australia and Asia.
How an engagement runs
One workflow is three to five weeks.
A product with several roles is eight to twelve.
Four stages / three to twelve weeks
Stage / 01
Discovery. Interviews, a walkthrough of how the job is done today, and the spreadsheet or chat thread the software has to replace.
Stage / 02
Structure. The data as users see it, the navigation, and the states every order, request or record moves through.
Stage / 03
Interface. High fidelity screens for every state, including empty, error and far more data than anyone demoed.
Stage / 04
Handoff. Annotated specs, build reviews and design QA, so what ships is what was designed.
What it costs
Each quote covers the design, and I work the number out from how many workflows and roles the product has and how much your team has already decided, so a short description of the software and the people who use it is enough for me to price it.
Common questions
Yes. I am based in Metro Manila and meet clients in Makati in person, usually for the kickoff, discovery and the key reviews. The rest of the project runs online, which keeps it moving between meetings instead of waiting for them.
UX covers what the product does and how people move through it, the structure, the flows and the states. UI covers how each screen looks and behaves. For business software the UX half carries most of the value. I unpack the difference in UI vs UX designer.
Three to five weeks for one workflow and eight to twelve for a product with two or three roles. Where the weeks go is in how long MVP design takes.
A freelancer for a defined product or workflow, where you want the person you speak to doing the design. An agency when you need several specialists at once and are paying for that capacity. The trade-offs are in freelance vs agency.
Yes. I join your planning, keep designs in a Figma file your team can open, and hand specs to engineering in Dev Mode. I do not need a separate process of my own to be useful.
Yes, across Metro Manila and abroad. Makati is simply where in-person meetings are easiest to arrange. For other kinds of work in Makati, see web design in Makati and front-end development in Makati.
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Client reviews
Mike is an absolute star. A great communicator who takes initiative, and has the skills to complete the job well each and every time. He is a fantastic partner in all-things design and development, is a pleasure and easy to communicate with.
Gwyn P. Founder, Sail Digital
Mike was one of the easiest consultants we have worked with. Good attitude, willing to take on feedback, good designs and willing to please. Will have no hesitation to hire!
Fiona M. Director, CArio
Mike not only gave us an amazing new website but also gave us time back to focus on growing our SaaS company and the confidence to know that we can leverage their skills again in the future. I unreservedly recommend!
Andrew Former director, shibumi
Mike helped us design and develop our new website in Webflow. He is very responsive to changes and iterations, and helped find faster ways to implement what we wanted.
Julien R. Founder, Hire Donna
Work with me
Tell me what it does and who uses it. It comes straight to me, and you get back an honest read on where the time goes, a quote and a clear next step.
I am based in Metro Manila and meet clients in Makati in person.
Prefer email? mike@mikeui.co
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