Launching January 2027

Fill your design gap in 48 hours.

Senior, Australian-based design and research experts for the workshops, audits, prototypes and research sprints your team can't get to. No agencies, no subscriptions, no open bidding.

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How it works

1
Name the gap
Tell us what's stalling your roadmap. One short brief, no login, and the 48-hour clock starts.
2
Hear from the experts
Our best-matched vetted experts each record a 30-second take on your problem.
3
Meet your three
Within 48 hours you get a shortlist of three, with videos, profiles and exact day costs.
4
Start
Pick one. Contracts, payroll and insurance are handled for you.

Why teams will choose Kikai

48-hour shortlist

Three vetted experts, or we tell you why not.

All Australian-based

Your time zone, your regulations, and on-site when you need it.

Vetted by people

Paid work sample, people-skills interview and verified client references.

See them think first

A 30-second video from every shortlisted expert, on your problem.

Every cost, shown.

Enter a budget and watch it cascade: what the expert takes home, super, statutory costs and insurance, payroll fees and Kikai's margin, which is 12% of what you pay.

No subscriptions and no fees until you hire. Prices plus GST.

Your budget per day, plus GST

Illustration based on work in Victoria.

Your expertise, not your bid.

For senior, Australian-based practitioners in research, service design, UX and facilitation. Work with teams who are ready to act on your expertise, not just pick your brain.

You set your rate

We match you to briefs that fit; you never race anyone to the bottom.

Only real briefs

Each goes to five or six matched experts, and you'll know your odds before you respond.

Your calendar, your call

Half-days to multi-week engagements, with your independence intact.

Hi, I'm Mickey.

I've spent 20 years in design, most of them connecting Australian companies with the designers who do their best work, through my recruitment business RUMR and as Conference Director of The Outlook.

Kikai is for the moments a team just needs a senior expert to get something over the line. I personally review every brief and every expert on the roster.

Kikai (機会) is Japanese for opportunity: for teams, the chance to move faster, and for experts, work that deserves them.

Launching January 2027

Join the waitlist.

Companies get first access when we launch. Experts get first look at the roster application.

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