Fill your design gap in 48 hours.

Kikai connects companies with senior, Australian-based design and research experts for workshops, audits, research sprints, prototypes and strategic design work. Every expert is vetted before they join.

There's no open bidding. You can browse anonymised profiles, but every engagement starts with a curated shortlist of three experts, matched to your scope, timing and budget.

You'll have a shortlist of three vetted experts within 48 hours of posting a brief. If we can't find three, we'll tell you why.

Yes. Every Kikai expert lives and works in Australia, so they share your time zone and regulations and can work on-site when needed. Each profile shows their city or state and whether they work hybrid or remote.

Post a brief describing the problem, your timeline and your budget. There's no login. We review it, remove your company name, and send it to the best-matched available experts.

No. A clear problem is enough. If you're not sure what you need, start with a one-day scoping diagnostic, which is credited against any package you go ahead with.

Three experts, each with a 30-second video on your problem, their vetted profile and case studies, and an exact day cost. You choose who to meet.

Half a day. After that, book whole days, or choose a fixed-scope package such as a UI tidy-up, accessibility audit or discovery workshop.

You can, but finding, checking and contracting a senior expert usually takes weeks. Kikai gives you three vetted options in 48 hours, with contracts, payroll and insurance handled.

You can. A one-off conversion fee of 12% of their first-year salary, including super, applies.

To be confirmed.

To be confirmed.

Australian-based senior practitioners in human-centred design, with at least eight years' experience and two senior or lead roles.

Apply online with up to three specialties, your day rate, availability and two case studies in Kikai's template. Shortlisted applicants complete a paid work sample, a people-skills interview and reference checks, including one client reference.

No. You set your rate. Each brief goes to five or six matched experts, and you'll know how many received it before you decide to respond.

If you're interested, you record a 30-second video within 24 hours: your read of the problem, how you'd tackle the first week, and one relevant piece of work.

You're engaged through our employer-of-record partner, People 2.0, which handles your payroll, super, workers compensation and insurance.

The expert sets their day rate, including super. On top of that sit statutory costs (payroll tax, workers compensation and insurance), payroll fees, and Kikai's margin, which is 12% of the total you pay. The calculator shows every line before you commit.

No. All prices are plus GST.

No. You pay only when you engage an expert. Every cost appears in the calculator and on your quote.

Vetting, matching, the 48-hour shortlist, and support throughout the engagement.

People 2.0, our employer-of-record partner, invoices you for each engagement.

Yes. Experts are engaged through People 2.0, which provides workers compensation, public liability and professional indemnity cover. Ask us for policy details.

People 2.0 employs the expert for the engagement and handles payroll, super and compliance with Australian employment law.

For companies: your brief, timeline, budget and contact details. For experts: your profile, case studies, references and videos. We use it only to match and manage engagements, and we never sell it.

We follow the Australian Privacy Principles. Our privacy policy explains what we collect, how we use and store it, and how to access or correct your information.