(LV) Fractional Design Leader · Oradea

Laura Vlad

I run the design function first(1) — brand, product, standards, AI workflows — then document it and hand it over(2)

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Start-ups need brand and product run as one function, early. AI makes that possible now: agents and workflows create and scale the volume, while taste stays human and gate-kept. I run it first, then hand the whole thing over.

Independent since July 2026 · Remote, EU time Book an intro call
One function, not three departments.
Systems the team runs without me.
Three ways inAI is part of all three
Ongoing · 1 to 3 days a week

Fractional Design Leader

I join your leadership team, own the design roadmap across product, brand and content, hire and mentor designers, and set the standards the team runs on.

Good for: seed to Series B, one to five designers, no design lead
Fixed scope · 3 to 4 weeks

Design audit & roadmap

A full read of your product, brand and content: what's working, what's leaking, and a prioritised six-month plan you can execute with or without me.

Good for: founders deciding what to fix first
Project · 6 to 12 weeks

Build the system

A rebrand, a web design system or an AI creative pipeline, built end-to-end with your team and handed over with documentation and training.

Good for: teams with a clear deliverable and a real deadline
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HOW WE’LL
WORK

A clear direction. A working system.
A team ready to take it from here.

Weeks 1 to 2

Discover

Founders, product and marketing in one room. What exists, what leaks, and what must survive every variation.

You leave with — A written audit

Write down the goals, constraints and what must survive every variation.

Weeks 3 to 4

Define

The non-negotiables, written down. Brand, product and content rules in one document, plus a six-month roadmap.

You leave with — The rules and a roadmap

Agree on the audience, the promise and the message hierarchy.

Weeks 5 to 10

Build

The system, built with your team. Identity, product surfaces and the creative pipeline, alongside the people who will own it.

You leave with — The system, in your files

Build identity, components and product surfaces together with the team.

Weeks 11 to 12

Hand over

It runs without me. Documentation, templates and a training session, so the team keeps shipping after I leave.

You leave with — Docs, templates, a trained team

Check every output against the written criteria before it goes live.

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Laura Vlad · Oradea 2015

Eight years inside one product. The picture fills in as the years do.

  1. 2015 BA Visual CommunicationUniversity of Oradea

    Learned to argue for a decision, not a taste.

  2. 2018 Graphic DesignerBannersnack

    First production system: hundreds of templates that had to agree with each other.

  3. 2020 Content Design Team LeaderBannersnack

    First team. Wrote the rules down so they would survive me.

  4. 2022 Senior Design Lead, GrowthCreatopy

    Design measured against activation, not applause.

  5. 2025 Creative Design ManagerCreatopy · team of 7+

    Product, brand and content under one roof for the first time.

  6. 2025 AI Creative Systems LeadThe Brief

    Built the pipeline. Same brief, every model, a gate before anything ships.

  7. 2026 Fractional Design LeaderIndependent

    The whole function, for companies not ready for the hire.

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