The powerhouse of fractional specialists.

Welcome to the fully-managed bolt-on to our SaaS enabled marketplace, providing flexible and efficient digital support for startups and SMBs. Let us manage your projects or ongoing requirements end-to-end, from scoping to team formation, management, and project delivery.

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Clients that trust us

How We Work:

We’re challenging the way projects and teams are managed to ensure fast, flexible, high-value and skill-specific talent drives your business forward.

We only work with startups and companies we see longer-term potential in, preferring to partner with great founders & teams alongside shared objectives & outcomes.

Our Expertise

Creative strategy, product design, custom development, and growth marketing specialists, an end-to-end solution to keep your company growing.

Creative Strategy

We craft corporate and brand visual identities for dynamic, exciting, and challenger brands.

From initial strategy and positioning, to logo design, digital assets and iconography, we design all aspects of your brand's visual identity by discovering what makes you unique.

Like developing a product, you can build and refine your brand as you grow.

Product Design

An iterative approach to designing the ideal product for your customers.

With an in-house team of Graphic, UI and UX experts across multiple industries, we’re able to service almost any design request.

Whether it’s a prototype, brochure website, or full-scale web development, our approach allows you to iterate quickly in response to market demands or feedback.

Development

Sometimes you need a ground-up custom build. With a focus on ReactJS, React Native, NodeJS, Express, NextJS, HTML, CSS and Javascript, we’ll help you identify where to innovate and when to avoid reinventing the wheel.

We love Webflow and specialise in various integrations and components for Webflow, but are equally happy to build from the ground up.

Growth Marketing

Whether it's B2B or B2C, we aim to ensure the cost-effective acquisition of new leads and retention of customers.

Finding interesting ways to test new verticals, channels, side-project marketing and monetisation strategies, is what excites us!

From content, SEO, and SEM, to email, social, and performance marketing, we're here to help you grow.  

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Name Surname

Position, Company name

Nicolas Mack

"I am beyond thrilled with the exceptional work and partnership we’ve experienced with Rafiki Works in creating our new corporate CI and website. Special thanks go to Greg, Nick, Kath, and Dan, whose creativity, dedication, and expertise truly shone through in every aspect of the project. Their collaborative approach, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence made the entire process smooth and enjoyable. The results have far exceeded our expectations, and I am excited about the future projects we will undoubtedly embark on together. Thank you for making this a truly outstanding experience!"

Nicolas Mack

Founder

Brett Matheson

"From the initial brief all the way through to project handover, our experience with Rafiki has been excellent. Their fractional freelancer model is clear, seamless and effective, and we look forward to continuing the working relationship."

Brett Matheson

Co-Founder and Director of Operations | Metavolve

Nicolas Beterette

“Rafiki has done a great job building out our brand, website and booking engine integration. Their team are super knowledgeable and helped us come to quick and well thought out product decisions that lead to us launching our first product in weeks rather than months”

Nicolas Beterette

Co founder & CEO | Onzite

Ryan Beangstrom

"We were very impressed at the quality and speed of Rafiki's work and I'm really looking forward to continuing the relationship."

Ryan Beangstrom

Co Founder | Verdant Data

Technology we love

Webflow
Relume
Framer
Meta
Google Ads
Linkedin
Zapier
Shopify
Figma
plus more...
Rafiki sourced and managed fractional product designers and developers to build Conte Camillo's new website and digital presence.
Product Design
Product Development
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Conte Camillo
Software engineering, design, development, and ongoing technical support.
Product Development
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Tessa
Rafiki created a new brand visual identity as well as sales & marketing collateral for the upcoming launch of Tequila Rosaluz.
Brand Design
Creative Strategy
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Tequila Rosaluz
Rafiki redesigned and built the new Artellus website, solving book submission problems in a minimalistic, efficient manner.
Product Design
Product Development
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Artellus
Supplied is a specialist SaaS for marketplace & digital platform compliance. Rafiki helped Supplied development their site, implement content marketing initiatives, and create a B2B sales strategy.
Product & Marketing Support
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Supplied
DIGZ defines a new category of student living across the UK that combines independent with community, delivered through quality spaces and digital innovation.
Brand Design
Creative Strategy
Product Design
Product Development
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DIGZ
Rafiki sourced and serviced the end to end management of a fractional Creative Strategist, Graphic Designer, Product Designer , 3D Designer, and Low Code Developer to create a digital strategy, corporate identity, positioning, website design and development of the Mack Brands Group.
Creative Strategy
Brand Design
Product Design
Product Development
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Mack Brands
Metavolve specialises in guiding growth-stage businesses to strategic clarity. Rafiki sources and manages all ongoing fractional product design and development needs.
Product Design
Brand Design
Product Development
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Metavolve
Proptech Jobs is a virtualised job board and recruitment portal for the property technology industry.
Brand Design
Product Design
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Proptech Jobs
Staffpad is a hospitality job board for live-in accommodation in the UK.
Brand Design
Product Design
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Staffpad
Cloud Chart is an all-in-one platform for KYC management.
Product & Marketing Support
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Cloud Chart
Verdant Data uses data-mining expertise to empower optimisation. Rafiki sourced and managed a product designer for the custom development of their CMS, as well as the graphic design of their sales decks.
Product & Marketing Support
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Verdant Data
Accretion Capital is a venture firm headquartered in Miami, Florida with access to exclusive investment opportunities.
Brand Design
Product Design
Product Development
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Accretion Capital
Onzite is a novel take on remote team workshops and offsites sprints for distributed teams. Rafiki sourced and managed a product designer, low-code developer, and full-stack engineer to create a brand identity, website design, and build a custom quoting engine for their booking system.
Brand Design
Product Design
Venture Growth
Product Development
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Onzite

Ready to build something special?

Let’s build & grow together. Enquire now and we’ll get back to you within 24 hours.

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FAQs

Everything you need to know about Rafiki's fully-managed service, the ideal option for projects needing additional support, end-to-end, and various levels of consultancy from Rafiki's core team.  

Why choose Rafiki?

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We're a team of founders across various early-stage startups, creative, design, and development agencies. We're hands-on operators with a passion for building interesting businesses. Our approach as an agency leverages our own platform, Rafiki X, to provide clients with flexible talent on demand with a lower capital outlay and commitment upfront. When needed, we bolster our own in-house team with top fractional specialists.

Why choose fractional hiring over other agencies or full-time employees?

Benefit from highly skilled talent without the full-time commitment, along with a solution to hiring pop-up teams on demand. By utilising a fractional approach, you can scale resources up and down on demand to manage fluctuating business or project needs risk accordingly. A low-cost, longer-term commitment to us creates higher-value outcomes and a robust approach to your workforce and business growth.

How do you vet your talent?

We take a 3 stage approach to vetting talent. Following an application, we invite top prospects for an interview, assessing skills, experience, and career aspirations. At times, we request certain KYC documents. We prioritise skill over traditional degrees, work experience, and cross-check with any testimonials available to accept expert, high-intent talent.

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What skill sets do you cover?

Currently our core strengths and focus areas are Product Designers, Creative Strategists, Digital Marketers, and Low-Code Web Developers. We also cover Full-Stack Development, Growth and Performance Marketing and Social Media support. Further support in Sales Development, Strategy Consulting, and a multitude of additional verticals can be provided through our extended talent network, or by our exclusive partners.

How is my project managed?

Our fully managed service takes a traditional agency approach when it comes to end to end management of workflows, outcomes, and product management. Where we differ slightly, is in our ability to consistently adjust the team on your project in an efficient manner, ensuring your needs are met on a continuously adjusted, needs-basis.
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For a more direct-talent approach, without the need for Rafiki Consultancy, Project Management or end-to-end support from our internal team, Rafiki X offers flexible options we're able to facilitate.