# Uppervox

> Solo design and AI digital intelligence studio. Two services in one founder: senior product design + front-end engineering for funded teams, and ten productized AI digital services for small businesses and solo professionals. Remote-first, worldwide. One engagement slot opens each month.

Founded and operated by Alexander Costa. 20+ years across luxury hospitality, B2B sales, trust & safety at scale, UX research, and front-end engineering. Speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

The studio operates as two distinct tracks:

1. **Designer track** — Solo product design and front-end engineering for founders and growth-stage teams. Fixed-fee packages: UX Audit (€1,800 / 1 week), Design Sprint (€6,500 / 4 weeks), Embedded Designer (€9,500 / month, 3-month minimum).
2. **AI Studio track** — Ten productized AI services for small businesses and solo professionals. Tiered pricing: Starter $297 per service, Growth retainer $897/month, Enterprise retainer $2,400/month. Most deliverables ship within 24–72 hours.

## Designer track — selected work

- [Helios — banking, rebuilt for trust](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — Fintech product design and design system. +62% activation, 4.8★ App Store, −40% support tickets.
- [Aurora — wellness, daily](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — Wellness iOS app UX research. 12,000+ reviews, 4.8★, +38% D30 retention.
- [Meridian — editorial CMS](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — Editorial CMS product design. 3× content velocity.
- [Cascade — AI product founders trust](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — Founding designer for an AI tool. $2.4M ARR, 1,200 hours saved weekly across customers.
- [Atlas — dashboards with shape](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — B2B SaaS analytics dashboard. +38% MAU, −72% time-to-insight.
- [Lumen — cultural identity](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#work) — Cultural museum identity and wayfinding. +22% visitor engagement.

## Designer track — engagements

- [UX Audit · €1,800 / 1 week](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#services) — Heuristic review of one product surface, journey teardown, prioritized fix list, walkthrough call.
- [Design Sprint · €6,500 / 4 weeks](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#services) — One major product surface, end-to-end: research → wireframes → UI → motion. Includes a free UX audit and 2 revision rounds.
- [Embedded Designer · €9,500 / month](https://uppervox.com/portfolio#services) — 3 days/week with your team. Product design + front-end pairing. Slack, standups, design system. 3-month minimum.

## AI Studio track — services

- [Premium Website Creation](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Agency-grade single-page websites in 24 hours.
- [Instagram → Brand Website](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Convert any Instagram profile into a professional personal brand site in 1 hour.
- [Full SEO Audit](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — 47-point audit with scored HTML report and prioritized fixes.
- [Invoice & Billing Dashboard](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Upload PDF invoices, AI generates a visual financial dashboard.
- [n8n Workflow Automation](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Lead capture, onboarding, follow-up sequences in your n8n instance.
- [AI Client Prospecting](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Identify, score, and write personalized outreach for 50+ qualified prospects.
- [Digital Business Audit](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Full audit of website, social, offer, pricing, copy, customer journey, ads.
- [Meta Ads Audit](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Active-ad analysis, landing-page match scoring, 5 new ad copies.
- [Custom Chrome Extension](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Browser tools that automate repetitive tasks.
- [Custom AI Skill Builder](https://uppervox.com/services#services) — Custom AI workflows for your specific repeatable processes.

## AI Studio track — pricing tiers

- **Starter · $297 / one-time** — Any one service. Delivery within 24 hours. One revision round.
- **Growth · $897 / month** — 3 services/month. Monthly SEO monitoring. Quarterly Meta Ads audit. 50 prospects/month. 1 automation setup. 12-hour priority. Strategy call. Unlimited minor revisions.
- **Enterprise · $2,400 / month** — Unlimited service requests. Quarterly business audit. Custom AI skill development. n8n automation suite. Weekly prospecting. Full ad management. Chrome extension dev. 4-hour SLA.

## Contact

- Email: hello@uppervox.com
- Portfolio: https://uppervox.com/portfolio
- AI Services: https://uppervox.com/services
- Pricing (machine-readable): https://uppervox.com/pricing.md
- Reply within 24 hours. One engagement opens monthly. Remote-first, US + global time zones.

## Trust signals

- 14 products shipped · $2M+ in revenue impact across the portfolio
- Past clients available for reference calls (with their permission)
- Mutual NDA available within hours of intro call
- One revision round included in every package
- All deliverables include written documentation, not just verbal recommendations

## What this site is not

- Not a multi-person agency. Alex does all work himself, including front-end implementation.
- Not a hourly-billed consultancy. All work is fixed-fee or fixed monthly retainer.
- Not a generalist outsourcing shop. The two tracks are tightly scoped: senior design for funded teams, productized AI services for small businesses.

Last updated: 2026-05-29.