Clay is a branding and UX design agency headquartered at 300 Broadway in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Austin, Denver, Lisbon and Belgrade. The company, Clay Global, LLC, describes its work as building "transformative digital experiences for the world's leading brands by blending AI, design, and technology." It started as a user experience agency focused on mobile apps and enterprise software, and later grew into branding and web design.
Its own account of what sets it apart is that its cofounders oversee every project, a design director leads each one, and branding and product sit in one cross-disciplinary team rather than being handed between two. It works remote-first, with a team across the United States, Europe and South-East Asia, and says it has spent more than twelve years refining that way of collaborating. Fintech, crypto and Web3, enterprise and B2B software, and SaaS are the fields that come up most often in its work.
What it does
- Branding: visual and verbal identities, naming and brand guidelines.
- Digital products and UX design: user research, product strategy, UI and UX design, usability testing and prototyping.
- Websites: design and development, with SEO built into web projects.
- App development: web and mobile.
- Content creation: copywriting, illustration, 2D and 3D graphics, iconography, motion, sound design, photography and video, produced in house.
- Generative AI: AI-powered UX design.
How it works
Clay says it forges long-term partnerships and that communication and transparency drive its work with clients. Each engagement starts with a series of discovery conversations and project briefings, after which the agency writes a customised proposal with a timeline and a cost estimate. For enterprise software, it describes its approach as bringing "consumer-grade user experiences for business users," with scalable designs and design systems, and it points to websites and products that have stayed in use untouched for more than five years.
It works with companies of all sizes. A common case it describes is a SaaS startup preparing to sell to enterprise clients, through a rebrand, a product redesign or a new marketing site.
Pricing
Clay publishes its engagement models rather than a rate card. It works on a blended rate and offers three models:
| Engagement model | How it works |
|---|---|
| Time and materials | Billed on the time spent |
| Fixed fee | One price for a defined scope |
| Retainer | An ongoing monthly engagement |
Results it reports
- Clay says it worked with Coinbase, Uber, SendGrid and MoneyLion as early-stage startups, before they became leaders in their industries.
- It reports that Earnin received "$100M in additional venture funding" after its redesign.
- It features its work in The Webby Awards 2026, and its redesign for Tipalti won design awards, according to its site.
Clients it shows
Meta, Google, Stripe, Coinbase, Slack, Samsung, Uber, Amazon, Sony, Coca-Cola, Cisco, ADP, UPS, VMware, Toyota, Western Digital, Fossil, Fiverr, Credit Karma, Discover and Grayscale appear among the brands on its site. Its case studies include Slack, STC Bank, Sky, Snapchat, Joe & The Juice, Marqeta, Yahoo! Games, Serena & Lily, Tipalti and Art Bridges.
FAQ
Where is Clay based? Its headquarters are at 300 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133, with offices in New York, Austin, Denver, Lisbon and Belgrade.
What does Clay do? Branding, UX and UI design for digital products, websites, web and mobile apps, and in-house content such as illustration, motion and video.
What makes Clay different, by its own account? Its cofounders oversee every project, a design director leads each one, and brand and product expertise sit in one team.
How does Clay charge? On a blended rate, through time and materials, a fixed fee or a retainer, with a customised proposal written after discovery conversations.
Does Clay work with startups? Yes. It works with companies of every size, from enterprise organisations to startups, and often helps SaaS startups get ready for enterprise clients.
Can Clay redesign enterprise software? Yes. It specialises in enterprise UX and legacy software, with experience at companies such as ADP, Amazon, VMware and Cisco.
Contact
- Website: clay.global
- Headquarters: 300 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States
- New York: 148 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013
- Austin: 600 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
- Denver: 1700 Lincoln St, 17th floor, Denver, CO 80203
- Lisbon: Av. Alm. Reis 139, 1150-015 Lisbon, Portugal
- Belgrade: Nušićeva 15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia