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Brian Whitfield

UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since July 22, 2019

Brian is a multidisciplinary designer specializing in brand strategy, identity, product design, and art direction. His design ethos can be defined as efficient, adaptable, and sparked with enlightenment. For over ten years, Brian's designed complete brand systems, cross-platform mobile and web applications, and creative campaigns for hundreds of brands and organizations, including Dell, IBM, Boys & Girls Clubs, Cylance, and Ford.

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Marie-Eve Tremblay

UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 14, 2022

Marie is a senior creative with experience in design and art direction for digital products, campaigns, and design systems. She's spent the last 12 years delivering innovative solutions for startups and large organizations such as Deloitte and The Grommet across various industries like eCommerce, retail, consulting services, SaaS, finance, tax, transportation, and energy. With more than 20 marketing campaigns under her belt, Marie knows the importance of consistency in branding.

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William Carroll

UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since June 12, 2020

William is a strategic thinker with 20 years of multidisciplinary experience in art direction, graphic design, illustration, branding, advertising, environmental design, and cross-platform campaign strategy. For the past 10 years, he has specialized as a digital product designer, collaborating on world-class, user-centric digital experiences for Starwood Hotels, World Vision, The Toronto Star, and more.

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Nik Finan

UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since August 4, 2020

Nik is a senior creative with more than a decade of experience in design and art direction for digital products, campaigns, brand films, and design systems. As a thinker, art director, and designer, he specializes in UX and UI design and implementation for corporate sites, mobile apps, social, and video content. His impressive client list includes Disney, Grosvenor, Hershey KitKat, Hilti, HSBC, and Johnson & Johnson.

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Howard Phillips

UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since October 15, 2020

Howard is a brand strategist and designer with over eight years of experience in business strategy, art direction, brand, digital design, and 2D and 3D animation. He specializes in distinctive visual identities, informed by a strategy workshop, and uses 3D where appropriate to enhance a brand's visual narrative and legitimacy. He is passionate about producing brands that stand out from the crowd, achieve business goals, and communicate compelling narratives.

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Tamaz Murguliya

UTC+04:00
Georgia
Toptal Member Since May 30, 2019

Tamaz is a UX designer and product executive with 17 years of experience in UX and visual design. His expertise lies in cross-functional UX across several fields, including web and mobile app design and UX in VR experiences. His work has won Gamescom's Best VR/AR Game award and was a nominee for the VR Awards' Best VR Experience of the Year. Tamaz has also succeeded in the Grand Prix Appy Awards and the World Summit Awards Mobile, and his work has been featured in the Google Play Store.

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Dmitry Chernov

UTC+04:00
Georgia
Toptal Member Since April 26, 2022

Dmitry is a lead UI/UX and visual designer with 13 years of experience focused on creating high-quality UI, UI redesign, and design systems for web and mobile apps. He can also handle all cycles of product design tasks, including client briefing, UX research, design audit, art direction, concepting, prototyping, responsive mockup, and development handoff. He taught 1500+ UI/UX designers and reviewed 7500+ projects as a mentor. Dmitry is passionate about visual communication and typography.

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Abdul Haq

UTC+08:00
Singapore
Toptal Member Since May 13, 2020

Haq is a UX designer with 8+ years of experience in branding. He believes that having empathy and advocating for users at every step of the UX process is the most important thing for businesses and organizations to succeed. He focuses on creating useful, usable, and desirable products for users and loves designing for a living. He also enjoys learning new languages, meeting new people, and making genuine connections. We are stronger together.

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Charles Matthew Atos

UTC+08:00
Philippines
Toptal Member Since September 9, 2022

Charles is an expert brand strategist, product designer, and art director with 10 years of professional design experience in branding, marketing, and advertising. He has worked with SMEs, startups, and companies such as Coca-Cola, Netflix, Spotify, TikTok, ING, Unilever, Nestlé, H&M, Jollibee, and many more. Charles specializes in crafting winning stories and human-centric experiences through purposeful brand strategies and identity design, visual direction, and UI/UX design.

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Jun Kim

UTC+09:00
South Korea
Toptal Member Since April 28, 2016

With over a decade of experience in product UI/UX design and brand experience design, Kim has had the opportunity to work with a diverse range of teams and companies from Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, the UAE, Europe, and the USA. In addition, Kim is well-versed in design principles, color theory, and typography and leverages these elements to create consistent and effective design solutions.

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Zheng Alicia Li

UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since December 28, 2021

Alicia is a Chinese-born, New Zealand-raised, and New York-honed senior designer and art director with seven years of international experience. She works at the intersection of brand and product design and has partnered with Puma, Michael Kors, Condé Nast, Delta-Virgin, and other big brands. Alicia enjoys working on everything from designing a pitch deck to fleshing out a UI kit. She meets or beats deadlines when working autonomously or collaborating with clients and colleagues along the way.

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Michael is an incredible designer, and has been a great fit for our project. He just gets it in a way that can’t be taught. My goal was to pay Toptal to find me a high quality designer for my project, and that is exactly what happened. It was easy. Being able to see the portfolio work on Toptal’s platform is what gave me the infomation I needed to choose Michael. I have nothing but good things to say about Toptal and am looking forward to using Toptal for other projects in the future.

Edward Daniel

Co-Founder

I've worked very closely with Martina for over a year and have to say she is one of the best people I have ever worked with. Instead of simply following instructions blindly, she thinks through the task at hand, becoming a thought partner to help with whatever the project may be. Besides being super talented at design, she possesses specific qualities that make her exceptional to work with given the fast paced nature of being a startup. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a talented, professional designer who doesn't need much direction to hit the ground running.

Sahil Khanna

Sr. Manager, Marketing

Darko did a great job figuring out the user architecture for our concept, which led him to produce terrific wireframes. His knowledge of usability and design was a perfect match for the outside voice we needed to help jumpstart our project. We would certainly recommend him and work with him again in the future.

Rich Danker

Founder

Carlos has the unique talent of blending both quantitative and qualitative research to keenly identify UX challenges and opportunities. He thinks methodically, emphatically, and holistically to produce data-driven strategies and well-executed designs. Over the past 8 years of working with fully or partially distributed teams, Carlos manages working remotely far better than anyone I've encountered because of his strong communication and presentation skills. He is the first on my list the next time I need a UX designer.

Michelle Krogmeier

Project Manager

Rafael is an amazing designer. His aesthetic sense is spot on, and he seems to be able to anticipate our needs before we even know what they are. He's taken the time to understand both our company and our clientele, and his solutions are consistently in-line with our values, interests, and our customers' needs. He delivers on time (if not earlier), works quickly, is well organized, and very effective. He's a pleasure to work with, and we're very happy to have found him through Toptal.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire an art direction expert with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your art direction expert, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right art direction expert, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect art direction experts for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our art direction experts to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched art direction experts ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire art direction experts on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our art direction experts can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your art direction expert begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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