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Gabriel Maldonado

Art Direction Designer, Figma, User Personas, SaaS, Design Systems, eCommerce UX, Mobile Applications, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Usability Testing, Mobile, Sketch, 

United StatesToptal Member Since March 28, 2019

Gabriel has an MBA in digital media management and spent a year overseeing the planning and execution of the first native mobile app for Sears Corporation. He specializes in UI/UX human-centered design solutions on internal and external platforms, offering maximum visibility and efficiency for clients. Gabriel also enhanced CareerBuilder's client platform based on extensive design research and UI/UX best practices.

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Ana Carina Gallo

Art Direction Designer, Photoshop CC, iOS, Branding, Creative Direction, Mood Board, UI Design, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Pitch Decks, Vector Logos, 

United StatesToptal Member Since September 18, 2016

Ana has almost fifteen years of design and art direction experience under her belt working with global and domestic brands like Coca Cola, sbe, Nationwide, Ikea, Sears, and Bud Light. As a former developer, she understands the importance of function in every detail of design. Her top influences are Scandinavian/Dutch design, vagabonding, paper engineering, minimalism, Visionaire, Kidrobot, and Wes Anderson.

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Chris Blanz

Art Direction Designer, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Creative Direction, Product Design, Logo Design, Platform Design, UX Strategy, Mobile UX, Mobile App UI, 

United StatesToptal Member Since March 8, 2021

Chris creates user-friendly digital experiences that inform, instruct, and inspire. He can serve multiple roles for a single project, including UX strategist, UX designer, UI designer, and copywriter, creating everything from concept sketches to high-fidelity, interactive prototypes. As a hands-on team leader, Chris has created award-winning campaigns for brands like Band-Aid, Cracker Barrel, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, MIT, The Washington Post, LEGO, and National Geographic.

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Ludvik Herrera

Art Direction Designer, Web Design, Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Creative Direction, UX Design, SVG, UI Design, Design Systems, WordPress, Data Visualization, 

United StatesToptal Member Since January 19, 2022

Ludvik is a creative catalyst, hands-on strategist, and experience designer. Through research and user-centric design principles, he applies the design thinking methodology. Ludvik crafts intuitive user experiences, creates and enhances branding, makes engaging digital products and visual presentations, and architects atomic design systems. He is insatiably curious, loves to learn, and often finds improvement and innovation on any challenge. Ludvik enjoys sharing knowledge and helping others.

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Casey Weeks

Art Direction Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Marvel App, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Creative Direction, Product Design, Game Design, Publication Design, Web Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since March 12, 2018

Casey is a software UX/UI and marketing website interaction designer with 10 years of professional experience and 20 years of overall experience. He is skilled in creating productive, user-friendly interfaces for complex back-end data structures as well as front-end customer-facing interfaces and websites. He's adept in gathering qualitative feedback through ethnographic interview methodologies to build user-centric mental models.

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Lex Valishvili

Art Direction Designer, Wireframing, UX Design, UI Design, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe CC, Branding, Dashboard Design, Adobe Experience Design (XD), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), 

United StatesToptal Member Since May 4, 2017

Lex is a human-centered designer who creates digital experiences that provide clear interfaces, communicate a desirable message, and bring business results. With over nine years of UI/UX, product design, and branding experience, Lex strives to incorporate his knowledge and understanding of the design world and UX into every project. Previous clients range from early-stage startups to McKinsey and Company, Google, and Ford.

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Melissa Patenaude

Art Direction Designer, Prototyping, Information Architecture (IA), eCommerce, eCommerce UX, eCommerce UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive UI, Marketing, Creative Direction, Usability Testing, WordPress, Presentation Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since May 17, 2017

Melissa has over 17 years of experience in design (UI/UX, visual, product, and identity) as well as art direction and strategy. She's worked for Fortune 500 companies and startups in various fields, including B2B, developer tools, retail, food, education, and finance. Melissa's passionate about the relationship between people, technology, and culture and is dedicated to creating experiences that charm people from the digital world to daily life.

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Harold Weaver

Art Direction Designer, Sketch, Adobe CC, Agile, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Prototyping, Visual Design, Project Management, Product Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since April 5, 2021

Harold is a product designer and usability expert, with over 15 years of multi-disciplinary experience in digital and cross-channel services. At Wells Fargo, he designed a debt-to-income ratio calculator that helps clients increase their ability to secure a loan and has over 200,000 users per month. He works with product management and leads teams of designers, researchers, and developers to create beautiful solutions that meet business goals, customer needs and provide exceptional experiences.

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Michelle M Petrie

Art Direction Designer, Sketch 4, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, iOS, User Experience (UX), Illustration, UI Branding, Web UI, Brand Design, Brand Guidelines, UX Branding, 

United StatesToptal Member Since December 5, 2018

From the beginnings of the internet, Michelle has launched campaigns, companies, products, and gone through more evolutions in technology than she can remember. Whether print or emerging technologies, her biggest strength lies in streamlining large amounts of information into driving ideas, above the bar visual solutions and brand advocacy.

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Kelsey McMahon

Art Direction Designer, Icon Design, Presentation Design, Web Design, Mobile Web Design, Adobe CC, Adobe Illustrator, Mobile Web, Sketch, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Photoshop CC, User Interface (UI), 

United StatesToptal Member Since September 25, 2019

Kelsey has over a decade of experience in design, UI/UX, and product management. She has helped startups work their way into the marketplace and been on teams for Fortune500 companies. Kelsey has experience in all areas of product development, from initial concept to shipping fully functional products to the market. She can help you create the best experience for your end-user and also for your company.

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Marti Bruno

Art Direction Designer, Brand Guidelines, eCommerce UX, Prototyping, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX Research, InVision, iOS, Android, UI Design, Design Systems, Branding, 

United StatesToptal Member Since August 7, 2019

Marti is a senior UI/UX designer based in New York. For the past several years, he's been designing digital products for the banking, hospitality, fashion, healthcare, pharmaceutical, automotive, and software industries. Marti's past clients include Citibank, HP, Galaxkey, Meta, Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen Group, Riyad Bank, Vorwerk Thermomix, Asics, The Ritz-Carlton Group, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Al Rajhi Bank, and First Abu Dhabi Bank.

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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

improvemygun.com

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

LeanTaaS, Inc.

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

Prose Market

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

Union Station

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.

Ethan Brooks, CTO

Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

Toptal gave us access to the best designers out there. They’re not easy to find. Those designers integrated very quickly with our existing teams. They very quickly understood our business case and the value of our solution. Toptal really allowed us to focus on building the best possible product and save a lot of time on the typical administrative pains that goes with it -- specifically, finding the best talent. Toptal designers were very responsive, always online -- and that made life very easy for us. We have ambitious goals on how to grow the application and already Toptal has been a key contributor to that success.

Thierry Jakircevic, General Manager, Digital Solutions, Bridgestone Head Office, Tokyo

Bridgestone Corporation

We had an amazing experience working with our Toptal designer. In only two weeks, we accomplished what would've taken most companies 3 months to complete. We also enjoyed working with the Toptal team to make sure we were paired up with the right designer that would fit both our company culture and working style.

Ted Blosser, Head of Sales and Customer Success

WorkRamp

Dean blew us away. He ranks right up there as one of the top five designers of the hundreds I have worked with in the past. He listened, was totally professional, and came up with a 3D rotating cube design completely on his own. We didn't even ask for it, and yet it has become the centerpiece of our app and how users engage with it right off the bat. What he produced inspired all of us at Votify, and put us on track for launch and investor funding.

Michael Lawrence, Founder & CEO

Votify LLC

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A Toptal director of design will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right art direction expert for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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Work with your new art direction expert for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

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