Hire the Best Mobile App Designers Near Chicago

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Ruta Shastri

Mobile App Designer, iOS, Android, Product Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX Strategy, User Flows, UX Design, UI Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since December 10, 2018

Ruta is a creative and human-centered designer with two decades of experience working for agencies, startups, NGOs, and corporations. Creating thoughtful and meaningful experiences that help solve complex problems is her passion. Ruta aims to find a balance between business goals, user needs, and technical feasibility in all her projects and enjoys working on both the macro and micro levels of the customer journey.

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Isaac Kadosh

Mobile App Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Product Design, User Interface (UI), Illustration, eCommerce Design, eCommerce UI, Iconography, Platform Design, Brand Guidelines, iOS App Design, UI Design, Branding, 

United StatesToptal Member Since September 19, 2017

Isaac is a UX strategist who helps startups and enterprises gain value and competitive advantage via product strategy and design. He's worked with a wide range of startups and brands like Wix, Dynamic Team Sports, Shop Your Way, Doogma, and two of the largest companies based in Chicago, IL: Sears and Walgreens. Isaac also defines product/UX strategies and designs user-centric experiences for eCommerce, healthcare, automotive, and SaaS.

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Gabriel Maldonado

Mobile App Designer, Figma, User Personas, SaaS, Design Systems, eCommerce UX, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Usability Testing, Sketch, InVision, iOS, 

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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Gail Rankin

Mobile App Designer, Figma, Sketch, User Experience (UX), UX Research, User Flows, Prototyping, UI Design, UX Design, Wireframing, Rapid Prototyping, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Audits, 

United StatesToptal Member Since October 21, 2022

Gail is a UX design leader with over 11 years of experience. She's highly skilled at uncovering user needs and creating solutions that serve business and user goals. She is most experienced in eCommerce, application software, and customer service. Gail easily solves complex user scenarios by exercising UX strategy skills like user journey maps, user flows, system maps, and service blueprints.

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Alen Parlov

Mobile App Designer, Branding, UX Design, UI Design, Wireframing, Logo Design, Brand Design, Web Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Figma, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), 

United StatesToptal Member Since October 31, 2018

Alen is an independent, multidisciplinary digital designer and associate creative director with over a decade of agency experience. His passion lies in creating highly conceptual and stunning brand experiences that users enjoy interacting with. Before delving into the digital world, his background was in print, making him an extremely versatile problem solver and visual communicator.

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Chris Blanz

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

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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Alexander Russell

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Rapid Prototyping, Adobe Creative Suite, Agile, Product Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Web Design, Adobe Illustrator, UI Design, UX Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since June 16, 2016

Alex is a product designer who wants to work with you. He partners with startups, organizations, and agencies to rethink design strategies or invent new ones. Alex has helped startups receive collectively over $2 million in funding. He also co-operates a research and design collective called Collectively Made.

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Erin Stewart

Mobile App Designer, UX Audits, Web UX, Web UI, Mockups, SaaS, SaaS Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), App UX, Figma, Web App UI, Usability Testing, Lean UX, 

United StatesToptal Member Since December 2, 2015

Erin has over ten years of experience in product design and agile product management, leading various responsive web and native app projects for eCommerce, B2C, and B2B organizations. She works with the US and global organizations ranging from startups to large Fortune 500 companies to create inspired and innovative products. She also enjoys helping build out new, agile product teams and is well versed in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban.

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Ludvik Herrera

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

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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Linsey Peterson

Mobile App Designer, InVision, Brand Design, iOS UI Design, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, UI Design, Web Design, Illustration, Icon Design, Branding, Logo Design, Web App Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since June 20, 2017

Linsey has been designing websites, apps, and digital products for over 7+ years for various agencies, startups, and freelance clients. She specializes in branding, UI, and visual design and also has expertise in UX and brand strategy. Linsey has a lot of experience managing and completing projects remotely and is eager to partner with new clients helping them achieve their goals through digital strategy and design.

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Lex Valishvili

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

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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Guide to Hiring a Great Mobile App Designer

This guide deals with mobile application design and its goal is to provide clients with information on mobile design, and help them recognize a top notch mobile designer. It touches on multiple aspects of mobile application development, some or all of which will be relevant to the specific context in which you are looking to hire.

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Testimonials

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

How to Hire Mobile App Designers Near Chicago

1

Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of design will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
2

Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right mobile app designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
3

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new mobile app designer for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

Tap Into World-Class Talent

  • Trusted Experts Only

    All of our talent are seasoned experts who ramp up quickly, readily contribute as core team members, and work with you to minimize onboarding time.

  • The Right Fit

    We have a knack for matching you with the right fit. Start working with your new hire on a no-risk trial period, paying only if satisfied.

  • Scale as Needed

    Hire in under 2 weeks and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

  • Seamless Hiring

    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

  • Flexible Engagements

    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

  • Expert Talent Matching

    Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

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