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Gabriel Maldonado

UI Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, iOS, Wireframing, Prototyping, UX Design, User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Product Design, Digital Product Design, Mobile UI, + 0 more

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 UX/UI human-centered design solutions on internal and external platforms, offering maximum visibility and efficiency for clients. He also enhanced the CareerBuilder's client platform based on extensive design research and UX/UI best practices.

DuPage Medical Group

CareerBuilder Recruitment Product Designs

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Ana Carina Gallo

UI Designer, Photoshop CC, Adobe InDesign, iOS, Art Direction, Branding, Creative Direction, Moodboard, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Pitch Decks, Vector Logos, + 0 more

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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Quintin Carlson

UI Designer, Sketch, Android, iOS, Web, User Experience (UX), User Research, + 0 more

Quintin is an experienced product designer and researcher who has worked in a diverse set of industries. He has years of experience shipping consumer apps to millions of daily users at companies like Quizlet and Evernote. Quintin also excels in building complex enterprise platforms for everything from logistics to finance to publishing. He's skilled at owning all aspects of the process from research to visual design.

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Inkling Habitat | Developer and Collaboration Tools

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Rachael Posnak

UI Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Adobe, Mobile App Design, Web Design, Product Design, Icon Design, Illustration, Visual Design, User Experience (UX), + 0 more

Rachael is a product designer with a focus on UI with over ten years of experience. She specializes in user-centric design that makes products feel alive and personable. Her skills cover areas from wireframes and prototypes to pixel-perfect visual designs. Her client list includes Mint.com, Survey Monkey, Paysa, AFAR Media, Francis Coppola Winery, Hallmark Cards, Google, and Glassbreakers.

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Karen Remsen

UI Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch 3, Visual Design, Interactive Prototypes, PowerPoint Design, Web Design, + 0 more

Karen has more than nine years of experience in visual problem-solving. She spent five of those years in a small agency environment, learning how to brainstorm with abandon and refine with thoughtful style. For the past 2.5 years, she has been leading product design for an edtech SaaS product and marketplace. Karen thrives at the intersection of analytical thinking and creative exploration.

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Daybear SaaS Web App

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Ruta Shastri

UI Designer, iOS, Android, Product Design, User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, + 0 more

Ruta is a creative and human-centered designer with two decades of experience working for agencies, startups, NGOs, and corporations. Creating thoughtful, meaningful experiences that help solve complex problems is her passion. She 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 level of the customer journey.

Garden Tour Experience

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Kiosk Experience for the Visually Impaired

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Chris Ciesielski

UI Designer, Sketch, Axure RP Pro, User Experience (UX), User Research, Usability Testing, UX Prototyping, + 0 more

Chris is a UI/UX designer with a wide breadth of experience in designing, researching, and testing enterprise-level applications. With ten years of freelance experience delivering projects for customers big and small, he is perfectly comfortable with all aspects of design from speaking with customers to designing wireframes and tweaking code.

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GE IT Hiring Site

Intercompany Funding

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Alen Parlov

UI Designer, Adobe CC, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe InDesign, Sketch, Figma, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Mobile Design, Mobile App Design, Brand Design, + 0 more

Alen is an independent multidisciplinary digital designer and associate creative director with more than 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 which makes him an extremely versatile problem solver and visual communicator.

Bottles Mobile App

Bobtail SaaS Redesign

BigTime Web Software Redesign

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Andre Malske

UI Designer, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Adobe CC, Axure RP Pro, User Experience (UX), Journey Mapping, Information Architecture (IA), UX Flows, Sitemaps, UX Wireflows, UX Prototyping, Digital Product Design, + 0 more

Andre is a product strategy, CX, and UX design leader with over 18 years of experience and proven track record of delivering business results for Harley-Davidson, Nest, Activision, HULU, SAP, Milwaukee, Allegis, Boston Scientific, Humana, and others. Andre is solving most complex problems by applying design thinking to define product strategy, validate user and market needs, and design solutions that delight customers and deliver business value.

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Nest Customer Support

CMU Alumni Engagement Platform

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Evan Ames

UI Designer, Sketch, User Experience (UX), + 0 more

Evan has been a UX designer for 4+ years. His enthusiasm for his work grows when he see clients embrace the unknown and correctly define their problems through their users' perspectives. If given the chance, he'll take clients out to eat because there is no better way to establish a relationship than with food.

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Guide to Hiring a Great UI Designer

From the confusion that many have about the difference between UX and UI, it’s not a big surprise to see companies hiring one person to fill both shoes. UX designer and UI designer are two completely different roles and one person should not be hired to do both. Responsibilities and requirements for UI designers are always expanding and changing, just like any other technology related job.

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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

How to Hire UI Designers Near Chicago

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