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Chris Ciesielski
User Experience Researcher, Axure RP Pro, Usability Testing, UX Prototyping, User Experience (UX), Responsive UI, Sketch
Batavia, IL, United States
Chris is a UI/UX designer with a wide breath of experience 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. Click to continue
Leslie Chioine
Denver, CO, United States
Leslie is an experienced UX Designer and Product Manager focused on launching new products, drawing from a background in research and game development. A four-time product-founder, with 2 successful exits, Leslie is passionate about product discovery and ideation, finding product/market fit, beautiful design, great teams, challenging assumptions, and understanding user needs. Click to continue
Luke Montgomery
Seattle, WA, United States
The projects Luke has worked on have reached millions of users, increased revenue, and lowered costs. In every project, his goal is to convey the organization's messaging clearly while proving customers a delightful experience that will inspire them to take action. If you are looking to make an impact, look no further. Luke is here to help grow your business with better customer experiences. Click to continue
Garren DiPasquale
User Experience Researcher, Photoshop CC, Information Architecture (IA), User Experience (UX), Sketch, Illustrator CC
Charlotte, NC, United States
Garren is a product design and UX strategist who has deep experience in the financial industry and is passionate about bringing truly human experiences to FinTech and Blockchain technologies. With more than 18 years of design experience, Garren's focus is on holistic user-centered design practices. He creates solutions to problems for clients and businesses and gives life to great brands, interactions, and experiences. Click to continue
Judit Casacuberta
Brandon, United States
Judit is a UX Designer and Researcher with a Master’s degree in Human Computer Interaction. Her professional experience and past projects provide unique, proven expertise in several product definitions and ambitious projects in the context of electoral software. Click to continue
Jenna Law
User Experience Researcher, Visual Design, UI Design, UX Design, Adobe CC, OmniGraffle, Wireframing, iOS, Sketch
London, United Kingdom
User focused, experience driven, and design led. With director-level experience—working with global and remote teams for over 12 years—Jenna specializes in building brands, products, and services through user-centered design. Her unique hybrid of UI and UX design skills and a good understanding of emerging technologies and current trends allows her to deliver on time and exceed expectations. Click to continue
Kesiena Eboh
User Experience Researcher, UX Design, Personas, Experience Maps, User Experience (UX), User Interviews, Prototyping, Wireframing
Waterloo, Canada
Kesiena is a creative user-experience strategist and designer with a background in computer science and digital experience innovation. With the benefit of a diverse background, Kesiena brings to the table a design mind, a user-centered approach to problem solving, and innovation in the digital space—as well as experience providing meaningful solutions to complex design challenges across web and mobile platforms. Click to continue
Angel J. Perez
User Experience Researcher, UX Design, Interface Design, Usability Testing, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe Suite, Android, iOS, Prototyping, Product Design, Information Architecture (IA)
San Francisco, CA, United States
Using an educational foundation with a doctorate in technology design, a master's in computational sciences, and bachelor's in physics, Angel has made significant impact at companies such as Nest, Microsoft, AKQA, and Bank of America throughout his professional career. He is a talented UX/UI designer with his finger on the pulse of the latest technology and communicates extremely well. Click to continue
Frauke Seewald
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Frauke is a UX Designer with a background in psychology and a focus on user research (understanding the target group, their needs, and current behavior), information architecture (structuring content and processes), and interaction design (visualizing interactions in the form of sketches, wireframes, and prototypes). Click to continue
Andrew Chandler
User Experience Researcher, UX Design, Usability Testing, Sitemaps, User Journey Maps, Journey Mapping, UX Flows, User Flows, UX Wireframes, Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA)
New York, NY, United States
Andrew designs experiences, as a designer or team leader, that make a difference in people’s lives. His record includes successful redesigns, integrations, and enhancements for digital products, services, and apps for major companies that served millions of users. Let's collaborate! Click to continue
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