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Patrick DiMichele

User Research Designer, Sketch, Mobile, User Experience (UX), Web Design, + 0 more

Patrick is a Chicago-based designer focused on impact. He’s lead successful digital projects for big corporations, tiny startups, and many healthcare, education, and nonprofit organizations. For most of his projects, he mainly works on research, UX design, workshop facilitation, and project strategy; and typically, he partners with a visual designer or a developer for projects that require pixel-perfect aesthetics or functional code.

Orienting Patients to Treatment Programs

Sharing Best Practices Across the Organization

Measuring and Managing Carbon Footprint

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Quintin Carlson

User Research Designer, Sketch, Android, iOS, Web, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), + 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.

Hologram Device Activation

Hologram Marketing Site

Quizlet Visual Identity and Design System

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Jeff Bryant

User Research Designer, Adobe Creative Suite, Axure RP Pro, iOS, Usability Testing, Information Architecture (IA), Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Mobile, UI Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, + 0 more

Jeff's time in the army designing battle scenarios for soldiers training for Iraq was the unlikely beginning to a UX career that has produced award-winning mobile applications, multilingual enterprise applications, and user-centric products owned by millions around the world. However, his most significant contribution belongs to the hundreds of students and UX professionals he had the honor to mentor throughout his 15+ year design career.

Globally Connecting PwC Through Data

Nintendo Developer Portal

Korean Air Member Experience for Mobile

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Chris Ciesielski

User Research Designer, Sketch, Axure RP Pro, Responsive UI, User Experience (UX), 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.

GE Collectors Application

GE IT Hiring Site

Intercompany Funding

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Kate Dupon

User Research Designer, Sketch, Adobe Suite, UX Strategy, Usability Testing, UX Design, UI Design, Project Management, + 0 more

Kate has a love for strategy and understanding the user's needs, wants, and motivations which allows her to create seamless enterprise web and mobile and software application designs. She understands web development and user-centric design proficiently and enjoys finding meaningful solutions.

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA)

Hurley Medical Center and Hurley Foundation

Haworth and Haworth Store

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Christine Esoldo

User Research Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, User Experience (UX), Wireframing, Agile, User Interface (UI), Squarespace, Information Architecture (IA), Web Design, Branding, + 0 more

Christine is a UX designer with an MFA in product design. She has 15 years of experience in a range of companies, including CrowdStrike, Lowe’s Home Improvement, and Dell. She specializes in health/wellness and data management products, and uses design thinking processes to discover user needs, define value and fit with proofs-of-concept and MVPs, and iteratively improve/redesign products through testing and experiments.

SaaS Product Website Redesign Proof of Concept

Product Rebrand and User Interface Design

SaaS Product Website MVP

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Abe Serrano

User Research Designer, Sketch, User Experience (UX), Digital Product Design, Visual Design, Web Design, Adobe Photoshop, Prototyping, Internet of Things (IoT), + 0 more

Abe has spent the past 14 years designing digital solutions for clients such as TED, XPRIZE, Samsung, and ExxonMobil. As a versatile UX/UI designer, Abe has a keen sense of understanding business objectives and defining a clear pathway to achieve desired outcomes. Clients hire him for his lean UX methodology, human-centric approach to design, creative leadership in teams of all sizes, and his ability to get things done.

7x Webby Award Winner TED-Ed

XPRIZE Microsite for Potential Investors

Oral-B iOS App to Sync with the Power Toothbrush

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Jenna Law

User Research Designer, Sketch, iOS, Wireframing, Visual Design, UI Design, UX Design, OmniGraffle, Adobe CC, Product Design, Brand Design, User Experience (UX), Web Design, + 0 more

Jenna is an award-winning director of design. She has partnered with clients such as Microsoft, Jaguar, UK Government, GSK, Jack Daniels and more for over 13 years. Her unique hybrid skills—of UI, UX, brand and product design—has seen her exceed business and user expectations time and again. Her process for success: user-focused, experience-driven, design-led.

Sensodyne | Responsive Website

Thomson Reuters | Financial Applications

ViiV Healthcare (GSK) | Responsive Web App

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Chris Mismash

User Research Designer, User Experience (UX), Product Design, Information Architecture (IA), UX Strategy, + 0 more

As a creator of software-based products for almost two decades, Chris has worked on some truly amazing projects. His passion for putting the customer first has resulted in products used by millions. Along the way, Chris has been noted as a member of innovators 40 people under 40, had products noted as “Excellent 4/5” from PC Mag, and have built award-winning consumer products.

Blytz SMS Payments

Veterans First Launch

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Mini Kim

User Research Designer, Sketch, OmniGraffle, UX Sketching, UX Strategy, Usability Testing, Web Usability, User Interviews, UX Research, User Journey Maps, User Flows, Personas, Sitemaps, + 0 more

Mini has worked with a diverse array of clients for over a decade in New York City. She enjoys learning about different industries and their unique challenges having worked with healthcare, finance, and technology companies amongst others. Mini believes strongly that UX is about collaboration between the business, users, and technology. In every project, she uses various UX methods and deliverables to get the best results.

Campaign Process for Media Agency

iPad Dashboard for Executives

Corporate Integration Process

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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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