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Casey Weeks

Creative Direction Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Marvel App, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Art Direction, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), 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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Chris Blanz

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

Creative Direction Designer, Photoshop CC, iOS, Art Direction, Branding, 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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Ludvik Herrera

Creative Direction Designer, Web Design, Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Art 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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Melissa Patenaude

Creative Direction Designer, Prototyping, Information Architecture (IA), Art Direction, eCommerce, eCommerce UX, eCommerce UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive UI, Marketing, 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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Dan Hart

Creative Direction Designer, Sketch, Photoshop CC, UI Design, UX Design, Art Direction, Visual Design, iOS App Design, Web Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since January 30, 2018

Dan has been a designer for the past 15 years and is fortunate enough to have worked with some amazing people to create some awesome digital experiences for big brands. He's always had a passion for building things from nothing and seeing it through to the end.

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Tony Phillips

Creative Direction Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Axure RP Pro, Acrobat Pro CC, UX Flows, UX Analysis, User Flows, Usability Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience (UX), Agile UX, 

United StatesToptal Member Since October 6, 2017

Tony has more than 15 years of experience within several ad agency environments designing interactive experiences for big brands such as Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Chiquita, 3M, Verizon, and more. Most recently, he lead a team of Product Designers as the UX Director, building apps and enterprise solutions. He’s comfortable in Agile environment. Tony loves mentoring and also enjoys illustrating, presenting, and inspiring. WillWork2Create.com

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Jackie Jack

Creative Direction Designer, Illustrator CC, Logo Design, Illustration, Branding, Visual Identity, Brand Design, Visual Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corporate Design, Color Theory, Logotype, 

United StatesToptal Member Since August 18, 2022

Jackie is a passionate designer with over 15 years of experience in branding. He is a dedicated creative thinker with a strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced environments. Jackie specializes in brand identities, illustration, and graphic design, always striving to learn more.

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Michelle M Petrie

Creative 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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Ray Rodriguez

Creative Direction Designer, Figma, Sketch, Photoshop CC, Visual Design, Art Direction, User Interface (UI), Branding, Product Design, eCommerce, UI Design, Web Design, Interactive Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since February 18, 2021

Ray is a senior product designer (UI/UX) with a deep interest in technology, business, and people. He is a highly passionate product designer with a proven track record of successfully executing design projects while collaborating with global brands (like SoundCloud, Expedia, Priceline, and many more), creative leaders, executives, and senior software engineers. Ray is particularly interested in creating immersive aesthetic digital experiences with a modern premium-oriented look and feel.

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Sharif Elshinnawi

Creative Direction Designer, Product Design, Figma, Visual Design, User Experience (UX), Prototyping, 

United StatesToptal Member Since February 21, 2020

Sharif helps startups and brands build experiences founded on purpose. He believes the design of anything begins at the nexus of people and problems. Sharif is empathy-driven and uses principles to inspire and guide his design process. He is attracted to complex problems and works tirelessly towards simplicity and meaningful impact. Sharif has an unhealthy obsession with world football and has traveled across the world to experience matches in person.

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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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