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Jeremy Santy
Jeremy has led product design at companies like DoorDash, Dropbox, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Zillow. Through his design agency, he’s also worked with Y Combinator and Founders Fund startups to launch zero-to-one products and bring them to market.
Show MoreAaron Smith
Aaron is a visionary product designer specializing in crafting exceptional experiences across mobile, web, console, and TV platforms. With nearly two decades of expertise in UI/UX, design systems, research, and strategy, he designs impactful, intuitive products that truly resonate. Known for his strategic mindset and meticulous attention to detail, Aaron excels in collaboration, partnering with product, engineering, and leadership teams to transform ideas into meaningful, successful outcomes.
Show MoreCaleb Barclay
At Figma, Coinbase, and GoDaddy, Caleb spent 10 years designing products that scaled. He’s fast, independent, and knows how to build things that users love and businesses need. With experience as a founder, he brings a sharp focus on aligning design with strategic goals to drive growth.
Show MoreAnne Clark
Anne is a creative director and senior digital product designer with 20+ years of experience and skills in visual design and UX. She's built digital products, design systems, marketing campaigns, and mobile apps. Her work with 40+ agencies includes Frog, McCann, Publicis, Havas, Digitas, JWT, Droga5, and Razorfish. Anne's clients have included JP Morgan, Birchbox, Sony Music, BMW, and A&E. As a co-founder of Sein Analytics, she built the company's financial analytics SaaS product.
Show MorePanos Karageorgakis
Panos is a design leader with 15+ years of experience in senior and lead roles at top tech companies, including Volvo Cars, Booking.com, Spotify, and H&M. He's skilled in end-to-end design, from product discovery to UI and design systems, across B2C/B2B products for mobile and web. Experienced in product ownership and leading design teams in large organizations, he combines qualitative research and quantitative insights (analytics, A/B testing) to craft world-class experiences used by millions.
Show MoreAbdulhameid Grandoka
Abdulhameid is a top UX design expert with over 20 years of experience delivering results for global brands like IBM, Publicis Sapient, and Devoteam. His award-winning designs have directly increased client revenue by hundreds of thousands of dollars each month, and he's won numerous awards and recognitions. Abdulhameid's deep understanding of human psychology and technical skills enable him to craft seamless user experiences that captivate users and drive engagement.
Show MoreTJ Singh
TJ is a digital product designer recognized for his impeccable UI/UX expertise amassed over 12 years. With a portfolio teeming with engaging web redesigns, intuitive app interfaces, and cohesive design systems, TJ seamlessly bridges user needs with business objectives. His design prowess extends to mastering tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe. TJ's approach is research-driven, detail-oriented, and innately creative—turning client visions into pixel-perfect realities that captivate and convert.
Show MoreJenna Lin
Jenna is an experienced UX/UI designer with a strong product mindset. She is skilled at user experience design, user interface design, and design systems. Jenna enjoys the end-to-end product development process as well as building the design system with developers.
Show MoreKatrina Lachica
Katrina is a design professional with 12+ years of experience. She has led multiple design teams and driven design strategies in different industries. Katrina is an expert in helping teams scale by establishing full-fledged global design systems used cross-functionally by design, development, and product teams. She also specializes in creating product-driven apps and websites compliant with accessibility standards.
Show MoreDennys Hess
Dennys is a design director with a distinct passion for data visualization and cartography. He has over a decade of experience building complex websites, apps, and design systems for some of the world’s largest websites, including clients such as HSBC, Deutsche Telekom, Xbox, Google, and Facebook. With his high standard in creating beautiful, precise, very usable, and joyful experiences, Dennys has profound knowledge of web development which is an excellent addition to any design process.
Show MoreDamir Kotorić
Damir is a multidisciplinary digital designer with 16 years of experience and Fortune 500 expertise. He designed open data portals for Australian state governments, the mobile payments user experience at Booking.com, and the search experience at Envato Market. Damir also led AR design efforts on digital humanities projects for professors at Harvard University, taught as the lead UX instructor at General Assembly, and led design efforts for startups around the world.
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Typically, you can hire design systems specialists with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or full end-to-end project delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.
Once you select your design systems specialist, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.
To hire the right design systems specialist, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect design systems specialists for your project.
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our design systems specialists to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.
In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.
When you hire design systems specialists with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched design systems specialists ready to help you achieve your goals.
You can hire design systems specialists on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the project end-to-end based on your specific requirements as part of our Consulting and Services offerings. Whether you hire a design systems specialist for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our design systems specialists can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.
We make sure that each engagement between you and your design systems specialist begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another design systems specialist who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.
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