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Rachel Gelb, Freelance UX Research Designer.

Rachel Gelb

Verified Expert in Design
12 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Rachel is a product designer passionate about improving human experiences through technology and user-centered approaches. With 10+ years of experience, she has worked with startups and FAANG companies and has led research and product design efforts to improve the companies' goals and understand UX problems. Rachel has worked in industries ranging from autonomous vehicles, marketing automation, fintech, ads, and recruitment platforms, to name a few.

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Imply
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Product Design and User Research—Scheduling Tool
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Lead Product Designer—Advertising Platform for Mobile Apps
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Mini Kim, Expert UX Research Designer for Hire.

Mini Kim

Verified Expert in Design
14 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

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 strongly believes 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.

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iPad Dashboard for Executives
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Corporate Integration Process
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Campaign Process for Media Agency
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Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc, Freelance UX Research Designer.

Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc

Verified Expert in Design
22 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Brian is a US ex-pat working as a human experience designer focused on healthcare, sustainability, fintech, and IoT. For 20 years, Brian helped startups and businesses like Philips, ING, Land Life Company, and WaitWhat turn innovation strategies into award-winning products and services. His specialties include prototyping, behavioral design, and UX strategy. Brian has given talks and workshops in 12 countries. His first book, The Creative Empathy Field Guide, is available in ebook and paperback.

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Masters of Scale Courses
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uGrow Smart Parenting Platform
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Philips Personal Health Programs
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Georgina Vega, Freelance UX Research Designer.

Georgina Vega

Verified Expert in Design
12 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Georgina is a user researcher with over 10 years of experience, leading projects across Latin America and the US to help companies scale their business by understanding their consumers' rational and emotional minds. She has worked with big companies like Despegar and startups like CookUnity. Georgina holds a bachelor's degree in international affairs and has a strong background in B2B and B2C projects across the fashion, travel, hospitality, health and well-being, and food industries.

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Anton Roolaart, Accomplished UX Research Designer.

Anton Roolaart

Verified Expert in Design
25 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Anton is an award-winning creative UX leader with more than 20 years of experience designing user experiences. He is skillful in UX strategy, design, processes, user research, and prototyping, promoting design thinking methodologies. Anton's previous clients spring from various industries, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, Pfizer (site intelligence for clinical trials), Newmind (legal firm), Epidemic Sound (music licensing), Sirius Energy (alternative energy), Monex (fintech), Hilton, and more.

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Fintech - B2B Global Payments
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Commercial Banking - Enterprise UX Research, Strategy and Design
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GigZ App for Performing Musicians and Venues
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Johnnie Wagman, Freelance UX Research Designer.

Johnnie Wagman

Verified Expert in Design
7 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Johnnie is a senior researcher, strategist, and service designer. Her engineering and business education make her an excellent fit for physical and digital design projects spanning industries. Johnnie specializes in early-stage design and innovation, and her skills also include workshop facilitation.

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Med Device Phygital Design: Making Pain Less Painful
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Giving Robots a Human Touch
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Fintech Account Balance Redesign
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Thomas Buisson, Accomplished UX Research Designer.

Thomas Buisson

Verified Expert in Design
14 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Highly organized, hard-working, and self-motivated, Thomas possesses a true intrapreneurial mindset. He has experience on the strategic design side and in scaling a team while continuing to own the entire UI/UX process. Thomas wants to pursue a career working on exciting digital projects that positively impact our generation and future generations.

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YurOn | Social Media Redesign
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MindGym | Career Coaching App
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Smart Swap | Travel Money Exchange
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Christine Esoldo, Expert UX Research Designer for Hire.

Christine Esoldo

Verified Expert in Design
18 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Christine is a multidisciplinary creative UX designer with skills in illustration, copywriting, and branding who holds an MFA in product design. She has 15 years of experience at companies like CrowdStrike, Lowe's Home Improvement, The Hershey Company, and Dell. She uses design thinking processes to discover user needs, define value and fit with proofs-of-concept and MVPs, and iteratively improve and redesign products through testing and experiments.

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SaaS Product Website Redesign Proof of Concept
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Product Rebrand and User Interface Design
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SaaS Product Website MVP
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Kristijan Binski, Senior UX Research Designer.

Kristijan Binski

Verified Expert in Design
15 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Kris is a senior digital product designer and UX mentor with a passion for creating simple yet powerful user-centered interfaces for digital products. He has over 13 years of experience working with creative agencies, startups, entrepreneurs, and well-established enterprise companies. Along the way, Kirs has had a chance to design solutions for industry leaders such as Adobe, Colgate, Dermalogica, Johnson & Johnson, Rogers, IT Central Station, Oracle, HP, IBM, and others.

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Colgate – iOS and Android Mobile App
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Dermalogica – My Skin Fitness iOS App
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Dermalogica – Facemapping iPad App
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Kim Eun Kyung, UX Research Designer for Hire.

Kim Eun Kyung

Verified Expert in Design
11 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Eun Kyung is a multi-cultural, all-rounded product designer based in Singapore with more than 10 years of experience. She has worked with various enterprises and startups in US and Singapore. As a seasoned product designer, she is specialized in finding easy-to-use solutions to complex problems.

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Performance Dashboard for eCommerce Application
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Onboarding Experience for B2B eCommerce Tool
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Rule Set up Experience for eCommerce Tool
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Dmitry Chernov, Top UX Research Designer.

Dmitry Chernov

Verified Expert in Design
18 Years of Experience

UX Researcher

Dmitry, a web & product architect with 14 years of experience, specializes in enhancing websites for founders through design and conversion strategies. He conducts audits across brand, UX, UI, and conversion, resulting in 70+ actionable insights within 2 business days. Dmitry has managed 170+ projects and contributed to over $2 billion in client ecosystem sales. His expertise spans AI/ML, B2B SaaS, Dev Tools, and Web3, making him a valuable asset to tech founders seeking impactful solutions.

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Hemi — Bitcoin L2 Website Redesign
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BINSR Inspect — SaaS Site Rebuild with Custom CMS & CRM
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Digital Assets Design | Website Re-design | Landing Pages | Onboarding Flows Design | Ads Design
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