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Sara Gonzalez

Freelance Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop CC, Figma, Adobe InDesign, Sketch, Wireframing, Pitch Decks, Information Architecture (IA), Websites, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Illustration, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 24, 2016

As a co-founder and chief creative officer at Create the Bridge, Sara brings eight years of expertise in creating immersive brand experiences, digital innovation, and large-scale design systems. Passionate about integrating user experience, design, and technology to create engaging and intuitive experiences across diverse platforms, Sara is leading CTB’s digital experience practice with a focus on beautiful and functional design solutions.

Search for Energy

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Kate Dupon

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

United StatesToptal Member Since January 10, 2016

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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Mike Slone

Freelance Designer, Sketch, Websites, User Experience (UX), Agile, iPhone, Creative Direction, Pitch Decks, UX Direction, Website Redesigns, App UX, Information Architecture (IA), Mobile UI, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since March 14, 2017

Mike is a highly experienced and successful product, UX, UI, visual, and branding designer with many years of experience creating large and small-scale designs. He has worked for global clients in many industries, including ExxonMobil, Reebok, Taco Bell, Nike, and many others. Mike has also provided his design and leadership experience to startups in healthcare, higher education, and SaaS companies.

Cold Case Foundation

Southwest Airlines Mobile App

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Benoît Chabert

Freelance Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Sketch 3, Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP Pro, iOS, Adobe Photoshop, Visual Design, Illustration, Wireframing, Squarespace, User Experience (UX), + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 23, 2015

Benoît Chabert has been creating digital apps for the past seven years. Since 2014, he has been leading product designs for startups—helping them create a unified design system and acquire new users. Benoît can do everything from low-fidelity prototypes, user flows to designing pixel-perfect layouts that adapt to any digital device.

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Marti Bruno

Freelance Designer, iOS, Brand Guidelines, Android, Protoyping, UI Design, User Experience (UX), Branding, User Interface (UI), Microinteractions, Sketch, Visual Design, Art Direction, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since January 7, 2019

Martí is a senior UI/UX designer based in New York. For the past several years, Martí's been designing digital products for the following industries: banking, hospitality, fashion, healthcare, pharmaceutical, automotive, and software. His past clients include Hewlett-Packard, Hilton Hotels, Deutsche Bank, Seat, Grifols, Asics, The Ritz-Carlton Group, Al Rajhi Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Northeastern University.

Barcelona Global Website

PGA Catalunya Golf Resort

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Krasimir Galabov

Freelance Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, iOS, Android, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Illustration, Interactive Prototypes, Visual Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 7, 2015

Committed to crafting and producing forward-thinking digital products and tools, with a passion for both design and technology, Kras believes that the best work is not only functional but elegant and engaging. In the past, he has successfully contributed to creative solutions for clients such as CBS Sports, Simon & Schuster, UNICEF USA, Sirius XM, Wellpoint, Canon, Hillary Clinton, Harvard University, McKinsey, Estée Lauder, and many more.

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Tamara Olson

Freelance Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, OmniGraffle, WordPress, UX Design, UX Research, Usability Testing, User Experience (UX), UI Design, Digital Design, Digital Product Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since June 25, 2016

Tamara spent many years at Google, first as a UX manager in Ads, then as a design lead for Classroom. She spent time designing at Apple (apple.com redesign) and co-founded Studio Simpatico, a NYC-based design, and development studio. Tamara is an adjunct professor at FIT (interaction design) and holds a Master’s degree from NYU’s ITP.

Google Classroom UX

Orchard Platform Product Design

Versed iOS Application UX and Design

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Artur Maklyarevsky

Freelance Designer, Sketch, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Product Design, UX Research, Creative Direction, Dashboard Design, Prototyping, Mobile Design, Information Architecture (IA), Data Visualization, Process Flows, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since May 26, 2017

Artur has built a few startups over the last ten years, and he's also helped others create their designs via his studio, Design2Dev. He also has an extensive background in iterative UI/UX, IxD, and solving problems creatively. Since 2000, he's also worked with a plethora of Silicon Valley agencies as a lead designer and art director. Artur also has a master's degree in interactive telecommunications from ITP-NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

FIFA and eSports App

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Linsey Peterson

Freelance Designer, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Illustration, Icon Design, UI Design, Branding, Logo Design, Web Design, Web App Design, Mobile App Design, iOS UI Design, Product Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since June 16, 2017

Linsey has been designing websites, apps, and digital products for seven years for various agencies, startups, and most recently freelancing. She specializes in branding, UI design, and visual design and also has capabilities in UX and brand strategy. Linsey has a lot of experience managing and completing projects remotely as well. She'd love to partner with you in your project, helping you achieve your goals through digital strategy and design.

Crystal Wellness

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Hi Jin Nam

Freelance Designer, Sketch, UI Design, Figma, Android UI Design, Adobe CC, User Experience (UX), Mobile UI Design, User Interface (UI), Web App UI, UX Design, Mobile App Design, Mobile UX Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since August 21, 2019

Hi Jin Nam is a UX/UI designer with over seven years of international experience, a strong communicator, a great listener, and a self-starter. She has designed and collaborated on over 200 projects for startups as well as small- and medium-sized businesses and design agencies with clients from countries across the world.

Blubox: Mobile Site Redesign

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Rafael Serrano

Freelance Designer, Photoshop CC, Web App Design, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Web App UX, High-fidelity Prototypes, Web App UI, Prototyping, Figma, Responsive, Sketch, UX Design, Information Architecture (IA), + 0 more

ChileToptal Member Since February 10, 2016

Rafael is an experienced UX/UI designer focused on the implementation of agile and lean methodologies that invite measure value, quality, and continuous learning to amplify improvements for startups and users. His methods and interfaces impact over 1.3 million users monthly. As a UX/UI designer Rafael has worked as a lead and team member in projects related to telecommunication, health services, education, and social networking.

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A Hiring Guide

Guide to Hiring a Great Freelance Designer

A skilled and experienced freelance designer can add a fresh perspective and a definitive style to any project, but finding the right fit can often be tricky. This guide will introduce different design specializations and provide tips for what to look for when hiring a freelance designer.

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Testimonials

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

How to Hire Freelance Designers Near Houston

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