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Toptal is a marketplace for top Instructional design experts, specialists, and talent. Each Toptal Instructional designer is thoroughly vetted and trusted by top companies for their most critical instructional design projects.

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Daniel T Wood

UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since June 7, 2024

Daniel is a UX design and strategy expert with 25+ years of experience bringing products, apps, eCommerce, and websites to life. By molding ambiguity, asking hard questions, and championing data, he helps teams design more usable, accessible, and delightful products. Daniel has worked with many of the world's top brands (including Adidas, Walmart, Samsung, and Capital One), B2B SaaS (Salesforce, HP, Asana), and early-stage startups, helping them find better ways to meet and exceed expectations.

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Lee Shea

UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since May 21, 2015

Lee is a multifaceted product designer with a passion for developing great products and services. He has led design at leading Fortune 500 companies along with numerous startups to launch their MVPs. Lee leverages business and customer insights to collaborate on design solutions that are highly engaging and easy to use.

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Jennifer Lee

UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since August 12, 2022

Jennifer is a content strategist with over 15 years of writing experience. Her work bridges the gap between strategy and execution, with projects ranging from audits and roadmaps to content design, UX writing, and SEO. A creative ideator with the ability to explain complex concepts in simple ways, Jennifer creates unparalleled content to drive more relevant experiences.

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Ludvik Herrera

UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal 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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George Kalmpourtzis

UTC+01:00
France
Toptal Member Since March 8, 2021

George is an award-winning user researcher, product strategist, and learning expert. He is an expert in improving the usability of complex platforms, intranets, and B2B systems. He focuses on instructional design, customer engagement, and gamification. George is the author of two books on learning experience design and design processes. He has worked with clients like Disney, Forbes, BNP Paribas, Starbucks, the European Commission, Technicolor, HealthCare.com, Amadeus, and several universities.

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Maya El Murr

UTC+01:00
Ireland
Toptal Member Since April 18, 2019

With over 15 years of design industry experience, Maya has used and evolved service/user-centered design methods to support rapid innovation and create value for clients and their customers. She has learned to create organizations that support employees from diverse backgrounds to develop valuable skills in digital and service design. Maya enjoys creating solutions and humanizing designs.

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Adams Abdulmojeed

UTC+04:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since May 12, 2020

Talented and passionate, Adams brings over five years of experience in product design with the proven know-how to combine creative and usability viewpoints, resulting in world-class web, mobile, wearable, and AI applications. His proficiencies include optimizing user experience for both large and small organizations, planning projects from initial concept to completion, and providing compelling user experience to improve brand loyalty, customer retention, and successful visit-to-order ratios.

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Dmitry Chernov

UTC+04:00
Georgia
Toptal Member Since April 26, 2022

Dmitry is a lead UI/UX and visual designer with 13 years of experience focused on creating high-quality UI, UI redesign, and design systems for web and mobile apps. He can also handle all cycles of product design tasks, including client briefing, UX research, design audit, art direction, concepting, prototyping, responsive mockup, and development handoff. He taught 1500+ UI/UX designers and reviewed 7500+ projects as a mentor. Dmitry is passionate about visual communication and typography.

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Rehan Saiyed

UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since May 24, 2019

Rehan is an award-winning design director with over 20+ years of experience in leading creative projects that merge the physical and digital realms. He delivers immersive phygital experiences across sectors like retail, hospitality, finance, and culture. Specializing in brand strategy, spatial design, XR, UX-UI, and digital twins, Rehan ensures projects meet user and business objectives. His award-winning work has been published in Taschen and Rotovision, highlighting his industry impact.

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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

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

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

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

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

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Instructional Designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new Instructional Designer for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

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FAQs

  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire an Instructional Designer with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed 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 Instructional Designer, 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 Instructional Designer, 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 Instructional Designers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Instructional Designers 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 with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Instructional Designers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Instructional Designers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert 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 Instructional Designers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Instructional Designer 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 expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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    Trusted Experts Only

    All of our talent are seasoned experts who ramp up quickly, readily contribute as core team members, and work with you to minimize onboarding time.

  • The Right Fit

    The Right Fit

    We have a knack for matching you with the right fit. Start working with your new hire on a no-risk trial period, paying only if satisfied.

  • Scale as Needed

    Scale as Needed

    Hire talent within 48 hours and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

  • Seamless Hiring

    Seamless Hiring

    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

  • Flexible Engagements

    Flexible Engagements

    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

  • Expert Talent Matching

    Expert Talent Matching

    Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

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