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Hire instructional designers, instructional design experts, specialists, consultants, and professionals, on demand. Top companies and startups choose instructional designers from Toptal for learning experience design, e-learning development, compliance training programs, and more.

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Clients rate Toptal instructional designers 4.9 / 5.0 on average based on 820 reviews.

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Jennifer Lee

Verified Expert in Design
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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Kate Valdes

Verified Expert in Design
United States
Toptal Member Since March 4, 2020

With 15 years of design industry experience, Kate has produced successful digital experiences for both startups and well-known name brands alike, such as Netflix and BlackLine. This includes projects across industries and platforms. Leveraging her background in user research, Kate is able to bridge the gap between strategy and experience, integrating design thinking into the most complex of workflows.

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Daniel Hildebrandt

Verified Expert in Design
Canada
Toptal Member Since November 4, 2022

Daniel is a designer with 10+ years of experience working with clients such as Fox Sports, BMO, IBM, and RBC. He loves the human-centered design approach and delivers optimized, unique, and thoughtful experiences through collaborative processes using UI/UX, art direction, design, and animation. Daniel leads digital experiences to shape the most desirable products giving businesses a competitive advantage. He has worked as a product and motion designer for companies in Canada, the US, and Brazil.

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Ifigeneia Tsolaki

Verified Expert in Design
France
Toptal Member Since August 4, 2022

Ifigeneia is an instructional designer and learning experience expert who has worked for startups and large institutions on projects in education, eCommerce, health, gaming, and cybersecurity. She has worked in several Agile environments and applied various learning processes and approaches, such as ADDIE, the successive approximation model (SAM), Double Diamond, design thinking, and lean startup. Ifigeneia excels at designing educational material for users of all ages.

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Ludvik Herrera

Verified Expert in Design
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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Elly Bowness

Verified Expert in Design
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since July 29, 2022

Elly is a creative experience lead with over 15 years of experience in interactive digital media. She is passionate about creating new and exciting user experiences through interactive installations, products, and services. Elly designs and builds projects from initial concepts and strategies, following user-centered design processes. She is skilled in working directly with world-renowned clients, agencies, and startups and leading project teams.

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Rehan Saiyed

Verified Expert in Design
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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Adams Abdulmojeed

Verified Expert in Design
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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Angela Edwards

Verified Expert in Design
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since August 27, 2017

Angela is a product design lead with over 14 years of experience building bold digital solutions. She's designed mobile and responsive solutions and led in-house and offshore design teams for the UK and global companies such as Lloyds Banking Group, British Airways, Ocado, Thompson Reuters, and emerging startups. With an MSc in UXD, Angela has a wealth of knowledge, enabling her to turn complex design challenges into elegant solutions.

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Tristan Hewat

Verified Expert in Design
Australia
Toptal Member Since December 2, 2018

Tristan is a product designer (UX/UI). Formerly the design director at a product agency, Tristan has the ability to lead and guide projects at any stage of the product lifecycle, from UX research through to wireframes, and prototyping to polished UI design.

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Michelle Casanova

Verified Expert in Design
United States
Toptal Member Since November 6, 2020

Michelle is a senior product designer with expertise in AI-driven interfaces, design systems, and enterprise solutions. Currently crafting next-generation experiences at New Relic, with previous work at Microsoft on Azure, Teams, and Office 365, she creates intelligent, accessible experiences that bridge the gap between complex technology and human needs. Michelle's work focuses on AI-driven interfaces, comprehensive design systems, and enterprise solutions that scale across organizations.

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How to Hire Instructional Designers Through Toptal

1

Talk to One of Our Client Advisors

A Toptal client advisor will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
2

Work With Hand-selected Talent

Within days, we’ll introduce you to the right instructional designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
3

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.

EXCEPTIONAL TALENT

How We Source the Top 3% of Instructional Designers

Our name “Toptal” comes from Top Talent—meaning we constantly strive to find and work with the best from around the world. Our rigorous screening process identifies experts in their domains who have passion and drive.

Of the thousands of applications Toptal sees each month, typically fewer than 3% are accepted.

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FAQs

  • Typically, you can hire instructional designers 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 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 instructional designers 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 project end-to-end based on your specific requirements as part of our Consulting and Services offerings. Whether you hire a instructional designer 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 instructional designer who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

Toptal Lets You Hire Fast,
With Unparalleled Success

  • Trusted Talent Only

    Trusted Talent Only

    Our talent network is composed of thoroughly vetted professionals who ramp up quickly, function as essential team members, and deliver results.

  • Precise Matching

    Precise Matching

    Our experienced talent matchers specialize in identifying talent that fits your needs. They work to understand your exact requirements and hand-select the best professionals for your project.

  • Seamless Hiring

    Seamless Hiring

    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDAs, streamlining the hiring process so you can focus on innovation, not overhead.

  • No-risk Trial Period

    No-risk Trial Period

    We want to be sure your engagement is a total success, so we offer a no-risk trial period. Work with your new hire for up to two weeks and pay only if you’re satisfied.

  • Effortless Scaling

    Effortless Scaling

    We help you scale your team up or down as needed, with quick and efficient hiring in under 48 hours.

  • Flexible Engagements

    Flexible Engagements

    Our flexible engagement models allow you to choose the engagement type that suits your needs and adjust it anytime: hourly, part time, or full time.

Top Instructional Designers Are in High Demand.

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