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Matthew Mandravelis

User Research Designer, Sketch, Presentation Design, iOS, Pitch Decks, Android, Rapid Prototyping, Web Design, Wireframing, Adobe Photoshop, UI Design, User Personas, UX Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since March 23, 2016

Matthew is a 30-times, award-winning, lead-product UX/UI designer, advisor, and creative director with more than twelve years of hands-on experience. He's worked with leading Fortune 500 brands and startups, including Disney, Samsung, Sony, Adidas, BMW, Lufthansa, to bring impact via innovation. Matthew's mission is to deliver the most efficient, engaging, innovative, and high-quality experience with an emphasis on user experience.

Cryptocurrency iOS App and Web

Digital Private Banking, Debt and Loan Control Mobile App

Travel and Culinary Responsive Website

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Jenna Law

User Research Designer, Sketch, iOS, Wireframing, Visual Design, UI Design, UX Design, OmniGraffle, Adobe CC, Product Design, Brand Design, User Experience (UX), Web Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since April 20, 2017

Jenna is an award-winning director of design. She has partnered with clients such as Microsoft, Jaguar, UK Government, GSK, Jack Daniels, and more for over 13 years. Her unique hybrid of skills—of UI, UX, brand, and product design—has seen her exceed business and user expectations time and again. Jenna's process for success is to be always user-focused, experience-driven, and design-led.

Sensodyne | Responsive Website

ViiV Healthcare (GSK) | Responsive Web App

Jack Daniel's | Responsive Website

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Artur Maklyarevsky

User Research Designer, Sketch, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Product Design, Creative Direction, Prototyping, Project Management, Data Visualization, Figma, Branding, Web Design, SaaS, + 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 own 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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Viktoriia Pshenychko

User Research Designer, Sketch, User Interface (UI), Squarespace, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Logo Design, Mobile App Design, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Web, Mobile, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 7, 2018

For over the past eight years, Viktoriia has been in New York crafting scalable products for clients. Trained in copywriting, design, and marketing, she combines all three disciplines in her endeavors. She focuses on user onboarding, conversion, and engagement—gravitating towards revenue-driven design. Viktoriia also mentors startups at a lead tech accelerator in NYC where she helps founders to uncover pain points and to come up with solutions.

30 Second Pitch

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Mini Kim

User Research Designer, Sketch, OmniGraffle, UX Sketching, UX Strategy, Usability Testing, Web Usability, User Interviews, UX Research, User Journey Maps, User Flows, Personas, Sitemaps, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since July 19, 2018

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 believes strongly 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.

Campaign Process for Media Agency

iPad Dashboard for Executives

Corporate Integration Process

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Arthur Badalian

User Research Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX Research, Web Design, Web UX Design, Web UX, Personas, UX Strategy, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 25, 2018

Arthur is an advertising strategist with a deep passion for design-led solutions. His master’s in advertising coupled with UX/UI design allows him to intuitively blend user-centric design with proof-of-concept strategies to create immersive experiences. He excels in rapidly growing, innovative organizations and enjoys solving problems rooted in research and storytelling. His aim is to help people spend less time clicking and more time doing.

Mindstrong Health | UX/UI and Development

Fresh N' Funky | UX/UI + Development

Instashop | UX/UI

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Amélie Lamont

User Research Designer, iOS, Web Design, UX Design, Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA), Protoyping, Usability Testing, Digital Product Design, Mobile App Design, User Interviews, WordPress Design, PowerPoint Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since April 5, 2019

Amélie is an independent product designer, writer, and UX teacher based in New York with more than ten years of experience. She specializes in using research to drive design decisions, design systems and running design sprints. Her past clients include Google, Slack, L'Oréàl, Penguin Group, and Universal McCann.

The New York Times: User Hub

The New York Times: CP Design System

The New York Times: Missing Paper

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LaiYee Ho

User Research Designer, Sketch, Presentation Design, Adobe Illustrator, Product Design, iOS, Wireframing, Web, UX Design, User Experience (UX), Web App UX, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since December 19, 2019

LaiYee is a sophisticated designer who studied information science and DEA (Design and Environmental Analysis) at Cornell University, where she co-founded Cornell UX Design. She is the co-founder of Delve, a tool for qualitative researchers and writes articles for UXPA Magazine and the Delve blog. LaiYee led teams in creating smart homes at Wink and helped launch Amazon's first version of the Amazon Fire TV.

Wink Relay Wall Panel

Delve Qualitative Analysis Tool

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Chris Pallé

User Research Designer, User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, Protoyping, User Interface (UI), Wireframing, UX Design, UI Design, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Personas, Sketch, User Flows, Product Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 4, 2019

Chris is a hard-charging, success-driven, change strategist with robust entrepreneurial instincts and a 20-year career of applying people, creative, marketing, and technical acumen to scale and deliver impactful commercial & digital design solutions that propel growth for emerging to Fortune 500 enterprises. Chris excels at unpacking challenges, uncovering design opportunities, provisioning inspired design direction that dissolves uncertainty, and presenting brilliant presentations.

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Roxanne Ravago

User Research Designer, Sketch, iOS, Product Design, Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, Wireframing, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 6, 2017

Roxanne has contributed to teams in a variety of roles throughout her professional history and now focuses on strategic design thinking, product design, UX/UI/IxD, and visual identity. In taking an unconventional path and learning to learn, she has gained valuable skills and confidence navigating and leading through uncertainty.

Slide Stories iOS App

Collabera Inc. iOS App

Uplift Humanity Website

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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

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