Hire the Best Illustrators Near Ottawa

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Melissa Morgan

Canada
Toptal Member Since September 12, 2017

Melissa is an award-winning, multifaceted creative woman with 13+ years of experience specializing in digital technologies. She has worked with clients ranging from industry leaders to startups that have utilized her expertise in design, VR, AR, entrepreneurship, and art direction. Melissa's past clients include NBC Universal, Technicolor, Google, Harvard Business School, UEFA, Telus, Walmart, UPMC, Forbes, Giant Tiger, Rogers, Adidas, Ford, WealthSimple, and The Royal Conservatory.

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Eyuel Berhanu

United States
Toptal Member Since September 16, 2022

As a digital marketer, Eyuel approaches business challenges with a curious mind and a fresh perspective. Over the years, he has honed his skills in leveraging data-driven insights and creative thinking to help businesses grow and thrive. Having worked with numerous startups and small companies, Eyuel has come to appreciate the energy and passion entrepreneurs bring to the table. He is always excited to collaborate with visionary founders driven to create something meaningful.

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Sasha Martynchuk

United States
Toptal Member Since May 23, 2019

Sasha is a product designer with 10 years of experience sketching, building, testing, and coaching, working with companies like Google, Atlassian, Edenred, FireArt, and JESS3. He uses fun UI, thoughtful UX, and creative problem-solving to produce human-centered digital experiences. Fanatically devoted to excellence, Sasha's passion lies in the traditions of creating and building from scratch.

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Carlos Fernando Cabrera

Guatemala
Toptal Member Since September 2, 2022

Carlos, an accomplished 3D artist and graphic designer, brings a wealth of experience crafting compelling visuals for global brands and corporations. Praised for his meticulous attention to detail and top-tier brand visuals, he is recognized as a resourceful, self-motivated, and efficient leader. Carlos excels in managing demanding workloads and delivering exceptional results on time, fostering close client collaboration throughout the process.

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Rodrigo Pitorri

Brazil
Toptal Member Since January 23, 2022

Rodrigo is a product designer with nearly 20 years of experience in digital design for Brazilian, Colombian, Spanish, and U.S. companies. Having extensive knowledge in all significant product design disciplines such as UI, visual, UX, UX research, and workshop facilitation, he's proficient in leading digital products design and crafting unique user experiences. To Rodrigo, the most satisfying part is delivering solutions for complex problems and designing products that improve people's lives.

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Irfan Shaikh

Canada
Toptal Member Since November 30, 2020

Irfan is a product designer with a psychology degree and product management certification and 15+ years at companies like Emirates, Walmart, RBC, TurboTax, Carta AI, and PepsiCo. Irfan innovates by aligning customer interactions with product development and leveraging psychology to understand and validate user needs. For him, product design is where innovation meets empathy for seamless user delight.

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Busayo Odesanya

Canada
Toptal Member Since October 14, 2021

Busayo is a design lead with 6+ years of experience in end-to-end design strategy and execution of SaaS and developer tools at scaleup companies. Busayo has strategically positioned Unity Version Control as the cloud-based storage solution for 1.5 million creators using Unity Editor, Asset Manager, Muse AI (closed beta), and Build Automation for real-time 3D application development and cloud-based versioning. Unity VCS has been featured at Unite 2022 and GDC 2023.

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Ritika Sharma

Canada
Toptal Member Since January 13, 2022

Ritika is a UX designer at Amazon and a senior product designer at Toptal with over eight years of experience in the design field. She has worked in diverse teams of designers, developers, and managers for Big Tech and startups. With a master's in UX design, she's an expert in creating user-centric products. A detail-oriented UX professional, Ritika enjoys solving complex problems while meeting user and business needs through her interdisciplinary design, research, and management skills.

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Yiqin Dai

Canada
Toptal Member Since October 17, 2016

Yiqin is a UI/UX designer with eight years of experience in UI/UX design. She excels at understanding complicated systems, designing elegant solutions for tricky UX problems, crafting clean UI, and building design systems. Yiqin is a creative and communicative team player who's fun to work with.

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Jake Sinclair

Canada
Toptal Member Since May 30, 2022

Building brands has been a part of Jake's DNA since the age of 16 when he started his own snowboard apparel company. Now with a closet full of sample t-shirts, Jake's grown into a designer who prioritizes empathy and entrepreneurship in every creative opportunity he faces. With over 10 years of professional experience, Jake has mastered the skills and become a seasoned designer equipped with the creative direction, strategic eye, expert design, and technical skills top brands are looking for.

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Brock Monahan

United States
Toptal Member Since September 20, 2017

Brock is a digital product designer with 10 years of experience creating user-focused apps and websites. He provides a unique approach that combines expertise in user research, interaction design, and prototyping. He works cross-functionally with teams of all shapes and sizes.

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Guide to Hiring a Great Illustrator

Illustrators are experts at creating images that support written content, clarify complex ideas, and boost conversion rates. This guide to hiring illustrators features an overview of relevant skills, job description tips, and interview questions and answers that will help you identify the best candidates for your company.

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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

How to Hire Illustrators Near Ottawa

1

Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of design 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 illustrator for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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The Right Fit, Guaranteed

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

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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.

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    Expert Talent Matching

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

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