Resources to Find, Interview, and Hire Freelance Designers

Whether you're a designer who wants to ace an interview or a recruiter looking for ways to locate and screen the best creative talent for your project, Toptal has created a comprehensive suite of hiring resources designed to make the interview and recruitment process efficient and successful.
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eCommerce Website
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Freelance
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Illustrator
Illustrator
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Illustrators
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Logo
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Mobile App
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UI
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UX Research
Visual
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Web
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WordPress
WordPress
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Haiyuan Jiang

Adobe Photoshop Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, UI Design, UX Design, Visual Design, Branding, Web Design, Creative Direction, Freelance Design, iOS, Product Design, Android App Design,  + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 15, 2015

Haiyuan is a UX/UI designer with more than six years of experience and who has delivered over more than 50 projects to satisfied clients from all over the world. Though her specialty is user interface design and user experience design, she also excels at graphic, motion, and 3D designs. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in design and technology at Parsons School of Design.

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Jake Frey

Sketch Designer, Adobe Photoshop, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Mobile App Design, Web Design, eCommerce, iOS UI Design, UI Design, Web UI, GUI Design, Product Design, iPhone,  + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since February 10, 2016

Jake built Fancy which was deemed one of the best apps of the year from Apple and Google. Other clients include Apple, Twitter, Snapchat, Shopify, Hermès, and Kanye West. He's privileged to work on amazing projects with brilliant people.

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Alex Gilev

Data Visualization Designer, Branding, Software as a Service (SaaS), SaaS Design, Sketch, Web App Design, Web App UX, User Experience (UX), Figma, Web App UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Research, UX Design,  + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since September 26, 2015

Alex is a certified UX specialist by NN/g, who helps leading companies innovate in UX to maximize their competitive advantage. Alex's background in behavioral psychology and gamification allows him to understand what really motivates people to buy and use a product. Clients include PayPal, Johnson & Johnson, and Compeed. Alex's work has been featured in OpenView, HackerNoon, MIRO, Baremetrics, YCombinator, and The Startup Journal.

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