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Emily Michels

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Web App Design, Responsive UI, Adobe Suite, Product Design, iOS UI Design, UI Design, Android App Design, UX Design, Information Architecture (IA), Adobe Photoshop, Android, + 0 more

Since 2011, Emily has been working in UI/UX, mobile and product design leading projects for clients including Samsung, YETI, Toronto Star, Thomson Reuters, SmartThings, Pizza Hut, a blockchain company, and more. She has experience in project management and leading design teams. She enjoys working closely with engineers to deliver intuitive user experiences. Emily is a collaborative team member and positive thinker.

The Toronto Star

Admin Web Platform

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Mike Slone

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, User Experience (UX), Agile, Creative Direction, UX Direction, App UX, Responsive UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive, Project Management, UX Research, UX Design, + 0 more

Mike is a highly experienced and successful product, UX, UI, visual, and branding designer with many years of experience creating large- and small-scale designs. He has worked for global clients in many industries including ExxonMobil, Reebok, Taco Bell, Nike, and many others. He has also provided his design leadership and experience to startups in healthcare, higher education, and SaaS companies.

Southwest Airlines Mobile App

ExxonMobil Safety and Learning Platform

Reebok One Fitness Professional Web App Platform

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Greg Kujda

Mobile App Designer, After Effects CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Augmented Reality (AR), WordPress Design, + 0 more

Greg is a hybrid storyteller with deep experience leading UI/UX, visual, and motion design for world-class multi-disciplinary creative teams in the entertainment and technology arenas. He balances both a product design and marketing design mindset. He has crafted products and marketed products that touch tens of millions of users across OTT (FireTV), voice UI (Alexa), augmented reality, mobile, tablet, desktop, gaming, and TV.

Family.me Memory Builder

MARVEL Cinematic Universe Web Experience

MARVEL Cinematic Universe Fire TV Experience

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Luke Benjamin

Mobile App Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, User Interface (UI), Responsive, iOS, UX Design, Visual Design, User Flows, Web App UX, Protoyping, + 0 more

Luke is a designer who loves to work on new digital products. He's been designing in multiple disciplines for over a decade and still gets excited to problem solve and work with people who are passionate about what they want to do. He's worked on many projects across multiple channels in both digital and print, specializing in product design, UI/UX design, brand identity/strategy illustration, and omnichannel marketing campaigns.

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Aaron Smith

Mobile App Designer, Adobe CC, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, OmniGraffle, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Protoyping, UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, Wireframing, + 0 more

Aaron has an MFA in new media design from AAU and has spent the past three years designing a high-growth SaaS enterprise app for Patch: a health-tech startup connecting financial and insurance accounts. He specializes in creating scalable, high-growth products for enterprise and consumer markets. He is also a member of the Design Leadership Forum with InVision working to bring design-thinking and leadership practicum to design communities.

Patch - Provider Web App

Patch - Patient Insurance Mobile Web Portal

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Denis Lesak

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, UX Flows, Product Design, Protoyping, Tablet UI, Tablet UX, Web UX, Web UI, User Interviews, User Flows, User Research, User Journey Maps, + 0 more

Denis is a strategic product designer and design system advocate passionate about solving problems and creating deeply felt experiences. He advocates for a process-driven approach to design that relies equally on empathy, data, and the ability to ideate quickly. He is a deft collaborator with a reputation for consensus-building. Denis' goal is to enrich lives, one interaction at a time.

Ticketmaster - Pricing Tool

Ticketmaster - Component Usage Guidelines

Hautelook - The Proactive Filter

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Sean Michael

Mobile App Designer, Adobe CC, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sketch, iOS, Branding, Brand Management, Visual Art, User Experience (UX), UX Audits, Innovative UX, + 0 more

Sean is an award-winning product designer and creative director with over 15 years of experience in technology, advertising, and entertainment. His focus on creating purposeful, human-centered designs for Toyota, Sony, Microsoft, ABC, National Geographic, and more has led to accolades from industry leaders like Clio, Webby, and AdAge. He holds certificates in data science from MIT and global health from Harvard.

GabBox iOS App, Branding, Design Systems

GabBox Smart TV App

Choc Groups Digital Health Mobile App

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Jarret Blaze

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, iOS, Rapid Prototyping, Android, Adobe Suite, WordPress, UX Design, Prototyping, Information Architecture (IA), Interface Design, Wireframing, + 0 more

Jarret is an accomplished UX designer with proven expertise in increasing user acquisition, conversion, revenue, and retention by successfully implementing high-impact user experiences. Over the past five years he has worked with companies of all sizes from fast paced startups to $1B+ companies.

Pathway Mobile App

SherpaShare Platform

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Melissa Shimada

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, InDesign CC, iOS, UX Design, User Flows, Wireframing, Web App UX, User Interviews, Personas, Usability Testing, Sitemaps, Interactive Prototypes, + 0 more

Melissa is a UX consultant with a 6+ year track record of creating award-winning websites and apps across industries. Her expertise includes research, strategy, ideation, heuristics, interaction design, information architecture, usability, data visualization, and UI. Whether you need design leadership or meticulous deliverables grounded in objectives, Melissa works effectively with interdisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Behr Hub & Spoke: Interior Decorating and eCommerce Mobile App

The Hawking Effect: Movie Ad Campaign Responsive Web Data Visualization

CyberU: Online Learning Responsive Web App

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Ana Medina

Mobile App Designer, Visual Design Language, Sketch 3, Adobe Creative Suite, iOS, UX Principles, Visual Design, User Interviews, User Flows, Web UI, Usability Testing, Experience Maps, Personas, + 0 more

Ana helps companies solve UX problems and create meaningful experiences through user-centered design. Her goal is to help brands connect with their users through delightful product interactions.

Redefining Personalized Online Education.

Improving Multi-channel, Marketing Campaigns.

Scaling Asset Management Across Devices.

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Guide to Hiring a Great Mobile App Designer

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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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