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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

United StatesToptal Member Since February 25, 2016

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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Emily Dubow

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

United StatesToptal Member Since October 24, 2016

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. Emily also has experience in project management and leading design teams and she enjoys working closely with engineers to deliver intuitive user experiences. All in all, Emily is a collaborative team member and a positive thinker.

The Toronto Star

Admin Web Platform

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Mike Slone

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Websites, User Experience (UX), Agile, iPhone, Creative Direction, Pitch Decks, UX Direction, Website Redesigns, App UX, Information Architecture (IA), Responsive UI, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since March 14, 2017

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. Mike has also provided his design leadership and experience to startups in healthcare, higher education, and SaaS companies.

Cold Case Foundation

Southwest Airlines Mobile App

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Kevin Nguyen

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Figma, User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, Product Design, UX Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 15, 2020

Kevin is a professional product designer with 7+ years of experience working for startups, small businesses, and worldwide corporations. His solid background in design and communication allows him to independently identify opportunities to improve the user experience and serve business needs. As a lead UX designer, Kevin owns the end-to-end experience—from concept to iteration to usability testing to the finished product.

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Greg Kujda

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

United StatesToptal Member Since February 15, 2019

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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Jason Benjamin

Mobile App Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, UI Design, Product Design, Web Design, Logo Design, iOS, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 16, 2016

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Evernote Pricing Tiers

Evernote Web Clipper

Evernote App Center

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Alex Crockett

Mobile App Designer, Sketch 3, eCommerce, iOS, UX, Android, Mobile App UX, User Interviews, Usability Testing, UX Design, UX Workshops, Ideation Workshops, Journey Mapping, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since September 6, 2019

Alex is a UX designer with a decade of experience helping people achieve goals using human-centered design. From working on one of the first smart TVs to an eye-tracking system for one of the first smart cars, his work is thorough and thoughtful. In addition to innovation, Alex has worked on enterprise systems and consumer applications for companies like Microsoft Games Studios, the Guardian, Boingo Wireless, and Disney.

OS Interaction Design

Enterprise Sales Dialer

Unified Consumer and Enterprise Experiences

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Angela Ji

Mobile App Designer, Illustration, Adobe Creative Suite, iOS, Adobe Suite, Wireframing, Logo Design, Branding, Artificial Intelligence (AI), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX Architecture, Web App UI, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since January 29, 2016

Angela is a full-stack UI/UX product designer, multidisciplinary designer, and creative director with over 15 years of experience She's an expert in UI, UX, mobile design, web design, responsive design, marketing design, advertising, branding, presentation design as well as experience in designing for integrated marketing strategy, social media campaigns, sales/business initiatives, and more.

PowerScout Community Solar | UI & UX

Anivive Life Sciences | UX

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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

United StatesToptal Member Since January 20, 2016

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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Ruby Bacanovic

Mobile App Designer, Sketch, Branding, Web Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, User Interface (UI), Logo Design, Product Design, Digital Design, Brand Design, Identity Design, Corporate Identity, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since October 14, 2016

Specializing in simple, meaningful, and user-driven experiences for screen and print, Ruby is a detail-oriented designer with several years of experience working with teams and companies of all sizes—Elevate Labs, Five, PowerToFly, Fiktiv—across diverse platforms and disciplines. Some of her notable clients include Magnolia, Marco Polo, Choice Hotels, Stephen Hawking, TechCrunch, among others. She’s also the founder of the Design Blog and ONNO.

New Wave London

S-A Minimal Web Store

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Riley Pelosi

Mobile App Designer, UX Research, UX Design, User Research, Usability Testing, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since February 25, 2020

Riley is a product UI/UX designer with 4+ years of enterprise and startup experience. Her work demonstrates a track record of iteratively shipping designs that are optimized for conversion, engagement, and retention. As a systematic thinker with a specialization in cross-platform design, she is passionate about turning problems into simple, cohesive, and engaging user experiences across native mobile and web applications.

Goop – Web eCcommerce Checkout Design

Fluently – iOS App Design

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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

How to Hire Mobile App Designers Near San Diego

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