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Ena Bacanovic

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

United StatesToptal Member Since October 14, 2016

Specializing in simple, meaningful, and user-driven experiences for screen and print, Ena 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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Michael Dedrick

Brand Designer, Sketch, iOS, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Wireframing, Art Direction, Blockchain, Interactive Prototypes, iOS UI Design, Android UI Design, Illustration, Mobile App Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since September 6, 2016

In Michael's world, users always come first. He possesses the proven ability to develop highly-effective strategic marketing collateral for high-end clients, including Apple, IBM, L’Oreal, Fidelity, Bud Light, Home Depot, Costco, and Walmart. He's committed to connecting with clients and users—and bringing their vision to life effectively across a broad, far-reaching spectrum of media.

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Daniel Sigvardsson

Brand Designer, Sketch, Product Design, Visual Design, iOS, App UI, App UX, Identity Design, UI Design, Mobile UI, UX Design, Mobile Design, Information Architecture (IA), + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since September 25, 2018

Daniel is an award-winning multi-disciplinary designer. His passion lies in working with startups to create clear images of who they are and helps visualize problems they are trying to solve. Daniel will work with you or your team to identify and develop the assets your company needs to get off the ground. In solving design challenges, the main priority is always making your business grow.

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Warren Lebovics

Brand Designer, Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop, iOS, Web, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Web App UX, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since September 28, 2019

Warren is a product designer with a decade of design leadership and consulting experience. Warren has led design in-person and remote teams and projects at companies large and small, including LinkedIn, Sony, Blackberry, Jumpstart, and more. Warren also has experience co-founding companies and taking companies through funding and acquisitions. He communicates extremely well and can lead and execute with teams of all sizes.

eCommerce for Baked Goods

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Neil Nisbet

Brand Designer, iOS, Creative Direction, User Interface (UI), Mobile Web, Web Design, Logo Design, Illustration, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since January 31, 2020

Neil is a creative director and designer with two decades of experience as a design thinker, leader, and maker with expertise spanning strategic definition to creative direction and hands-on crafting of design experience and brand systems. His work encompasses digital experiences (UX/UI), brand systems, and physical environments. Ultimately, he is interested in a holistic brand experience that delivers on business goals.

Clear Branding and Web Experience

Ancestry Experience Design

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Lance Shields

Brand Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Axure RP Pro, InDesign CC, WordPress, Creative Direction, UX Design, UI Design, Product Design, UX Strategy, Web Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 29, 2018

Lance is an award-winning design director, product designer, and UX strategist with an MBA. He has 20+ years experience doing hands-on UX/UI design and leading design and strategy at three global agencies, two Fortune 500s, and his own design agency. He has helped shape products and brands for Adobe, Red Bull, Visa, Zipcar, and ADP. His work has won multiple awards including Webby, W3, and Davey Awards. He loves solving complex design problems.

Fitbit - Innovative Digital Retail App

Besure - Reinventing Insurance Through Crowdfunding

That's Not Cool - Webby Award Winner

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Mari Ettlinger

Brand Designer, SaaS Design, UX Design, Visual Design, User Experience (UX), Wireframing, Responsive, Digital Design, Web Design, User Requirements, UI Design, Sketch 3, Logo Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 17, 2015

Mari is an award-winning end-to-end product, UX/UI, and visual designer who's successfully led teams (startups included) and projects all over the world for 15 years. She's designed responsive sites, web/native apps and consulted on design processes—audits, product design cycles, and product team workflows to make the product roadmap more cost and time-effective. Notable clients include Pixar, Adobe, Marqeta, Wavefront, Symantec, and RelayHealth.

Altitude Networks | Product Design MVP

Wavefront | Data Visualization Dashboard (SaaS)

Haus | Design Consultation

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Ian Ernzer

Brand Designer, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, iOS, Visual Design, UX Flows, Mobile UI Design, Web Design, Creative Direction, User Research, Experience Maps, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since July 10, 2018

Ian Ernzer works with leaders to turn big ideas into brands people love. He has produced award-winning work for top Fortune 500 companies and developed brands for Lightspeed Venture Capital, Okta, and Juvo. He recently spoke at C2 Montreal and is an active mentor at Stanford’s Cardinal Venture accelerator. Ian’s work has been featured on AIGA’s Eye on Design, Awwwards, Business Insider, The Brand Identity, CommArts, and Under Consideration.

Lightspeed Venture Capital

World's Greatest Internship

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Vesna Planko

Brand Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, iOS, Android, Lean UX, UX Design, User Interface (UI), UI Design, Product Design, Mobile App Design, Sketch, Web Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since November 27, 2015

Vesna loves designing digital products. Currently, she's the lead UX/UI designer at Moni Technologies solving usability challenges in the remittance market. Vesna is also the lead UX/UI at Security First for the Android app Umbrella. Previously, she was the design and technical lead at Dattch (now Her), which won the best design award in 2014 at the Launch Festival in San Francisco and was in the YCombinator S15 batch.

Moni Technologies

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Jessica Testa

Brand Designer, Sketch, Web UX, Visual Design Language, User Interface (UI), Visual Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, UX Research, Responsive UI, Web App UI, Adobe CC, UX Design, + 0 more

United StatesToptal Member Since May 2, 2016

Jessica is a solutions-focused principal UX and product designer with more than 16 years of success in experience design and product strategy for startups to Fortune 500 companies including Citrix, HBOGO, Symantec, PayPal, Booking.com, Netflix and FreshChoice to name a few. Her broad areas of expertise include user research & strategy, design thinking, concept development, UX design execution and testing and product refinement. 

RapidSkills Web App

Envolved Charitable Giving Platform

CaptureMyMeeting App Design

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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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