Hire the Best UI Designers Near San Francisco

Toptal is a marketplace for top remote UI designers. Top companies and start-ups in San Francisco choose Toptal UI design freelancers for their mission-critical initiatives.

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Jared Booye

United StatesToptal Member Since September 1, 2021

Jared has over 15 years of experience leading design teams to create products for global brands. He has employed and led over 100 creatives and directed hundreds of global scale marketing, digital design, branding, and motion projects. As the founder of multiple agencies, he has produced designs for international brands such as Ericsson, Fox, Incase, VM Ware, and others. He believes good design strikes the perfect balance of usability and aesthetic and has the power to shape the future.

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Lidia R. Jimeno Harvey

Freelance UI Designer
United StatesToptal Member Since December 29, 2022

Lidia is a self-starting designer with expertise in visual communication, UX, and responsive web design. She excels in dynamic and cooperative settings, having successfully overseen the complete design process for mobile and web apps and responsive websites across various industries. Lidia is passionate about partnering with startups and SaaS companies to produce valuable digital products using research insights and business objectives.

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Victoria Samoilenko

United StatesToptal Member Since March 26, 2021

Victoria is a product designer from Los Angeles, California, with more than six years of experience designing clean and authentic web and mobile cross-platform interfaces. She creates wireframes, prototypes, and unique web and app designs for clients' projects following their comprehensive business goals. Focused on turning ideas into delightful and meaningful solutions, Victoria always pays attention to users' needs, embracing her work efficiently and without delay.

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Aaron Smith

Freelance UI Designer
United StatesToptal Member Since March 15, 2018

Aaron is a leading product designer specializing in mobile, web, and smart TV apps. He has worked with notable clients, including Hulu, Samsung, Delta, Rally Health, The Athletic, and many startups. He is an expert in end-to-end product design encompassing user research, strategy, user experience, user interface, design systems, and visual design. Aaron fosters collaboration by partnering with product teams, engineering, and leadership to deliver intuitive, user-centered products.

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Levi Csanyi

United StatesToptal Member Since May 20, 2022

Levi has over 20 years of experience in user-centered design from high-level processes to design delivery. He's a proven track record of driving highly complex projects across many business units and disciplines and solid expertise in implementing cutting-edge technology in fast-moving and highly innovative Agile or Lean environments. Levi's strong leadership and organizational skills span coaching and mentoring designer teams in UX and UI design with excellent business partnering skills.

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Camille DiMaggio

United StatesToptal Member Since January 17, 2019

Camille is a UX/UI designer who truly values human-centric design, a meticulous and critical thinker to make sure that her designs aim for usability, desirability, and impact. She enjoys solving complex user and business problems and has a strong relationship with cross-functional teams. Over time, she has successfully shipped custom ERP/CRM web applications, trading/finance platforms, HR/hotel web management systems, and mobile applications.

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Todd Tibbetts

United StatesToptal Member Since December 11, 2021

Todd has been a full-time creative professional his entire career. He is a UX designer, Figma expert, video editor, and AI art enthusiast with a one-person studio in Seattle. Todd does app design, motion graphics, web design, UX design, app prototyping, presentations, and illustration. He's trustworthy, fun, friendly, on time, and on budget. His enthusiasm and love of design are infectious.

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Logan Williams

United StatesToptal Member Since May 1, 2020

Logan is a passionate, multi-disciplinary designer with 10+ years of experience. He loves building collaborative bridges between design, product, and engineering to create solutions that marry business goals and user needs. Logan has worked with agencies, startups, and enterprises and has a wide range of expertise in improving existing products and helping to ship new ones.

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Katie Blackman

United StatesToptal Member Since December 2, 2020

For more than 15 years, Katie has worked in large design teams, as a solo designer, and, most recently, for startups. She specializes in user experience, responsive web design, app design, branding, and development (HTML/CSS). Her designs are eminently engaging, and she cultivates alignment to ensure the integrity of design from concept through implementation. As a former startup founder, Katie excels when working at high speed and collaborating on iterative designs.

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Chris Blanz

United StatesToptal Member Since March 8, 2021

Chris creates user-friendly digital experiences that inform, instruct, and inspire. He can serve multiple roles for a single project, including UX strategist, UX designer, UI designer, and copywriter, creating everything from concept sketches to high-fidelity, interactive prototypes. As a hands-on team leader, Chris has created award-winning campaigns for brands like Band-Aid, Cracker Barrel, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, MIT, The Washington Post, LEGO, and National Geographic.

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John Barrier Wilson

United StatesToptal Member Since July 30, 2018

Over the past nine years, John has had experience consulting with dozens of small businesses and startups and large enterprise organizations like Cisco and Booz Allen Hamilton. Consistent workflows drive his passion for design, thus providing consistent, high quality, and precise results.

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A Hiring Guide

Guide to Hiring a Great UI Designer

User interface (UI) designers are experts who create human-computer interaction for web and mobile design. This guide to hiring UI designers 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

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 UI Designers Near San Francisco

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 UI designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
3

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

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

Tap Into World-Class Talent

  • Trusted Experts Only

    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.

  • Expert Talent Matching

    Expert Talent Matching

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

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