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Ena Bacanovic

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

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.

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New Wave London
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Mikasa Studio
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S-A Minimal Web Store
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Michael Dedrick

UX Designer, Sketch, iOS, User Interface (UI), Wireframing, Art Direction, Blockchain, iOS UI Design, Android UI Design, Branding, Illustration, Mobile App Design, Icon Design,  + 0 more

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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Safely
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Octave
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Alumnify
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James Tucker

UX Designer, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Prototyping, Wireframing, UI Design, Mobile App Design, Information Architecture (IA), User Flows,  + 0 more

James is an idea machine and master problem-solver when it comes to user interfaces. He is passionate about making users love the product because of the naturally intuitive adoption the user has with the UI. James fuses cognitive science techniques with clever interaction design to make products people love.

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Cerebro
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Tenfold
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EventCandy
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Daniel Sigvardsson

UX Designer, Sketch, Visual Design, App UI, Mobile UI, Mobile Design, Mobile Web, Branding, Art Direction, Web Design, Brand Design, Figma,  + 0 more

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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Moneyshot
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Goodsh.it
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Move
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Danny Walcoff

UX Designer, Sketch, Visual Design, User Interface (UI), Web UI, Web UX, App UI, Mobile App UI,  + 0 more

Danny is a San Francisco based designer with over 10 years of experience. He spent 3 and a half years at Uber designing complex data tools as well as the core app used by millions of drivers worldwide. He holds a U.S. patent for his work on a dashboard interface designed at VMware. Danny loves working directly with clients to create experiences that bring unprecedented simplicity and accessibility to the most complex problems.

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Uber: Driver Earnings
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Uber: Driver Onboarding in Emerging Markets
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Uber: CSR Platform Concept
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Warren Lebovics

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

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.

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Jeewon Jung

UX Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite,  + 0 more

Jeewon is a strategic-minded user experience designer with versatile skillsets. She's worked at top design consulting companies for many years producing successful outcomes with actual market implementations for Fortune 500 companies and startups like 3M, Tempur-Sealy, Nielsen, and Pure Tech.

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Dana Jankovic

UX Designer, Sketch, Adobe, iOS, Android, Web, User Interface (UI), Product Design, Responsive, Web Design,  + 0 more

Dana's focus is on solving user problems and creating great products. She has a unique background in working for Fortune 500 companies, early-stage startups, and co-founding a startup.

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Phil Wall

UX Designer, Sketch, Android, iOS, iOS App Design, Mobile Design, Protoyping, Platform Design, Web UX,  + 0 more

Phil is a product manager and UX designer whose work has led to an IPO, acquisition, and a top Android app. He's led large enterprise initiatives in healthcare, HR, sales, and big data—delivering on multimillion-dollar contracts to customers like Google, Walmart, AT&T, and Tesla. He is also a founder himself; having built a consumer product used by millions. Phil is detail-oriented, business-focused, and loves working on teams!

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B2B2C Registration - Castlight Health
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Enterprise Knowledge Base with Network Effects
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Enterprise Engagement
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Igor Ginzburg

UX Designer, Sketch, Flinto Prototyping, Photoshop CC, iOS, Prototyping, App UI, Visual Design, Product Design, Wireframing, User Interface (UI),  + 0 more

Igor is a full-stack product design consultant with over a decade of experience helping startups create delightful products for mobile, desktop, and web. He relishes challenges that's why he enjoys working on the UI parts of a project so much. One of Igor's biggest strengths as a designer is the ability to seeing the process as a whole without getting caught up in the details.

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A Hiring Guide

Guide to Hiring a Great UX Designer

A user experience (UX) design expert is a multi-talented jack-of-all-trades who possess knowledge in the areas of psychology, design and technology. As with any area of design, there is a high level of subjectiveness. This guide will help remove some of the subjectivity by allowing you to discover what makes a great UX designer and help you make the right hiring decisions.

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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 UX Designers Near San Francisco

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right UX designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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