Hire the Best Visual Designers Near San Francisco

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Jeff Shaw

Visual Designer, Adobe CC, User Interface (UI), UX Research, Android App Design, Mobile App Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since April 13, 2016

Jeff is a user experience designer based in Silicon Valley. His approach combines new design and technology trends with research and validation. He is a talented designer, a great communicator, and a reliable freelancer.

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Jared Booye

Visual Designer, UI Branding, Creative Direction, Web UI, Mobile UI, Digital Design, Presentation Design, UI Design, Web App UI, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), 

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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Wandi Liu

Visual Designer, Figma, Product Design, UX Design, User Research, Brand Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since October 18, 2021

Over the past decade, Wandi has worked in-house and as an independent designer for Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, and Greylock-backed companies in San Francisco and New York. Her areas of expertise include designing for cross-platform products, establishing and maintaining design systems, project management, user research, and growth optimization. Wandi studied computer science and linguistics at UCLA, where her background and interest lies in empirical research, systems design, and HCI.

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Peter Paik

Visual Designer, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Web Design, Color Theory, UX Design, Adobe Photoshop, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Web UX Design, Mobile UX Design, Android, 

United StatesToptal Member Since February 5, 2021

Peter has six years of experience and currently serves as an interaction designer working on the Next Billion Users (NBU) team at Google. He has previously worked at YouTube and Android Messages at Google. Before Google, he also worked at Sony PlayStation, where he designed the community feature, PS app, and VR-related projects. Peter specializes in user experience, user interaction, visual design, user research, and prototyping.

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Henry Villiers

Visual Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, iOS, User Experience (UX), UX Research, User Interface (UI), Lean UX, Usability Testing, Product Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since September 6, 2018

Henry is a multi-award-winning creative with 18 years of experience in product, UX, interaction and visual design. He works best in fast-paced, collaborative environments that are primarily focused on helping catalyze change through design. His past clients include Nokia, Coca-Cola, Diageo, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Daniel Sigvardsson

Visual Designer, Product Design, iOS, App UX, UI Design, UX Design, Information Architecture (IA), Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe After Effects, Android, Interactive Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since November 16, 2018

As an award-winning multi-disciplinary designer, Daniel is passionate about helping startups create a strong brand identity and visualize solutions to complex problems. He collaborates closely with clients to identify and develop the assets needed to launch and grow their businesses. With a focus on making your business succeed, Daniel brings expertise in brand strategy, identity, content strategy, user experience, visual design, product design, communication, and service design to the table.

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James Tucker

Visual Designer, User Interface (UI), Mobile, Rapid Prototyping, UX Prototyping, Branding, Product Design, Personas, UX Flows, User Research, Figma, iOS, Android, 

United StatesToptal Member Since May 31, 2018

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 user's naturally intuitive adoption of the UI. James fuses cognitive science techniques with clever interaction design to create products people love.

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Warren Lebovics

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

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.

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Mari Ettlinger

Visual Designer, Product Design, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe, Web, Sitemaps, Cross-platform UX, User Flows, Mobile App Design, eCommerce Design, UX Audits, UX Strategy, Dashboard Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since December 9, 2015

Mari is an award-winning, end-to-end, fully stacked senior product designer who has successfully led small and mid-size projects, including product and design teams worldwide, for over 15 years. She has designed consumer and B2B native apps. She has also worked on web apps for fintech, healthcare, eCommerce, SaaS, biotech, manufacturing, and transportation industries. Mari has worked with several clients, including Pixar and Adobe, and has excellent references.

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Hyun Kim

Visual Designer, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Experience Design (XD), InVision, Balsamiq, iOS, Android, Web App UX, Web App UI, Product Design, UX Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since May 19, 2020

Hyun has several years of experience designing digital products for Fortune 500 companies and Bay Area startups. He loves to build intuitive, thoughtful, and beautifully crafted products for organizations looking for an autonomous designer who loves to ship quickly. Hyun works closely with top Bay Area VC firms like Greylock Partners and Bain Capital to help their portfolio companies with product design needs. Hyun's worked for many companies, including Intel, Walmart, J&J, Genentech, and more.

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Andrew Jordan

Visual Designer, User Experience (UX), Prototyping, Ideation, Wireframing, Web Design, Branding, Sketch, Web UX Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Dashboard Design, UI Design, Icon Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since June 27, 2022

Andrew is an experienced visual designer with a demonstrated history of working in multidisciplinary fields. He is skilled in UI/UX, web design, storyboarding, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Figma, and InVision. He has a strong consulting professional background with a bachelor's degree in graphic design from The Art Institute of California, San Francisco.

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Guide to Hiring a Great Visual Designer

Visual designers are foremost interdisciplinary experts; their expertise covers both digital and print. Their work focuses on details and their final goal is impeccable visual communication. Function and form are achieved through carefully understanding and dissecting briefs and goals from their clients, copywriters, strategists and creative directors.

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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 Visual Designers Near San Francisco

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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.
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Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right visual designer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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The Right Fit, Guaranteed

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

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    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

    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

    Hire in under 2 weeks and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

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    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

    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

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

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