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Diana Castaneda

Creative Direction Designer, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Figma, Art Direction, Product Design, UX Branding, UX Strategy, Branding, Illustration, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, 

CanadaToptal Member Since February 23, 2022

Diana is a prolific designer, art director, and design thinker. She has art-directed award-winning projects in her previous roles through close collaboration with engineers and science communicators. Diana has an obsessively curious mind that never wants to stop producing crafted solutions for her clients.

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Gabriel Smetzer

Creative Direction Designer, Motion Graphics, Adobe, After Effects CC, Brand Guidelines, Motion Design, Augmented Reality (AR), 3D Animation, Animation, Visual Design, Illustration, Branding, High-fidelity Mockups, 

CanadaToptal Member Since November 28, 2022

Gabriel is a freelance designer and creative director with over a decade of experience working for great studios and clients, including Apple, Google, and Meta. Gabriel combines his expertise in design theory, story design, and emerging technologies with the ability to rapidly build and test product ideas for the market or exemplify already great products.

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Karlie Chung

Creative Direction Designer, Figma, Adobe, Sketch, Branding, InVision, User Flows, User Personas, Web, Wireframing, Prototyping, Design Systems, Web Design, 

CanadaToptal Member Since December 6, 2022

Karlie is a passionate diverse designer who goes beyond design, aims to tell stories, and crafts solutions through compelling visuals and experiences. With an international background in global agencies to startups, she can lead the design process from end to end. Karlie is curious about how people interact with products and brands and uses her in-depth research to deliver a better experience.

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Dayo Tinkerman

Creative Direction Designer, User Interface (UI), SaaS Design, Figma, Brand Design, SaaS, Dashboard Design, UI Design, Product Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Software as a Service (SaaS), UX Design, Visual Design, 

CanadaToptal Member Since October 27, 2021

Dayo is a senior product designer that has worked with the Government of British Columbia and the Guinness Book of Records on user experience, creative design, and product design. He has over five years of experience creating functional products with appealing user interfaces. This includes UI for mobile and web, dashboard analytics design, and sectors such as fintech, healthcare, eCommerce, and real estate. His core skills include UX design, UI design, and creative direction.

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Bill Hoffman

Creative Direction Designer, Adobe CC, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, 2D Animation, Motion Graphics, 3D Animation, Visual Design, Branding, Brand Design, Motion Design, Animation, 

United StatesToptal Member Since January 11, 2022

Bill is a two-time NATAS Emmy® Award-winning editor, producer, and motion graphic designer. He is a seasoned post-production veteran with managerial and mentoring experience. The scope of his career encompasses short and long-form broadcast television, commercial and promo spot work, corporate video, sports, streaming, and live events. Clients include Warner Bros., Discovery, National Football and Hockey Leagues, Microsoft, Starbucks, Vanguard, Hyundai Capital, and all major television networks.

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Todd Tibbetts

Creative Direction Designer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe, Figma, UX Design, Web Design, Product Design, UI Design, Android, iOS, Wireframing, Dashboard Design, 

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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Danny Rubyono

Creative Direction Designer, Art Direction, Digital Storyboards, Brand Guidelines, Animation, Logo Design, User Interface (UI), Branding, Adobe Photoshop, Motion Design, Visual Design, Presentation Design, Pitch Decks, 

United StatesToptal Member Since January 13, 2016

Danny is a seasoned visual and motion designer with over 22 years of experience collaborating with various creative agencies, Fortune 500 companies, innovative startups, and technology firms. He is also the owner of Duro Compagnie, a collective design boutique specializing in creating impactful motion design and visual communication. Leveraging his multi-disciplinary skillsets in 3D, print, animation, and user interface, Danny excels at delivering purposeful and memorable design experiences.

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Kevin Korpi

Creative Direction Designer, iPhone, Mobile UX, Interface Design, MVP Design, Mobile UX Design, Wireframing, Principle, Sketch, User Interface (UI), Adobe Photoshop, User Experience (UX), Android UI Design, 

United StatesToptal Member Since January 4, 2018

Kevin is a product designer and writer who works and plays in the hills of the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 20 years, he's contributed to messaging-based, conversational experiences with Microsoft Research; Android, ads, and analytics with Google; connected action cameras with Contour; devices and reading experiences at Amazon; and consumer, financial, and enterprise products in the US and Japan.

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Jared Booye

Creative Direction Designer, UI Branding, Web UI, Mobile UI, Digital Design, Presentation Design, UI Design, Web App UI, Web App Design, Visual 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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James Tucker

Creative Direction 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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Lance Shields

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

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.

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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

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