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Egypt A.

San Francisco, California

$60/hr
5.0
4 jobs

A San Francisco-based researcher designing stories between people and technology. ½ Creative + ½ Analyst + ½ Mathematician.

  • Usability Testing
  • UX Research
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Qualitative Research
  • Video Editing
  • Candidate Interviewing
  • Castilian Spanish
  • Observational Data Analysis
  • Scientific Literature Review
  • Quantitative Research
Cameron M.

San Francisco, California

$60/hr
4.9
18 jobs

Creative and curious product designer with a diverse background in providing end-to-end product solutions. I specialize in delivering high fidelity experiences, design systems and artifacts that cohesively align business goals with user needs. My process uses research insights to support design decisions, assuring every experience asset has purpose and adds value. With a product background in fintech, HMI systems, telematics and IoT automation, I have a proven track record for delivering intuitive simplicity to complex functionality. I’m a passionate designer who truly loves the process of bringing ideas to life with creative and likeminded individuals. Check out some of my recent work at - camjm.figma.site Process: 1️⃣ Discovery discussions 2️⃣ Research 3️⃣ Concept ideation 4️⃣ Concept refinement 5️⃣ Prototyping & testing 6️⃣ Final design & mock ups 7️⃣ Documentation & hand off 8️⃣ Design support Skills: 🔹 Figma 🔹 AI driven experiences 🔹 Agile & Scrum Methodologies 🔹 Systems Thinking 🔹 User Centered Design 🔹 User Flows 🔹 Design Systems 🔹 Variable & mode design (figma) 🔹 Wireframes 🔹 Prototyping 🔹 Responsive Design 🔹 Mobile Design 🔹 High Fidelity Mock ups 🔹 Research (planning, execution & synthesis) 🔹 Project Management

  • Product Design
  • Usability Testing
  • WordPress
  • Mobile App Design
  • Figma
  • UX Research
  • User Flow
  • Adobe XD
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Mobile UI Design
  • Squarespace
  • Concept Design
  • Design Mockup
  • Webflow
Juan L.

San Francisco, California

$35/hr
5.0
4 jobs

Howdy! I am an artist with over 10 years of experience and a passion for creativity, storytelling, and leadership. Over the years I've had the pleasure of diving deep into art direction, illustration, concept art, character design, background design, avatar design, creature design, ui, graphic design, 3D modeling, animation, and more. This has led me to have a wide set of skills and expertise to allow me to direct various teams as well as be the voice to help bridge the gap between artists, designers, developers, and other stakeholders. I am a passionate artist who loves collaborating with other passionate individuals.

  • Illustration
  • Game Art
  • Character Design
  • Game Background & Environment
  • Concept Artistry
  • Sketching
  • Vector Art
  • 2D Game Art
Michael L.

San Francisco, California

$200/hr
5.0
41 jobs

Need a senior architect who can build it, scale it, and make it beautiful, with AI woven through the whole thing instead of bolted on the side? That's what I do. I'm a principal full-stack architect and polyglot engineer, 15+ years taking products from idea to production across fintech, health-tech, cybersecurity, blockchain, defense, and AI. 💡 Work clients know me for: - A $500M real-time fintech trading platform (web + mobile) - A $100M real estate CRM built from scratch; the firm was acquired by Cushman & Wakefield - Solana indexing infrastructure handling $1–3T in daily transaction volume - A live algorithmic quant trading platform running real money on a tier-1 broker - Federated-learning threat detection for an AI cybersecurity platform - Solo-replaced a 10-developer offshore team on a national assistive-communication app 🤖 AI / LLM, where much of my recent work lives: - Production LLM systems with structured outputs, guardrails, and audit logging in regulated fintech - Multi-model pipelines (Claude, Whisper, Gemini, OpenAI, ElevenLabs) chosen deliberately for cost, latency, and accuracy - MCP and agentic tooling, with official Anthropic certifications behind it - A production AI agent and grounded voice-and-chat assistant on frontier models (Gemini, Claude, GPT), with real tool-calling into live equipment data, RAG over the actual manuals, a scorer, and an adversarial grounding eval harness that gates every deploy so it cannot hallucinate to users - Architecting specialized-model training on proprietary field data: fine-tuning small open models (Llama/Qwen) for domain tasks like fault diagnosis and failure prediction, with labeled eval sets and an eval-gated deploy pipeline - The discipline that keeps AI output reliable and affordable in production, not just impressive in a demo 🛠 Stack: - Full-stack: TypeScript/React/Next.js, Node/Deno, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby/Rails, PHP/Laravel - Mobile: Flutter, React Native, Swift, Kotlin - APIs & data: GraphQL, REST, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis - Cloud & infra: AWS, GCP, Supabase, Docker/K8s, CI/CD - AI: Claude, Gemini, GPT, MCP, multi-model orchestration - Security: PCI DSS remediation, federated learning, RLS/RBAC, signed webhooks 🎯 Clients hire me when: - They're launching something ambitious and want it architected right the first time - Their legacy codebase is a mess and they need someone who can inherit it and stabilize it fast - They want AI built into the product correctly, by someone who's shipped it in production - They want someone who thinks like an engineer, a strategist, and a founder I also direct and design large-scale sculptures and immersive environments. Fluent in product vision, UX/UI, and creative direction, with experience in Rhino3D, Unity, CAD, TouchDesigner, and Adobe. Request my design portfolio directly if you're curious. 📩 Message me and tell me what you're building. I'll tell you how I'd make it better.

  • Front-End Development
  • Back-End Development
  • API Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software Architecture & Design
  • Large Language Model
  • Web Development
  • Database Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • iOS Development
  • UX & UI
  • Software Testing
  • Game Development
  • Mobile App Development
  • Cloud Computing
  • Algorithm Development
  • Machine Learning
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Blockchain
  • Security Infrastructure
Jordan Z.

San Francisco, California

$63/hr
5.0
3 jobs

On a mission to help 100 Sharp and Driven Business Owners thrive in the AI era with a New Way of Working! Those soul-draining manual processes are not worth you and your team's time. As a 🎖Certified Make.com Expert with obsession in productivity, I help businesses reclaim their time and unlock Fun, Freedom, and Flexibility through smart automation. Let's transform it into streamlined workflows that run themselves—so you and your team can focus on what truly matters: growing your business and doing work you love! Let me hear your complaint 🎧, I'll have AI work on it 😊 My name is Jordan - I specialize in unifying business tools into one seamless, automated system. In other words, I design AI-driven automation solutions to help you work smarter, not harder. 🥇 What I do 🥇 I will combine cutting-edge AI and automation tools with CRM/Project Management Tools (Monday, Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Airtable, and Notion) to create seamless workflows with custom API integrations. 1. Cut manual tasks by 70% 2. Reduce human error to near-zero 3. Speed up everything from leads to delivery 4. Free your team's time and mental space My expertise spans multiple platforms and tools, creating automated workflows and user-friendly systems that drive real results. I am hyper-focused on results and strongly attentive to details, on top of that, I break down AI into plain English! Even if you've never touched AI or automation solutions before, I'll make it super easy to understand. 🥇 Results🥇 🏗️ Streamlined Architecture Project Management System: BEFORE: - 3+ hours weekly gathering project updates across teams - Project plans lost in unused Airtable - Meeting notes scattered in Google Docs - Teams missing deadlines due to manual documentation - 5+ hours spent preparing weekly status reports AFTER: The automated Notion system syncs project timelines, documents, and updates in one place. Teams spend just 30 mins weekly on updates, giving them 80% more time for design work. Client Impact: "We saved 15 hours weekly on admin tasks. Now managing $1M+ in projects with half the stress. Finally, our team can focus on what they do best – designing amazing spaces." ✨ AI-Powered Proposal System : BEFORE: The team spent 2+ hours crafting each client proposal manually and AFTER: Proposals auto-generate in 5 minutes, using AI to personalize content. Generated 5x more proposals, winning 40% more clients 🤖 Smart Client Onboarding BEFORE: 4 hours per client, scattered across emails and manual form-filling AFTER: Automated system handles everything in 30 mins.( including contract sending, payment forms, briefs, CMS integrations, etc) Client satisfaction is up 80%, with zero missed steps) 📝 AI Content Machine BEFORE: 6 hours to research, write, and publish one blog post AFTER: AI system pumps out SEO-optimized posts in 30mins, traffic up 150 A bit about my journey as a person: Coming from architecture and real estate private equity, I've gained a unique perspective on business transformation. My architectural background taught me frontline challenges, while private equity showed me the bird's-eye view of business operations. Beyond automation, I'm passionate about mindful business growth. Meditation has been key in helping me identify what truly matters - both in systems and life. It's taught me that efficiency isn't just about working harder, but about focusing on the right problems. My goal isn't just to implement tech solutions, but to be a strategic partner who understands your business from multiple angles. Let's solve real challenges with a clear, focused approach that drives meaningful results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday.com| Make.com | ChatGPT | Bland AI | Relevance AI | HeyGen | Vapi | Claude | AI voice | Open AI | ClickUp | Airtable | Notion| Notion | Twilio | Bubble.io | Trello |Typeform | | Slack | WordPress | GOOGLE Analytics |GOOGLE Sheets | Mailchimp | Calendly Automation | Robotic Automation | Process Automation | Software Robots | Intelligent Automation | AI Automation | Business Process Automation | Digital Transformation | Workflow Automation | AI-Powered Automation | Task Automation | Cognitive Automation | Automate Tasks | Intelligent Bots | Workflow | Efficiency | Productivity Tools | Workforce Automation | Data Automation | Automated Solutions | Twilio serverless functions | #Zapier #Monday #AI #Automation #CRM #AIEngineer #AIAutomation #Word #Excel #Trello #AI #AIIntegration #Engineer #Excel #Engineer #IT #development #business #Typeform #Asana #Jira #Bubble.io #Podio #Monday

  • Task Automation
  • System Automation
  • AI Development
  • Notion
  • Make.com
  • Robotic Process Automation
  • Business Process Automation
  • API
  • ClickUp
  • Airtable
  • ChatGPT API Integration
  • ChatGPT
  • CRM Automation
Daniel H.

San Francisco, California

$50/hr
5.0
6 jobs

Aspects is the first AI-powered design agency. We offer top-quality graphic designs delivered at unprecedented speeds - usually less than 4 working hours from the time of your request. All designs are created by a highly experienced in-house designer and never outsourced. I’m a Y Combinator-backed founder and former lead in product development at LinkedIn. I've worked with: - Uber - Bank of America - LinkedIn - Microsoft - UC Berkeley venture groups Whether you need a pitch deck, landing page, sales proposal, or app UI concept, I turn rough ideas into refined, production-ready deliverables. Across my experiences I have: - Made dozens of sales and fundraising pitch decks, PERSONALLY raising millions of $. - Driven $MMs of revenue with user-facing features - Architected and run dozens of marketing campaigns reaching tens of millions of impressions - Brought >10 products from ideation -> wireframe -> development -> launch

  • Product Design
  • Branding & Marketing
  • Design Mockup
  • App Design
  • Marketing Presentation
  • Presentation Design
  • Demo Presentation
  • Sales Presentation
  • Fundraising Presentation
  • Brand Design
  • UX Wireframe
  • Landing Page Design
  • Figma
  • Canva
  • Social Media Content

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