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  • $250 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (49 jobs)
    I help startups create top-of-the-line high-fidelity prototypes of their MVPs. I tailor and maintain Figma design systems to empower design teams. Let’s collaborate and get your ideas to market faster! I have formal education in conducting user research, usability testing, information architecture and UX Design which allows me to combine these passions to creatively solve problems and customize user-centered solutions that support the vision of your company. Please take a look at my portfolio. Education + Certifications: Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Science With a Specialization in Design and Interaction (University of California, San Diego) Certifications: Mobile User Experience (UX) Design from The Interaction Design Foundation User Research - Methods and Best Practices from The Interaction Design Foundation User Interface Design Patterns for Successful Software from The Interaction Design Foundation
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Prototyping
    Mockup
    Web Design
    Mobile App Redesign
    User-Centered Design
    User Experience Design
    User Interface Design
    Website Prototyping
    UI/UX Prototyping
    Adobe XD
    Style Guide Development
    Figma
  • $40 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (8 jobs)
    I'm a UX Designer, passionate about exploring new ideas and enjoy creative thinking that brings a meaningful experience for people of all abilities. My curiosity and the drive to ask "why" allows me to dig deeper into problems and create solutions with empathy. With a background in Computer Science engineering and experience working as a QA tester, I have developed the ability to ask questions, examine and expand use cases, as well as understand the software's possible uses. Love making meaningful connections and always up to discuss design ideas!
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Prototyping
    Detailed Design
    Usability Testing
    UX Research
    Problem Solving
    UX & UI
    Miro
    Figma
    Wireframing
    User Experience Design
    Communications
    Mobile App Design
    User Experience
    Web Design
    Design Thinking
  • $60 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (2 jobs)
    🚀 Transforming Ideas into Scalable Solutions 🚀 I’m a Senior Technical Program & Product Management Consultant with over a decade of experience leading high-impact programs, digital transformation initiatives, and cross-functional teams. Whether it's streamlining operations, launching innovative products, or optimizing workflows, I thrive in turning complex challenges into efficient, scalable solutions. What I Can Do for You: 🔹 Need help launching a product or initiative? I’ll guide it from ideation to delivery, ensuring smooth execution and measurable results. 🔹 Struggling with project delays or inefficiencies? I’ll optimize your processes, workflows, and team collaboration for peak performance. 🔹 Looking for better cross-team alignment? I specialize in stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and cross-functional leadership to ensure seamless execution. 🔹 Want to improve your operations? I’ll design scalable frameworks, automation workflows, and Agile methodologies to increase efficiency and reduce costs. 🔹 Need data-driven insights? I’ll help define key performance metrics, reporting structures, and actionable insights to drive business success. Why Work With Me? ✅ Proven Track Record: Led multi-million dollar initiatives, including building native mobile apps, SDKs, and front end web solutions for large enterprise clients, as well as helping startups and small businesses operate efficiently. ✅ End-to-End Program & Product Management: From strategy and roadmap development to execution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery—I've successfully driven projects from concept to completion, playing strategic program and product roles. ✅ Cross-Functional Leadership: Directly managed project managers, business analysts, engineers, QA, and external vendors to deliver high-stakes programs efficiently. ✅ Process & Workflow Optimization: Expert in Agile, SDLC optimization, automation workflows, and tool integrations to increase productivity and reduce costs. ✅ Enterprise & Startup Expertise: Understanding of both startup agility and Fortune 500 structure, providing a unique perspective on business needs at any scale. Key Services I Offer: 🔹 Program & Project Management – Agile planning and execution, cross-functional collaboration, strategic roadmaps. 🔹 Complex Project Planning – Structuring large-scale initiatives with detailed project plans, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, and multi-phase execution. 🔹 Product Strategy & Development – From ideation to launch, helping businesses build scalable and customer-centric solutions. 🔹 Operational Optimization – Enhancing workflows, automation, and tool integrations for efficiency. 🔹 Tool Integrations & Automation – Implementing and optimizing tools like JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Zapier, Looker and other business management solutions for seamless collaboration and process automation. 🔹 Insights & Analytics – Establishing KPIs, performance dashboards, and data reporting structures to drive data-informed decision-making and strategic growth. 🔹 Cross-functional Team Management & Stakeholder Management – Ensuring alignment across leadership, vendors, and technical teams. 🔹 Business Analysis & Solution Consulting – Data-driven insights to optimize decision-making and offer solution recommendations that are right for your business. Notable Achievements Small/Start Up Business Operations Consulting: 💼 Built and implemented scalable operational frameworks for small companies and startups, optimizing workflows, reducing inefficiencies, and accelerating time-to-market. 📊 Led process automation and tool integrations for a growing agency, eliminating manual tasks and enhancing efficiency across marketing, sales, and project management teams. 🚀 Developed and executed multi-phase roadmaps for program and product initiatives, ensuring seamless coordination of all aspects of business. 📈 Optimized reporting and analytics structures, establishing KPIs and data-driven decision-making tools to improve business performance visibility. Enterprise-Level Program and Product Management and Leadership: 📱 Led the creation of custom mobile apps for Walmart, overseeing cross-functional teams and vendor partnerships to deliver a multi-million dollar revenue-generating initiative. 💡 Drove the development of a custom Payment SDK, managing product requirements, technical design, and end-to-end execution from concept to delivery. 🔄 Spearheaded an enterprise-wide workflow optimization initiative and agile transformation, streamlining program and project management processes and increasing operational efficiency across multiple teams. 🏆 Received Fiserv’s highest internal recognition award for successfully leading a high-stakes, time-sensitive program for Walmart. Let me help you get things running smoothly and efficiently, or help you develop winning products! Bring me on board and we can do it all!
    Featured Skill Prototype
    SaaS
    FinTech
    Wireframing
    Prototyping
    Process Modeling
    Business Analysis
    Product Analytics
    Project Analysis
    Scaled Agile Framework
    Product Roadmap
    Agile Project Management
    Technical Project Management
    Product Management
    Program Management
    Cross Functional Team Leadership
  • $45 hourly
    • 4.7/5
    • (7 jobs)
    I'm an engineer experienced in designing, testing, and manufacturing IoT Hardware for small and medium-sized businesses. Whether you're in the ideation phase, or ready to scale up production, I'm confident I can help. - Extensive experience with various phases of hardware development, from circuit design and component analysis to DFM optimization and product evaluation. -Specialization in Flex PCB, Multi-Layered and High-Density PCB for IoT applications - Transparent project management from start to finish.
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Manufacturing
    Rapid Prototyping
    ESP32
    Onshape
    EasyEDA
    Bluetooth
    Prototyping
    Design for Manufacturing
    PCB Design
    Multilayer PCB
    Circuit Design
    Eagle
    nRF52
    nRF51
    Altium Designer
  • $80 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (3 jobs)
    Hello Upwork! I'm a UX/UI Designer based in San Diego, CA. I’m passionate about creating user-friendly Apps, websites, and systems for businesses. I take a top-down UX approach when building custom Mobile & Web apps (adhering to good UX/UI Design processes & principles). The initial love for design all started over 20 years ago when I build a website for my dad’s business. Little did I know at the time it would be my lifelong passion. Through my years, I’ve worked on with many different clients, businesses, and projects to help them meet their business or product goals. Each new day being a new opportunity to create something bigger & better! If you’re passionate about pixel-perfect design, and clean & contemporary design… I’m your guy. I've spent several years in the Agency setting, and am prefer the autonomy working with new startup ideas and creating new Product Designs. Right now, I’m available for up to 20-25 hours of work per week. I can work hand-and-hand with Project Stakeholders and Project Managers to deliver creatives in a timely fashion, with attention to detail. I feel the key to a successful & effective design project starts with understanding the audience, and building empathy with the user. Who are they (demographics)? What are their problems, issues, and pain points? By identifying this, it will help establish your message. This message should align with your Goals & Missions as an individual, company, or business. I also use heuristics to improve conversion rates. This is all part of the process, and I’m here to help bring it to life! As a designer, I bring these elements into your design & layout, and help build a connection with your audience from the beginning! Having a foundation, and doing the research ahead of time is critical. Availability? (My Hours)... I’m west-coast based, but have a lot of clients through the US. If you have a project or idea you’re looking to create, we can come up with something special together… I love partnering with businesses & individuals who are trying to take it to the next level. So.. what types of projects am I interested in? I’m glad you asked :) 1). Web Design — working with clients to design high-caliber custom web designs that fit your brand, feel, and identity. Allowing your business to build trust and less frustration to the end-user. Presentation is everything, and so is smart design thinking. 1). Product Design — working with startups to offer consulting for Mobile & Desktop Web Apps. This includes building mock-ups, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs for Web & Mobile applications. The whole UX process. 3). SaaS-based UX/UI Interface Design — making clean, and user-friendly interfaces for any type of Web Applications (think of mint.com, Zoho CRM, Invoicing software, or task management CRMs). I can share some high-fidelity designs I’ve worked on so you can get a feel for the quality of work. All of these I’m willing to share with you the design files, or schedule a video call to show you (some other UX guys will copy from templates…. You can never be 100% trustworthy in this day in age it seems). If I sent you a proposal, then it’s my way of saying “I can make a difference for you, your life, and what you’re up to.” What are you waiting for? Let’s create amazing…. together! -Payton J.
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Marketing Strategy
    Copywriting
    Mobile UI Design
    User Experience Design
    User-Centered Design
    Usability Testing
    Adobe Photoshop
    Prototyping
    Web Design
    Sketch
  • $120 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (8 jobs)
    I’m Linz, a Staff Product Designer, UX leader and usability enthusiast. With over 14 years in the industry, I specialize in designing and developing delightful user experiences. I've helped build design thinking processes from the ground up along with building teams of talented designers and engineers who compliment each other to soar past our goals. Companies I’ve collaborated with include Momentive.ai, Google, Meta, Amazon, Bell, Canada Post, HP, Upwork and more. I believe that my work is not about me, but rather the clients company and the direction they're heading. By moving the focus from what they can do for me, to what I can do for them, I help move the client closer towards their goals and ultimately, to higher successes. I currently work at Shopify where I am a Staff Product Designer on the core team. I am well experienced in complex projects ranging from responsive web design to mobile and app design and even content design. I am also an experienced UX researcher and have some front end web development experience that I call upon to help inform my design decisions. I am also comfortable conducting design sprints, workshops and analysis for products. I look forward to making this project the best it can be for you!
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Management Skills
    Leadership Skills
    Product Design
    Logo Design
    Front-End Development
    iPhone UI Design
    Software Design
    User Interface Design
    Mobile UI Design
    Interaction Design
    Mobile App Design
    User Experience Design
    Prototyping
  • $50 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (15 jobs)
    Hello! I'm Kasey Ostronic, a marketing and user experience specialist with a range of capabilities to help your business or brand. Specialities: • App & Web Design (user flows, wireframes, Figma screens, development collaboration) • User Research (market research, testing, surveys, user interviews) • Social Media Content (copywriting, graphics, scheduling, performance management) • Digital Advertising (search, social & display ads) • Customer Service (customer outreach & engagement) • Project Management (budgeting, reporting, organization) Highlighted Past Projects: • App Design - fashion mobile app, recruiting mobile app, productivity web app, healthcare web app • Website Design - biotech website redesign, lash artist website, photography website, nonprofit website • Social Media Content - events/conferences, e-commerce, nonprofits • Digital Advertising - shoe retailer, home decor retailer, youth mentorship program Skills: Tools - Figma, Adobe Suite, Jira, Trello, Social - Facebook/Meta, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok Advertising - AdWords. Facebook Ads Manager
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Research Methods
    Jira
    Agile Software Development
    Data Entry
    Product Design
    Web Design
    UX & UI
    UX Research
    User Interface Design
    User Experience Design
    Mobile App Design
    UX Writing
    Usability Testing
    UI/UX Prototyping
    Prototyping
  • $90 hourly
    • 0.0/5
    • (0 jobs)
    As a Motion Designer, I prioritize the user by surfacing relevant information to deliver a clear message that inspires delight and elevates the brand: 1. Created a more efficient pathway accessed by 200M users after redesigning our product launch animation 2. Reduced a 10 screen process into a single animation story, subtracting 15 minutes per user 3. Celebrated 3.6M active users reaching their credit score goals as a result of engaging with our informative animations I thrive when I get to fix what is broken through cross-functional solutions. I used to do this with code, now I solve problems with motion. The best part of my day is telling the story that delights users.
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Prototyping
    Front-End Development
    App Development
    App Design
    Design-to-Code
    Design Thinking
    Design Concept
    AI Development
    AI App Development
    2D Animation
    Motion Design
    Animation
    Product Design
  • $20 hourly
    • 5.0/5
    • (1 job)
    UX Designer with a strong background in finance, technology, and banking. A key player in Agile product development environments working closely with Business Analysts, Technologists, and Product Managers. Skillfully generate data-driven insights and target areas for optimization, positively impacting operational efficiencies, revenue-generating streams, and new forms and customer engagement. Excellent client service skills with the ability to empathize with clients while still being able to meet the end result.
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Persona Development
    Project Management
    Lucidchart
    Usability Testing
    User Interface Design
    User Experience Design
    Competitive Analysis
    User Flow
    UX Research
    Balsamiq
    Adobe XD
    Wireframing
    Figma
    Prototyping
    Mockup
  • $30 hourly
    • 0.0/5
    • (0 jobs)
    I’m a designer and illustrator specializing in product design, branding, and custom illustrations. Whether you need a sleek user interface, a compelling brand identity, or unique illustrations for your project, I can help. • Product Design • Brand Development • Custom Illustrations
    Featured Skill Prototype
    Adobe Creative Suite
    Prototype Design
    User Flow
    Wireframing
    Brand Identity
    Web & Mobile Design Consultation
    Prototyping
    Product Design
    Brand Management
    Branding & Marketing
    Branding
    Brand Development
    Informational Infographic
    Illustration
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