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Frances Yllana
Senior Manager Design Operations at Coforma
- Branding & Identity
- Career Transitions
- Design Leadership
- DesignOps
I’m a seasoned Design Leader who has dedicated her career to making everyone’s job easier and more fulfilling, while empowering them with the tools and resources to do their best work possible. Since 2001, I have led projects and programs from initial briefing to launch day and beyond, with direct responsibility for day-to-day management of strategy, concept and execution, accentuated with an overarching focus on the growth, professional development and well-being of the team members I am dedicated to serve. Branding, UX, Management, Career Mapping
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Ted Booth
SVP Design at Dwellwell Analytics, Inc.
- Design Leadership
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
I have diverse experience designing and delivering successful mobile apps, hardware/software products, and integrated systems. My strengths include translating insight into product concepts and working with teams to bring them into the world. My educational background is in design strategy, interaction and UI design, and ethnographic design research. I love uncovering the big idea, shaping a collective vision, and doing what it takes to make it real. I enjoy people and organizations that have the courage to embrace new ideas and demand design excellence. Design Leadership, Design Strategy, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface Design, Design Research, Service Design, Innovation, IoT, Smart Home, Mobile Apps, Connected Systems, Connected Device Design
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Sergey Galtsev
Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Madebymad
- Art Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Interaction Design
Interface Design and User Experience
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Ali Zubairi
Partner at Neuromise
- 3D
- Animation
- Design Management
- User Centered Design
Meet Ali Zubairi - a passionate UI/UX designer with a creative edge that sets him apart from the crowd. A keen eye for detail and a commitment to innovative design, Ali's work pushes the boundaries of what's possible in the world of digital product design. He's not afraid to take risks and try new things, and his unconventional approach has led to some truly extraordinary results. Whether he's working on a new app, website, or digital product, Ali brings a unique perspective that's sure to impress. With a portfolio that's as diverse as it is impressive, Ali is one designer you don't want miss!
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Dariia Lurkova
Product Owner at airSlate
- Design Management
- Product Design
- Product Management
Manager in software development industry with 11 years of progressive experience across various functions. Worked in global environment with distributed and multi-cultural project teams developing web-based and desktop products for B2B and B2C use
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Nilay Kırcı
Senior UX Designer at EY
- Design Management
- Information Architecture
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
I started my career in GarantiBBVA bank as a UX designer and I was working closely with UX designers, UX researchers, UI designers, product owners and developers both international and local. Right now, I am working as UX/UI Designer at Evreka. One of the most promising startups based in Turkey.
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Ajibola Taiwo
Product Designer at Unbox.ng
- Adobe
- Figma
- Illustration
- Team Building
I have been designing for quite a while, and one thing I have learnt is that different people can learn different things freely, so always be careful to pay attention to what people know.
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Moneim Saad
UX Designer at Luxoft
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
UX Session Lead @Udacity, Nanodegree UX designer, UX Writer. I love conducting sprints & user research. I use human psychology science to help my clients reach more people.
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Matthew Wiard
Lead Product Designer at Amwell
- Branding & Identity
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Interface
Digital designer who enjoys working with clients and companies to meet their business goals with meaningful, usable visual solutions. I specialize in UI/UX, web design, branding, illustration, graphic design and marketing consultation.
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Sanjith B
UX Designer 4 at Juniper Networks
- Interaction Design
- Motion Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
Welcome to my LinkedIn profile! I'm Sanjith, a dedicated UX Designer with over 9 years of experience shaping exceptional digital experiences. Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of working with industry-leading companies such as PayPal, Juniper Networks, and Tekion Corp, where I've honed my skills in user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. At PayPal, I led critical portal redesigns, significantly reducing development time and receiving recognition for fostering collaboration and delivering high-quality results. Additionally, I played a pivotal role in improving data quality, fixing over 148.8 million problematic email addresses, and optimizing user support processes, resulting in a 45% reduction in queries. At Juniper Networks, I focused on enhancing end-to-end user experiences for security products and led the development of robust design systems. My contributions were instrumental in ensuring seamless interactions and heightened security for users across various devices and platforms. During my time at Tekion Corp, I developed and maintained design systems for mobile apps and created innovative solutions such as an end-to-end calendar application for managing sales and service appointments. These projects showcased my ability to translate complex requirements into intuitive and user-friendly designs. Notably, at Wekan Enterprise Solution, I took on the challenge of single-handedly creating end-to-end product experiences for both B2B and B2C markets, including the successful launch of OBE Power, which secured $2.3M in Series A funding. I also led the development of an open-source design system, empowering teams to collaborate efficiently and consistently deliver high-quality products. My passion for user-centric design extends beyond the workplace. I'm deeply committed to staying ahead of industry trends and technologies, continuously seeking opportunities to innovate and elevate user experiences. Outside of work, I enjoy mentoring aspiring designers, attending industry events, and contributing to the design community. I firmly believe that great design has the power to transform lives, and I'm excited about the opportunity to connect with fellow professionals who share this vision. Let's connect and explore how we can collaborate to create impactful and meaningful experiences together!
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Gaynelle Garner
Creative & Social Media Manager at Tree Care Partners
- Art Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Creative Direction
- Graphic Design
A results-driven, marketing production, and design leader with a track record of exceeding performance targets and adapting to diverse challenges. Now seeking new opportunity to leverage strong communication skills and project management acumen while sharing a keen understanding of consumer behavior and effective cross-functional team leadership strategies.
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Aditi Jain
Product Marketing Executive at Infurnia
- Architecture
- Content Design
- Growth Marketing
- product marketing
Currently, navigating through the world of product marketing at Infurnia. Also, an Architect by profession with experience in developing and managing the complete design lifecycle of infrastructure projects, sustainable design strategies across institutional and residential projects. Experience in driving sustainable infrastructure designs through research on user-centered design. With a wide interest in design, I have sought to develop skills and knowledge in both Architecture and prospective technology and eagerly anticipate exploring the role of design from every day to the extraordinary.
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Heather James
Creative Director at Heather James Creative Director
- Adobe
- Branding & Identity
- Career Advice
- Creative Direction
Hi, I'm Heather, based in Sydney, Australia. Over my 20+ year career in design and marketing, I've collaborated with renowed global corporations, local businesses, and solo entrepreneurs. My multidisciplinary skills include translating ideas into powerful visuals and compelling communications, driving brand awareness, influencing decisions, education, and ultimately, sales and profits.
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Gary Cribb
User Experience Design at Zinio Systems
- Art Direction
- Creative Direction
- Typography
- User Experience
Hello! I'm an accomplished design leader with 20+ years experience inspiring, building and leading teams  focused on aligning customer needs with business strategies through user experience design and research. I've always been driven by a passion to make things and to create positive impact on people’s lives through design. I spent many years in print and love to talk about design regardless of medium so feel free to reach out and let me know how I can help. Thanks! Accomplished design leader with 25+ years experience inspiring, building and leading teams. Focused on aligning customer needs and business strategies through User Experience (UX) design and research. Resourceful and creative problem solver, driven passion to lead and mentor designers. Proven ability to balance business goals, customer intent and design integrity to craft effective user experiences. Specialties include: Creative Direction, User Experience, Design Leadership, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Enterprise Transformation, SaaS & PaaS, Service Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Centered Design, Digital Strategy, Information Architecture, User Research, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Facilitation, and Team Building
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Matt Strelecki
Creative Director at Dotdash Meredith Agrimedia
- Adobe
- Art Direction
- Creative Direction
- Design Management
An multi-award winning creative director experienced in establishing and revitalizing brands across platforms. A 2016 Media Industry News Hall of Fame member with more than 200 nominations and awards since 2010 from Media Industry News, Folio and The American Agricultural Editors Association. The cover of Successful Farming magazine cover from November 2014 was included in an exhibition on food at the London Victoria and Albert Museum in October of 2019. A proven change agent and successful manager of large design departments and high volume pipelines with an unblemished track record of success in creative direction for magazines and books with additional skills in environmental graphics, website art direction and packaging design. Extensive project management experience and oversight of multi-million dollar budgets with supervision of 8 full-time staff and 15-30 freelance contractors, simultaneously. In-depth experience in topics ranging from authored books, agriculture, food, decorating, crafting, children's titles, and do-it-yourself for multiple topics. Notable clients include, Disney, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, Mattel, Marvel and DC comics, HGTV, TLC, Discovery Channel, The Today Show, The Food Network, Better Homes & Gardens, Home Depot, Black and Decker, Miracle-Gro, Scotts, Stanley Tools, among others.
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Gregory Loshakov
Designer at DataArtDataArt
- Art Direction
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I’m a UI/UX Designer with 7 years of experience designing engaging and user-friendly interfaces for native and web applications for both desktop and mobile. I have experience in many industries, but have a passion for education. I prefer full-time positions.
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Nitish Gulati
Sr. UX Designer at Capgemini
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
I'm a Senior UX Designer with 11 years' experience designing complex, data-intensive enterprise systems — risk monitoring platforms for North American banks, compliance workflows for multinational insurers, and scheduling tools for enterprise workforce teams. I currently lead a 4-person design team at Capgemini India, and I bring the same rigour to every engagement: deep user research, structured information architecture, and Figma component systems built to scale across large product teams. I use Claude and Cursor every day — not as a shortcut, but as a genuine extension of how I think. Faster synthesis, sharper hypothesis formation, prototype-to-production in hours rather than days. Designing AI-native experiences follows naturally: I've built an MCP integration layer for a live product, designed copilot interaction patterns for regulated enterprise tools, and I think hard about what agentic UX actually means for users who don't know or care that there's an LLM behind the screen. Trainzilla is my proof-of-concept. I founded it in June 2025, designed the full system — Figma design system, coach web app, iOS and Android client app, trainer marketplace, and an MCP server with 20 real operations — and it's live with roughly 100 active coaches today. I'm open to freelance projects, contract engagements, and full-time roles in enterprise UX, fintech, or AI-native products. If you need a design partner who ships — let's talk. Based in Pune; available remote worldwide.
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Michael Plater Findlay
Design Strategist at Canada Life
- Design Thinking
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
Hi there! I'm a well-seasoned designer (IxD, UX, graphic design) who went business management and came back. I've been designing since the web was new(ish) and have worked for agencies, freelance, and non-profits. I'm really interested in inclusion, purpose, and social impact.
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Jess Chan
Senior Visual Designer at NVIDIA
- Product Design
- User Interface
- Visual Design
- Web Design
I'm currently a product designer (mobile/web apps). I have a graphic design degree and have been working in UI/UX design for 8 years. Designing engaging digital experiences to simplify lives and empower people. I have 8 years of experience in multi-platform UI/UX design working on products from end to end. I thrive the best working with intelligent teams in a fast pace environment on products that benefit human beings. I am always up for a new challenge.
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Ajay Mittal
Sr. UX Designer at Amazon
- Interaction Design
- Mobile Development
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
I have always been associated with designing for the users and empathising with their needs and functional requirements. After almost 9 years of studying architecture and UX design,I was able to find a synergy between the two and amalgamate both fields in my design rationale and design process.
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Pallavi Rani
Assistant Professor at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
- Design Process
- Ethnography
- Inclusive Design
- User Centered Design
Pallavi Rani is working as an Assistant Professor at NIFT Mumbai. Her interest area is Visual Communication Design, Design Research, Ethnography, User Centric Design, Art Design and Aesthetic etc.
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Ramin Khatibi
Founder & CEO at The Dexign Studio
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Willing to answer emails on UI, UX and Product design. A curios case, empowering teams, products and people through Dexign.
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Apeksha Singhwal
Senior Lead Experience Designer at Wongdoody
- Design Critique
- Design Management
- Figma
- User Experience
An Engineering student who took a career in Design. I have always been fascinated by the world of design & creativity. So here I am taking you on my journey towards the world of design & creativity. My areas of expertise include Requirement Gathering, Low/High Fidelity Wireframes, Design Critique, Design Management & Design Sprint Also a passionate Photographer. Did a master's certificate in Design & Innovation from ISDI Mumbai, and a B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering From Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.
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Alfonsina Sterling
Motion Designer | Editor | Co-Founder at Indie Oven
- Career Advice
- Career Transitions
- Entrepreneurship
- Portfolio Review
For the past decade, I have been working remotely as a freelancer with people from around the world, creating, editing, designing, and animating a bunch of stuff, and still learning every day with each person I meet and the projects I join. From social media videos to animated explainers, video reels, short video ads, music videos, TV shows, movie teasers, and event promos — I've had the chance to edit a bit of everything, as I'm very flexible and quickly adapt to new teams and projects.
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Camila Caligari
Design Manager at QuintoAndar
- Design Thinking
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
I believe in the knowledge’s capacity to build a fairer world when it is returned to society in the shape of better services and practices. Being able to see my efforts and my experiences shared through human-centered projects of positive impact is what moves my professional choices.
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