User-centered Design – Advice from Experts

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User-centered Design

Ben Sykes

Austin, Texas

$300.0/min 5.0 91 $5/min

20+ Years of designing, building and launching digital products - Mentor, Product Designer. Former @Google @Microsoft @Cisco. Startup founder, advisor, and investor.

Kai Gradert

California

$300.0/min 4.9 19 $5/min

Previous senior design lead at AngelList, Google, and Adobe. I have successfully designed software products for Google, Intel, Adobe, Frog Design, Apple, Levis, Lego Group, MetaTools. Startup founder, advisor, and investor.

Danny Setiawan

New York, NY

$250.0/min 5.0 13 $4.17/min

15+ years of experience in UX and product development. I have worked with Enterprise (The Economist, Yahoo! and Microsoft) and startups (GeoCV, Navigine and Contently).

Nir Eyal

San Francisco Bay Area

$1000.0/min 5.0 15 $16.67/min

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and is a past Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.

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Austin, Texas

$150.0/min 5.0 10 $2.5/min

UX expert with 20 years doing research, strategy, and design. Ex-Honeywell, Adaptive Path, and Microsoft. Freelancer, habitual starter-upper.

Zvonimir Moric

Chicago

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Worked in the Lightbank.com ecosystem for many years. Seasoned Creative Director, Art Director, and Designer with over 13 years of experience. Information architecture, design, pitch decks, and more.

Ikon Eco

San Francisco Bay Area

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Resourceful and creative problem solver, driven by a passion to make things intuitively obvious and to create positive impact on people’s lives through product design. Constantly striving to deliver delightful and seamless experiences across people, touchpoints and technology. With more than 12 years of experience in driving web and mobile product vision, rapidly iterating new concepts and prototypes, collaborating cross-functionally with product management, engineering and user research to ensure a smooth product development process and to lead user experience designs from conception until launch. - Extensive experience in designing large-scale web and mobile applications. - Proven track record of driving design innovation and leading teams to success. - Recognized excellence in relationship management, facilitation and presentation skills. Specialties: • User Experience Design (Web and Mobile) • Interaction Design & Information Architecture • Experience Strategy and Vision • Experience Planning & Team Facilitation • Ideation and Concept Generation • User Research & Usability Testing • Rapid Prototyping

Jonathan Kalinowski

Raleigh, NC

$150.0/min 5.0 2 $2.5/min

I am currently connecting MetLife's business decision-makers to our customers' needs to drive successful innovation. I have also started a service+interior design consultancy called Fosforo Studio. In our first year, we have serviced over 15 clients. In the past, I worked with Alliant Credit Union to build their innovation and service design centers of excellence. Prior to that, I was with Fjord as a Service Designer in Chicago where I helped our clients innovate and rethink the way they serve their customers. I also cofounded Service Experience Chicago, a non-profit dedicated to increasing access to service design theory and practice. I hold an MFA in Service Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and have published in Touchpoint, a service design quarterly journal.

Nadine Schaeffer

California Central Coast

$175.0/min 5.0 13 $2.92/min

I have been designing apps, websites and software for over 17 years. My clients have included Apple, Yahoo, Oracle, Intuit and a host of smaller companies and startups. I offer a full range of design services including research, information architecture, interaction design and mobile design.

Dinesh Brid

Pune Area, India

$60.0/min 5.0 6 $1/min

Founder, NotchUX - User experience design studio. Kick-started career in 1992 marketing runner boards at Cricket matches. Start-up guy. 9 digital start-ups (entertainment, nightlife, alcoholic beverages). Doer. Start-up advisor. Loves adventure travel.

Neil Clavin

Berlin / ✈

$150.0/min 5.0 1 $2.5/min

UX Design, strategy, research & leadership for interactive products for mobile, IOT, web, TV, smart cities. Lead & advise on UX for organisations / start-ups: Vodafone, Logitech, BBC, Virgin, IXDS

Ezra Goldman

Oakland, CA

$150.0/min 5.0 1 $2.5/min

Entrepreneur (Upshiftcars.com) and business innovator with a focus on shared transportation, on demand, and share economy businesses.

Tim Grace

Chicago, Illinois

$150.0/min N/A 6 $2.5/min

Senior Product Manager, currently at Trunk Club, previously at Signal, Cars.com, Apartments.com. Working at my second startup. Always learning, sometimes teaching.

Mehdi Doghri

London, UK

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Senior Product Manager @ Barclays. also: geek, entrepreneur, former CTO in a startup, iOS developer and architect. I can help you with your product strategy and mobile apps challenges.

Matthew Milan

Toronto

$250.0/min N/A 37 $4.17/min

Design leader at Normative, a software innovation firm. Expertise in Risk Management, Software Innovation, Business Strategy, New Product Development and building great innovation teams.

Jason Cranford Teague

Washington, DC

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

I have helped start-ups, government agencies, nonprofits, and fortune 100 companies. How can I help you?

Paul Boag

Dorset, United Kingdom

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

User experience consultant, speaker & author of Digital Adaptation. Helps companies meet the needs of digital consumers. For more see boagworks.com

Alexander Ryan

San Francisco Bay Area

$175.0/min N/A 5 $2.92/min

Brand Strategy and design thinking with a dash business model design, and service design. Lover of frameworks. Let's talk about how to get our head around complicated challenges.

Chris Shepherd

London, UK

$60.0/min N/A 6 $1/min

Marketplace, SaaS & Product Strategy Expert. Founder @ Fixington. Previously Product @ BBC, Tesco & huddle. Expertise in startups, revenue models and product management.

Natasha Irizarry

NYC

$100.0/min N/A 3 $1.67/min

Currently working at OkCupid as a Product Designer. Contact me for questions on UX, design, or anything related to the two. Or dating...I often tell people I am "resident matchmaker". I have lots of experience in consumer facing web sites and mobile design.

Erin Liman

San Francisco Bay Area

$200.0/min N/A 16 $3.33/min

Founder & Innovation Accelerator @ Innovation is Social, LLC. Transform "yeah, but" cultures into scrappy, entrepreneurial ones. Product and user experience strategist, design researcher, vision communicator / corporate storyteller, innovation coach. Worked with execs at GE, Lenovo, SK Telecom, SAP, Intuit, PeopleSoft, Lotus/IBM and dozens of startups. Are you next?

Per Axbom

Stockholm County, Sweden

$200.0/min N/A 11 $3.33/min

Experience Designer. Strategist. Coach. Speaker. Visual Explainer. Co-host of @uxpodcast. * Run my own business in within UX and Interaction Design. * 18 years of experience with web development. * Have lived in four countries across three continents. * I ride a motorcycle. * More than 40 clients over the past 15 years. * Love sketchnotes. * Often hired as a speaker within web trends and UX.

Kelley Poturalski

Denver, CO

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

User experience strategist, researcher and designer specializing in product and service design who loves working with smart, funny friends.

Tal Florentin

Israel

$450.0/min N/A 0 $7.5/min

Author, speaker, founder and editor of UX Hero Comics, award winning UX designer, director and lead lecturer at UXV - UX Certification Program, CEO and lead UX designer at UXVision with experience of more than 120 UX projects

Jeremy Belcher

Tokyo, Japan

$100.0/min N/A 3 $1.67/min

UX Designer for some of the biggest brands in the world. Digital Nomad. Co-creator of the newly-launched W9er app.

Abe Crystal

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

$150.0/min N/A 2 $2.5/min

Co-founder, Ruzuku. Ph.D., human-computer interaction & social learning. I've conducted hundreds of user research sessions: interviews, contextual observation, usability tests, etc. Can I help you understand your customers better?

Scott Magee

Austin, TX

$120.0/min N/A 5 $2/min

I build businesses using value-driven innovation to create incremental lifts in recurring revenue and company valuation. I can help plan your MVP, decide what to test and how to make sense of the results - or I can create sustainable long term initiatives (that actually get built) for established companies.

Petr Kosnar

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

$200.0/min N/A 7 $3.33/min

Design engineer at the User System Interaction program of the Eindhoven University of Technology, Freelancing in design & reseach over 6 years. Passionate about applying psychology in design & technology context.

Everett McKay

St Albans, VT, USA

$450.0/min N/A 0 $7.5/min

Principal of UX Design Edge, UX design consultant and trainer with global clientele. With 20+ years experience, have significant breadth and depth on a wide range of UX topics and work very quickly. We can get a lot done in 30 minutes or less! My specialties are remote design reviews, and helping you find practical, intuitive, simple, highly usable solutions extremely quickly, for web, mobile, and desktop apps. Author of “UI is Communication”, a ground-breaking approach to intuitive UI. Personally wrote the Windows UX Guidelines while at Microsoft. Have a technical background (BS/MS in CS from MIT), so work especially well with technical teams and have a low tolerance for design BS. Check uxdesignedge.com/about for details.

Jenny Sun

Atlanta, GA

$120.0/min N/A 9 $2/min

User Experience Consultant. Co-Founder of Field (User Research, Product Strategy, Experience Design Firm). Instructor at Creative Circus. UX STRAT Advisory Board Member.

Marc Orro

Sydney, NSW

$60.0/min N/A 1 $1/min

Head of Design @ CodeNgo • Founder @ VoThink • Worked at @ Nurun • Entrepreneur • Dreamer • Surfer • Minimalist

Kathleen Zasada

Brooklyn, NY

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Self-taught product manager with experience in ecommerce, marketplaces, education and manufacturing. Currently a Senior PM at Buzzfeed and Product Management Instructor at General Assembly; previously a PM at Etsy, Capital One, Shapeways & PowerMyLearning. Undergrad in Finance from Northeastern.

Thanos Papavasileiou

London

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I am a UX & UI Designer with 10 years of experience, a Story Teller and a Maker of things online. I love NYC, English Breakfast and riding my HD. I am a part-time Londoner, part-time Greek who loves to simplify complex problems and translate them to great User interfaces. While I enjoy building beautiful, spotless interfaces, I consider conversion & revenue more important. I've designed for many Startups and companies like Manchester City, Christie's, Upstream Systems, incrediblue, HitTail and Hearst Publications. By experience, my expertise is in SaaS Products, Marketplaces and e-auction systems. As a new dad I'm also trying to solve the most complex problem in my life so far, which is how to be a good father while you keep a career in a sector that is evolving with the speed of light.

Vacherat Patricia

Paris

$100.0/min N/A 3 $1.67/min

Je suis une experte en expérience utilisateur sur le digital située en région parisienne. Je vous propose de vous accompagner dans le cadrage fonctionnel et/ou la conception ergonomique de vos dispositifs et applications web et mobile. Mon profil Linkedin est à jour si vous souhaitez plus d'informations sur mon parcours et mes compétences. À bientôt !

Dave Burke

Washington, DC

$175.0/min N/A 6 $2.92/min

Highly experienced digital and UX strategist. Frequent teacher and speaker. Led web teams at Washington Post, CEB, and APCO Worldwide.

Bojan Janjanin

Zabok, Croatia

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Bojan is a senior web designer and developer with 12 years of professional experience, specializing in usable web solutions. He has experience with a wide range of projects, tools, and techniques. He is proficient in UX/UI design and front-end development.

Lee Hsieh

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Multi-device UX combining aesthetic sensibility with technical know-how to deliver feasible and actionable solutions. Veteran of 6 startups including Chemdex/Ventro - 1st B2B e-market for life sciences. Striving to make technology more accessible and easy to use.

Dave Jimenez

Texas - Hook 'Em!

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Recovering Tech/Software Consulting veteran with a passion for using my knowledge and experience to help teams grow their businesses.

Adam Holtrop

Greater New York City Area

$200.0/min N/A 1 $3.33/min

Entrepreneur developing business across digital platforms. I have over 7 years experience planning and designing mobile technology. Spent a few years building social media services for PepsiCo and other tier 1 brands. I'm very focused on user experience, gap analysis and hold a deep understanding of current technology. Spent 10 years in advertising (Ogilvy, Saatchi) before moving out into tech start ups. I can help you decipher the digital world and create meaningful connections between customers and brands. On top of this I'm a Creative Director, meaning i direct the aesthetic outcome of everything i do.

Jack Oliver

London

$500.0/min N/A 10 $8.33/min

Design Lead at Forward Partners, Startup Investment, Data driven design, product development and the 'fixer' of startups. Formerly @ Notonthehighstreet, Farfetch, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes and Ford

Stan Blessedlive

Uzbekistan, Tashkent

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

WHAT IS MY JOB? I'm creating or rethinking products - apps or websites. Even if app or website isn't your final product - so then I'm leading users right to your product through your website or app. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW I'M DOING IT? User Experience Design includes a bunch of skills and instruments such as research, user stories, wireframes etc. It's like architect. Then User Interface Design comes to make it look awesome; to put correct emphasis in a right place.

Morten Lundsby

$60.0/min N/A 1 $1/min

Led Help Centers for advertising products at Google. Helps B2B SaaS companies with product management and customer support. Partner at software, UX and strategy consulting company.

Mario Garcia

Tampa, FL

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Former Chief Experience Officer for fintech startup NYMBUS. Helping startups look like billion dollar companies and established companies grow value though designing an incredible user journey.

Benjamin Earl Evans

london, england

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Award-winning User Experience Designer, entrepreneur and author. I help you create experiences that resonate with your customers, increase conversions & more. I'm also a Pitch Deck & Public Speaking Expert who has helped entrepreneurs raise over $4MM for their startups.

Jason Cyr

British Columbia, Canada

$150.0/min N/A 7 $2.5/min

Jason is an entrepreneur, innovator, connector, and team-builder with more than 15 years of experience in user centred design, technology, innovation, business and creativity. Currently a Managing Partner and Principal Product Designer at Ethical UX a digital design agency that works with progressive clients to design and build meaningful digital experiences with a focus on web marketing, digital products, software, mobile apps and web applications. Most recently Jason was the owner of Pareto User Experience Group, a successful boutique UX agency with such notable clients as: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Disney Interactive, BC Children's Hospital Foundation, WorkSafeBC, and McDonalds. Jason was also a founder and CEO at Tiipz, a mobile engagement and consumer insights platform, where he was chosen as one of 20 Canadian start-up CEOs to attend the C100 event - 48 Hrs in the valley (San Francisco), and also one of 15 Canadian start-up CEOs chosen to attend the annual Metabridge event in Kelowna.

Lucia Ziyuan

Lisbon

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I design for complex financial apps especially those utilizing blockchain technology. My mission is to make financial apps easier and more delightful to use.

Lyn Bain

Santa Fe, NM

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Usability mentor with expertise in selecting the right methodology for the situation, planning and conducting interviews, analyzing the results, and identifying actionable changes to improve the users' experience. I've worked with companies of all sizes to introduce or improve usability practices and build internal expertise.

Louis-Xavier Lavallee

Montréal

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

I'm always finding ways to bring the ultimate experience to the skies at Bombardier, creating the most luxurious interfaces for our private jet fleet. I will give you advice on how to bring your product to a luxury status. www.louisxavier.com

Michael Smart

Berlin, Germany

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

I'm a user experience & interface designer from Australia, and now an adopted Berliner. Over the last 12 years, I've helped some of the biggest Brands and some of the fastest growing Startups in the World, build intuitive and engaging user experiences for their products and services. In 2011, I co-founded the leading UX Design Agency in Berlin AJ&Smart with fellow "ausländer" and UX Designer, Jonathan Courtney. I supply the following services: - User interface design for web & mobile services and products - Usability testing and solutions - Interactive prototyping - Native application usability and design for iOS/Android/Windows - Branding and corporate design (web/print) - Design consultancy and product strategy

Luis Vaz

porto

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

UI/UX Designer and founder of Canvaz Design Studio, Tails and Whales, CO-Founder Finiam and Judge @cssdesignawards.