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Vetted Design Professionals in the Chicago Metro
Pre-screened and vetted in the Chicago Metro.
Phil Schroeder
Principal Product Designer specializing in AI-enabled UX and design systems
Jiayi Huang
Junior Product/UX Designer specializing in FinTech and conversational AI
“Founding product designer at a startup building RealSpend, an AI-powered fintech product centered on conversational decision support (contextual insights and in-flow actions). Also designed the companion app for Lasso Loop, an in-home recycling appliance, translating an industrial process into a warm, kitchen-friendly UX using layered information architecture and progressive disclosure, with strong design-system alignment to React/Tailwind/Ant Design engineering stacks.”
Shanjusha Kulasekaran
Mid-level UI/UX Designer specializing in data-driven, accessible enterprise product design
“Product/UX designer with hands-on experience designing AI-driven products end-to-end, including an AI shopping assistant (Stylaire) with multimodal conversational search (text/voice/image). Uses rapid prototyping and usability testing to simplify complex flows (e.g., reducing filter overload via progressive disclosure) and collaborates closely with engineers with working knowledge of HTML/CSS and component systems.”
Matthew Waldinger
Director-level Creative Designer specializing in brand, UI/UX, and multimedia production
Sui Lin Tam
Intern UI/UX Designer specializing in visual design, branding, and web/mobile experiences
Rain Dong
Junior Product Designer specializing in AI-driven B2B SaaS
Bhavika Arigala
Mid-level UX Designer specializing in design systems and accessible mobile-first product UX
Michelle Callahan
Senior Product Designer specializing in digital marketing and brand design
“Marketing/brand designer with lead design experience on Aurelio's Pizza creative (including a responsive website redesign that improved mobile engagement and 'Order Now' clicks). Also contributed to maintaining and scaling a Figma design system at Cars, upgrading components for Auto Layout consistency and enabling high-volume, modular campaign production with strong async collaboration (Slack/Figma/Jira).”
Danny Mecler
Senior Graphic Designer specializing in branding, packaging, and print production
Abhijit Varanasi
Mid-level Technical Artist specializing in real-time rendering, shaders, and pipeline tools
Paul Gerwen
Creative Director specializing in brand identity and multi-channel marketing
“Lead creative who built and extended the NRCA PRO initiative identity on top of an earlier corporate identity system they created, producing all associated print/digital assets and supporting a successful market launch. Operates with strong process discipline (brief-as-North-Star, proofing checks/balances), high-volume production workflows (Adobe + Campaign Monitor, Teams/OneDrive, traffic management), and multi-format video planning for efficient cross-platform delivery.”
Jon Jakubco
Senior Graphic Designer/Videographer specializing in automotive marketing content
“Graphic Designer for a large auto dealership group responsible for all web and print creative, including taking photos and writing copy while adhering to strict brand guidelines across 8 vehicle manufacturers. Built a high-volume template library (200+ templates) to scale output across web/social/print, and produced ongoing video content for 10 YouTube channels using Premiere Pro and CapCut.”
Erica Ruggles
Senior Visual & Graphic Designer specializing in B2B brand, web, and marketing design
Tome Talevski
Senior Graphic Designer specializing in branding, packaging, and multi-channel campaigns
Brandi Ross
Senior Creative Designer specializing in social media, web, and digital marketing design
Jamila Metcalf
Junior Graphic Designer specializing in branding, print, and digital design