Vetted Design Professionals in Illinois

“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.”

Jiayi Huang

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Junior Product/UX Designer specializing in FinTech and conversational AI

Chicago, IL2y exp

“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.”

“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).”

“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.”

“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.”

“Product designer with experience owning healthcare mobile app redesigns end-to-end, from sketches and user flows through developer handoff and post-launch iteration. Has worked closely with QA, engineering, and customer support to improve engagement and build accessible experiences for both younger and older users, and is currently redesigning event pages in an Agile coaching platform environment.”

Megan Craig

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Senior Graphic Designer specializing in print production and variable data printing

Monmouth, IL10y exp

“Print-shop and freelance graphic designer who has delivered end-to-end branding work (Hospice House of Hampton Roads logo) and produced a self-published recipe book using professional layout practices (style sheets/master pages), including cover design and basic food photography. Has some Adobe After Effects experience (stop-motion edits) and is actively looking to upskill into tools like Figma and lightweight marketing video workflows.”