Excellence, distilled.
Designers who think before they Figma. You’re here because that’s rarer than it should be.
Great designers aren’t hard to find. They’re hard to recognize.
LinkedIn gives you volume. UX List gives you taste. You don’t need more designers–you need the right ones. UX List is curated by product designers who know great work when they see it: top-1 % talent, period. Real products shipped—zero keyword noise.
Less scrolling. More signal.
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UX List is a curated network of top-tier product designers—hand-selected by designers who have built, shipped, and scaled real products.
We believe great design talent can’t be found through keywords or volume. It requires judgment, taste, and an understanding of craft, systems, and people. That’s why UX List is built by hiring managers and design leaders who know what “great” actually looks like.
This isn’t a marketplace. It’s a short list.
Signal over noise. Craft over hype. People over process.
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We don’t scale by adding more people. We scale by raising the bar.
UX List is built on a simple idea: the best way to evaluate designers is the way designers do. We look beyond titles and tools to understand how someone thinks, how they collaborate, and how they ship.
Every designer on UX List is vetted for craft, systems thinking, industry context, and EQ—so hiring managers can move faster, with confidence.
No algorithms. No gatekeepers. Just good judgment, applied consistently.
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UX List is for founders, product leaders, and Heads of Design who care about quality—and don’t have time for noise.
We work with teams at every stage, from early startups to global companies, who need designers that can step in, think clearly, and ship real work. These are leaders who value craft, systems thinking, strong collaboration, and EQ—and want people who have done this before.
If you’re tired of keyword searches, agency fees, and endless filtering, and you want a short list of designers you’d actually hire, this is for you.
Why UX List?
Why UX List vs. LinkedIn Recruiter or Agencies
LinkedIn Recruiter gives you volume. UX List gives you judgment.
Most hiring managers don’t struggle to find designers—they struggle to identify who’s actually great. UX List is curated by product designers for hiring managers who care about craft, systems thinking, industry context, and EQ. Every designer on the list has already done this before—building products, scaling teams, and shipping real work in real environments. These are plug-and-play designers in the top 1%, not keyword matches.
You’re not filtering noise. You’re starting with signal.
A traditional recruiter charges ~20% of base salary. That’s $25K–$65K per hire—often for candidates you could’ve found yourself, plus weeks of back-and-forth that wastes everyone’s time.
UX List gives you the same caliber of talent you’d expect from a truly trustworthy product design leader—one who can speak the language of design, understand medium and industry, and vet both craft and EQ.
The difference?
$5K flat fee for 6 months
No percentage fees
No middlemen
No incentive to “push” a hire
We keep costs low by crowd-sourcing trusted hiring managers and design leaders—so you get an exclusive look at who the top designers actually are, without paying agency tax.
If you’re here, it’s because you value taste, judgment, and time.
