About me

Design is more than just nice pictures. Good and thoughtful design helps to solve business and customer issues. Design helps people to make their routine easier and faster. And I think this is a great match because I love to help people and I'm truly fond of my profession.

I've managed design projects for 7 years as a leader and a designer. I try to participate in projects in different roles if I have the possibility. I have extеnsive experience in design projects across a range of platforms. Also, I have experience in different design branches like identity, logotypes, presentations, and graphic design. But I specialise in a product design.

My skills as a designer are UI/UX design, analytics and creativity. I like to look for ways to solve complex problems and analyze them. l'm ready for discussions and I'm open to criticism. I respect the opinion of my team and a leader.

As a person, I always try to set high but yet achievable goals and I always stick to them purposefully. I fully commit to the projects and give them my full focus. It really helps me in my work. I do my best to achieve the perfect result in the time given with the most efficiency and organization. I'm quick to dive into new projects. I'm a very kind and diverse person. I like to give and get new knowledge.

Competencies

In order to have an image about me as a specialist as a whole, I made a chart where my competencies are indicated in percentage terms, representing my work routine I describe them in details further on

40%

Design

20%

Planning

18%

Research

17%

Leadership & Communication

5%

Initiatives

DESIGN

Definitely this is one of my strongest competencies, I have really deep knowledge and extensive experience in digital design. My work is a mix of all the skills mentioned and that helps me create useful and competitive products.

Using creative technics, variability and non-standard approach in solving problems.

Work with references, research design, style and functional alternatives selection based on product and technic trends.

Logical data structuring for digital or printed presentation of materials and websites with visual accents for clear understanding.

A product architecture development, user paths, logic optimization and product interaction.

Wide knowledge of accessibility aspects and developing interfaces taking into account the physiological characteristics of users.

The ability to look from the user's point of view, identify pain points and problems of user interaction with the interface.

Work with a composition and modular grid, formation of visual accents as a mean of artistic expression.

Competent work with typography and colors - formation of hierarchy, creation and use of styles.

Create and work with design systems and related documentation on a high professional level in compliance with the rules for using components and styles.

Knowledge of the specifics of mobile platform guidelines (iOS & Android), correct work with the features of each of them.

Work with tone-of-voice, write texts for interfaces with a clear interpretation of information.

Creative and critical design thinking

Building a concept structure and product vision

Information architecture

UI/UX design

Inclusive design

Typography and colors

Creating a design system

Mobile platform guidelines

UX writing

The empathy

Visualization of data

My other strengths include planning and strategy. It's important for me to make sure that any decision made is based on the rules adopted earlier and it must be justified. The following qualities and knowledge help me achieve this:

Planning

RoadMap formation and making plans for product development, current and future positioning of the product.

Building a product strategy

Planning, compliance with deadlines, description, assessment of tasks for a team and my own work.

Task management and prioritization

Using differents types of JTBD methodology.

JTBD methodology

Setting targets based on the business and the client's needs, taking into account the analytics requirements, as well as tasking for other designers and contractors and reorganizing team resources when it is required.

Tasks formulation

Timely identification of possible adverse project outcomes.

Risk management

RESEARCH

First of all, design should always solve the problem, and in order to understand the right direction to solve a problem or to make sure that it is solved correctly, I need research skills. I often participate in research and interviews as part of a specialized team of UX researchers, , but even if I do research on my own, I have enough competencies:

Basic knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Setting goals, objectives, hypotheses and provisional personas for research.

Qualitative and quantitative research

Preparing and conducting interviews myself or with a researching team, taking into account the understanding of the specifics of the result, determining the target audience and provisional personas.

Preparing and conducting interviews

Using the CJM methodology in the work and work with research results.

CJM methodology

Developing clickable and animated prototypes using tools such as Figma or Principle.

Prototyping

Drawing conclusions based on the results, working out further decisions, working with scenarios.

Work with research results

It is impossible to be a good leader without professional communication skills, project management knowledge and experience. Here are my core competencies as a product design team leader:

Leadership and Communication

Target vision of a project based on the overall strategy and key KPIs. Task allocation between designers and reorganizing team resources when it is required. Organizing a comfortable workflow for each member of the team, interfaces design review, conducting design and discussion meetings.

Project management

Understanding goals, interaction with team members, as well as the ability to correctly respond to feedback and correctly form their feedback, setting a tasks and briefings.

Teamwork & Delegation

Conflict resolution in teams in working groups. The ability to justify ideas, manage negotiations, as well as empathy in communicating with colleagues.

Interaction in conflict negotiations

Motivation and mentoring of team members to help improve hard / soft skills and and provide feedback on employee's work.

Motivation and mentoring

Organizing brainstorming sessions. Presentation and defense of design solutions, providing constructive and objective evaluation of design solutions. Speaking at meetings, meetups for groups of up to 400 people.

Presentations & Meetings

I am capable of formation initiatives, if I feel that I can be useful and this is required by the team or company. This may relate to the organization of the design workspace or the workflow of the team. For example:

initiatives

Reasonable argumentation of needs for improvements, necessary software, changes to interaction approaches.

Formation of initiatives

Collecting feedback from the team, generating general feedback and organizing presentations.

Conducting an assessment

Development of new methods, approaches to work and activities related to the workflow of the team.

Protection of initiatives

Mobile application HOME GYM

A sports community where the person individuality comes above all and motivation and communication are main values

Mobile Design System for a Bank

Design system as a visual communication with the client, uniting all mobile products of the bank into a single concept

The critical view of the homepage simple functionality and identifying the real reason for the customer to buy

Website for a Production Center

Projects

Marketplace: a bank partnership project

Multi-functional bank project with cashback, marketplace and gamification functions in one

A few more projects in different design branches: branding, graphic design, typography etc.

Quick preview of my other projects