About

My work experience, education and contacts. All here.

Intro

Born in Ekaterinburg, Russia, as a kid I spent much of my time drawing pictures and painting. At some point even went to a local animation studio and created my cartoon (It might be online somewhere). Who knew that after many years I’d come back to drawing but in a new way: moving pixels and designing digital products for business needs.

Design wasn’t on my radar when I attended universities in Moscow or New York. I wasn’t aware of it when I started working. But luckily the jobs I took led me to learn what was user experience design. Since 2020 I’ve been in full focus mode to master the skill of design. The greatest thing about design is it is everywhere. Any place you go - you see it.

So far my design journey has led me to cool places. I've learned a lot about web design and being in the "agency mode" at B2Broker. Later on, I was lucky to dive into the world of product design at Finoa where I've been building fintech products. My recent journey has been with Kevel where I'm currently designing user interfaces for ad platforms. I've been also working part-time as a design mentor with young designers which was a very insightful experience.

experience
Freelance Webflow Designer
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Bots & People
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Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

Remote

Company:

Bots and People offers courses on building digital fluency for companies.

My responsibilities:

I've been helping out with the bots & people website: designing new pages and developing them on Webflow. Occasionally fix bugs and build new components.

UX/UI Designer
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Kevel
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Feb 2023 - Present

Porto, Portugal & Remote

Company:

Kevel APIs make it easy to build custom ad platforms for retail media, sponsored listings, native ads, DOOH, and more. Customers include Yelp, Klarna,Ticketmaster, WeTransfer, Strava, and many more.

My responsibilities:

I lead product design working on multiple ad platforms and Kevel's website.

Design Mentor
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Itlogia
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Feb 2023 - Sep 2023

Remote

Company:

Itlogia is an online school that teaches UX/UI design and front-end development.

My responsibilities:

Served as a mentor and advisor for 26 students and provided professional advice and academic support.

Junior UX Designer
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Finoa
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Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

Porto, Portugal

Company:

Finoa GmbH is a regulated custodian for crypto assets, servicing professional investors with custody and staking.

My responsibilities:

My key achievement would be leading the design of the first version of the Onboarding web app. I have a dedicated case study where I go quite in-depth into the process. I was also helping with the design of the main web app.

Web Designer
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B2Broker
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May 2021 - May 2022

Moscow, Russia

Company:

B2Broker provides IT solutions for brokerages and exchanges.

My responsibilities:

I was part of the in-house design agency. I've been designing landing pages & websites, brand identity, social media assets, a mobile app, and emails. One of my key achievements was the creation of the first B2Broker design system for websites.

Design Intern
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MTS Media
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Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

Moscow, Russia

Company:

MTS Media provides online streaming service called KION (like Netflix).

My responsibilities:

Designed 80+ banners for movies and TV shows.

education
Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia
2012 - 2016

Bachelor's Degree in International Relations

St. John’s University NYC, USA
2017 - 2018

Master's Degree in Sport Management

Languages
English
Russian
Un peu de French
Me
photo of me
This is me and my grandmother celebrating her 77th birthday in Istanbul.
Contacts
#8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail