CAREER

CAREER

Art Director, Partner of Design direction and UI/UX Designer

2023 -> present, 2Y

Led the design team in more then 20 project, managed stakeholder relationships, ensuring high-quality, timely project delivery.
Defined the agency's product vision strategy and roadmap and client acquisition strategy.
Presented creative concepts to clients, articulating design rationale and ensuring user-focused solutions. Designed UI and visuals as well.

Led the design team in more then 20 project, managed stakeholder relationships, ensuring high-quality, timely project delivery.

Defined the agency's product vision strategy and roadmap and client acquisition strategy.

Presented creative concepts to clients, articulating design rationale and ensuring user-focused solutions. Designed UI and visuals as well.

UI/UX Designer

2020 -> present, 5Y

Freelance
Web3.0 specialisation

Freelance Web3.0 specialisation

Contributed to over 20 projects, primarily within the Web3.0 space. Worked as a Product Designer in 4 project, defining product vision. Apps adaptive design for web and mobile, Development of Design Systems and UI KITs, Websites design and Low-code Development, branding and identity, Visual Design for digital media and print.

Contributed to over 20 projects, primarily within the Web3.0 space.

Worked as a Product Designer in 4 project, defining product vision. Apps adaptive design for web and mobile, Development of Design Systems and UI KITs, Websites design and Low-code Development, branding and identity, Visual Design for digital media and print.

Product Designer & Cofounder

2020 -> 2021, 1Y

IT Land:
EdTech solution

Freelance Web3.0 specialisation

Led defining the product vision, Guided the strategy and roadmap creation. Was in charge of designing a digital educational platform.
Led product design, website layout, and content development. Managed all service operations and implemented product automation.
Achieved rapid growth within six months: Free trial product "IT Advent Calendar" achieved 1M views and 40K registrations. 

Educational Platform traffic reach 21K/m , WAU = 900, 250 customers monthly, ARPU = $100.

Led defining the product vision, Guided the strategy and roadmap creation. Was in charge of designing a digital educational platform.
Led product design, website layout, and content development. Managed all service operations and implemented product automation.

Achieved rapid growth within six months: Free trial product "IT Advent Calendar" achieved 1M views and 40K registrations. 

Educational Platform traffic reach 21K/m , WAU = 900, 250 customers monthly, ARPU = $100.

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Memorisely

2022

OKAD.Agency

UI Design Bootcamp
Best student award. Case-study: UserFlow for Meditation App (UI Library with styles and components, mobile flow animations, UXR).

UI Design Bootcamp.

Best student award.

Case-study: UserFlow for Meditation App (UI Library with styles and components, mobile flow animations, UXR).

The University of Manchester

The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES)

2021

OKAD.Agency

Master of Cultural Management
Won an education grant program to cover educational costs.
Case-Study: Concept of raising AAR user metric in unified educational platform for general education schools «Sber». Presented platform’s MVP UI.

Fellowship by Oxford Russian Fund

2021

OKAD.Agency

Worked in Social science lab - the research

Policy Paper: «Recommendations for the Development of Grassroots Educational Projects» (quantitative and qualitative research). 


Case-Study: Consulting for Moscow Free University - Social non-profit organization advocating for academic freedom and autonomy in the face of political pressure.
Review: «Ways of Collecting Domestic Violence Statistics».

The Fund and Social Science Lab was banned in Russia as a result of Putin's regime and the enforcement of the foreign agents law, during my studies and work there.

Worked in Social science lab - the Policy Paper: «Recommendations for the Development of Grassroots Educational Projects» (quantitative and qualitative research). 



Case-Study: Consulting for Moscow Free University - Social non-profit organization advocating for academic freedom and autonomy in the face of political pressure.

Review: «Ways of Collecting Domestic Violence Statistics».

During my studies and work there, the Oxford Fund and Social Science Lab were banned in Russia as a result of Putin's regime and the enforcement of the foreign agents law.

Moscow State University named by M.Lomonosov (MSU)

2021

OKAD.Agency

Bachelor's degree in Sociology, specializing in "Social Technologies of Marketing and Management" and “Urbanism: Creative Cities”.

Completed the first semester of Master's program. Did not graduate due to outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine and emigration.

HACKATHONS

HACKATHONS

I’ve participated in more than 30 hackathons and organized 3 hackathons myself

I’ve participated in more than 30 hackathons and organized 3 hackathons myself

OKAD.Agency

«EthGlobal Brussels 2024» bounties WalletConnect, Zircuit $4.5k (Prediction market)
«EthRome 2023» bounties from Graph, BuildGuild, Interface, Gnosis $6.5k (Survey app)
«EthPrague 2023» track PWN with RailGun $3k (P2P market for funds loans)
«EthZurich 2023» Judges favourite award $2k, 2nd place in audience voting $1k
«Hack Zurich 2022» Winner of Velas blockchain track $2k, (NFT Validation platform)
«Deffinition»: 2022 Everscale(TON) $3k GamyFi; 2021 Rarible $3k (Crowdfunding app)
Grant from InoSwiss & University of Basel $25k (NFT Validation platform)
4th - «Alibaba GET Challenge Russia 2020». (Beauty-marketplace and AR fitting room)

«EthGlobal Brussels 2024» bounties WalletConnect, Zircuit $4.5k (Prediction market)

«EthRome 2023» bounties from Graph, BuildGuild, Interface, Gnosis $6.5k (Survey app)

«EthPrague 2023» track PWN with RailGun $3k (P2P market for funds loans)

«EthZurich 2023» Judges favourite award $2k, 2nd place in audience voting $1k

«Hack Zurich 2022» Winner of Velas blockchain track $2k, (NFT Validation platform)

«Deffinition»: 2022 Everscale(TON) $3k GamyFi; 2021 Rarible $3k (Crowdfunding app)

Grant from InoSwiss & University of Basel $25k (NFT Validation platform)

4th - «Alibaba GET Challenge Russia 2020». (Beauty-marketplace and AR fitting room)

EXTRA COURSES

EXTRA COURSES

OKAD.Agency

Coursera: UX researcher (Google)
MSM Skolkovo, MIPT, telekom MTS

"Digital Technologies in Business"
Memorisely bootcamp and video classes
Product University A. Moreinis
Product Star analytics for PM
Phoenix-Next Case School
Technosphere from Mail.ru PM
MIPT Accelerator Engineer 4.0

Coursera: UX researcher (Google)

MSM Skolkovo, MIPT, telekom MTS

"Digital

Technologies in Business"

Memorisely bootcamp and video classes

Product University A. Moreinis

Product Star analytics for PM

Phoenix-Next Case School

Technosphere from Mail.ru PM

MIPT Accelerator Engineer 4.0

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[ About olyaabra ]

I'm a versatile Product Designer with strong UI skills and a UX academic background, specializing in user research through both quantitative and qualitative methods to enhance interface satisfaction. I collaborate closely with software engineers and frontend developers to strengthen my app development expertise, always aligning design decisions with metrics and business objectives.

With three years in Web3, I've worked across startups, agencies, and launched startups myself. I'm passionate about hackathons, having participated in over 20 and organized three with dedicated teams.

[ About olyaabra ]

I'm a versatile Product Designer with strong UI skills and a UX academic background, specializing in user research through both quantitative and qualitative methods to enhance interface satisfaction. I collaborate closely with software engineers and frontend developers to strengthen my app development expertise, always aligning design decisions with metrics and business objectives.

With three years in Web3, I've worked across startups, agencies, and launched startups myself. I'm passionate about hackathons, having participated in over 20 and organized three with dedicated teams.

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