Position: Product & UX Designer, Product Manager
Category: Design
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 5

• The biggest achievement I had are my students who could implement the full product design process of a project which I managed after learning from me just a semester. I really proud of them and it was also a successful experience of mentorship for me.

• In my own career my greatest achievement was my strength and ability to start a new job in IT Hire right after loosing the most important one for me in 2020s war.
•‍ Who am I?

I am a Designer with an eight years of experience in overall Design field and five years of experience in specifically UI/UX  Design field.

I am a Lecturer of Web (UX) and Graphic Design and Engineering in the National Polytechnic University of Armenia and also hired as a Lecturer of UI/UX design by Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Artsakh Republic
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•  My Career path? Highlighted projects and roles 

My Design career went through almost every kind of specialization in the Design field including:
Graphic/Brand Design, Motion Design, Product Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping and Information Architecture.

Most of the time I worked as a freelancer in various fields of Design but as some company and project highlights I can mention:
‣ UPON - Product Designer, Co-Founder
‣ UFAR (French University in Armenia) - UX designer of their intranet and student admission platform (LMS)
‣ NPUA - Lecturer of Web and Graphic Design and Engineering
‣ IT Hire - UX/UI Designer and Manager on nearly hundred of projects
‣ RFE/RL - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - Motion Graphic Designer
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• Technologies I used?

The most important technology I use is flexibility per project adjusting unique approach. I usually use Design Thinking model to define problems and solutions. The most important knowledge I use is Ergonomics and Cognitive Psychology.
What about software: although I prefer Figma or Axure RP or Adobe XD, but I am flexible to work using every kind of software you prefer. For the management I prefer keeping it simple using Trello and Confluence.
For the brainstormings and teamwork my preferred tool is FigJam, but I am ready to work in Whimsical or Miro as well.

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• What do I want to improve?

I always try keeping my knowledge up to date so I am a lifelong learner. That's why I participate bootcamps (BuildUP), volunteered for the IT and business events (“Hacking for Humanity” hackathon, Brian Tracy’s “Breakthrough Strategy”).

I also like to explore courses of related specializations, including:

IBM - Design thinking - Practitioner;
Product and Project Management;
Business Analysis;
Business English;
Programming;
Fashion Design.
• Expectations of job

Working on interesting, useful and reasonable product with a respectful, full of interesting people team.

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• Expectations of employer and team

‣ Devotion;
‣ Clear understanding what kind of problem their product is going to solve for users and what are their Business Objectives.
‣ Clear BRD for the Product Design jobs and readiness to discuss all the details for creating BRD for Product Management jobs.
‣ I would like to work with those who clearly understand that they are not their users so they are ready to prioritize their users' needs while creating a product.