Position: UX/UI Designer
Category: Design
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 7

Unfortunately, djinni does not allow to paste links to projects which I have been a part of, however, I will eagerly share them upon personal contact.

Over the past 7 years as a designer I have been lucky to work on projects across multiple industries such as renewable energy, finance, recruitment, real estate, healthcare, sports, telecom, cryptocurrency, etc. My 100% rating on Upwork allows me to call myself a diligent designer and a good team member.

As a team lead I have managed to organize all design-related processes, established a very comfortable atmosphere within the team, and ensured high-quality results. The feedback received from the PMs, developers, senior management, and my teammates lets me view this period as a win-win experience for all. Despite being short, it was an outstanding experience.

The ability to learn fast, build good relations with people and communicate my thoughts in a polite and understandable way, analytical thinking, and knowledge of several foreign languages are among my strong sides.

Beyond work, for the past 4 years I have been leading a large volunteer project with 20+ team members and participants.
Until 2013:
Project manager and marketer at an event and consulting agency.

2013 - 2015: 
Marketer/UX Analyst at a small international mobile startup responsible for a wide range of tasks:
- Website and app wireframing;
- Hiring designers and managing their work;
- Product testing; 
- Managing product translation into several languages;
- Creating video tutorials, etc.

Since 2015:
UI/UX designer on Upwork (top rated, 100% job success score, member of the Talent Scout pool of freelancers). Most often I am hired for UX-heavy projects, where structured thinking, logic, and the ability to fit a ton of features into limited space are necessary. These are analytical platforms, admin panels, calculators, mobile apps, etc. From time to time, I also do landing pages, logos, 2D illustrations, printed materials, and simple animations.

Used software:
- Figma (most certainly the best UI design tool as of today);
- Photoshop and Illustrator (5+ years);
- XD (not a fan of it, though);
- Sometimes I play around with After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, and Spline, but that's not serious enough.

2018:
Taught a 4 months Wed Design course for beginners at Beetroot Academy.

2021:
For 5 months I have occupied the position of a Design Team Lead at a small German web agency with a development office in Ukraine. I have managed to build an efficient design workflow from the ground up, organized a clear collaboration process between my team and the PMs, and the development team, and introduced a personalized learning program. Despite our great results, I had to part ways with the employer, because they were unable to maintain a stable workload and pay my salary due to an unsuccessful sales strategy.

What I am looking for:

This year's team leading experience was a breath of fresh air, and a  firm step to a new stage of life. I would love to continue developing as a manager, setting the design with my own hands aside.

I love people, complex projects, and deal well with multitasking.
Expectations & priorities:

- A company that values people as its main asset;
- Various tasks. The more complex, the better;
- Frienly atmosphere where mutual respect and a focus on the result are at the core of any interaction;
- Well-set work processes;
- A company that cares about employee education and development;
- CSR activities.