Position: Senior Product Designer UX/UI
Category: Design
English level: upper
Years of experience: 4

I participated in a product design competition "Alfa Battle Camp", from Alfa-Bank of Russia in 2021. Out of a thousand participants, 100 were chosen, and after a week of teamwork, 50 people were chosen who went to Sochi to improve their skills.

I was a member of the team of winners, we took 1st place out of 9.
For the last 3 years, I have worked as a product designer, mainly in fintech. I position myself more as a UX designer because 80% of my work is UX. 

I have worked with fintech, e-com, SaaS, food tech, phygital, crypto etc. I have experience in full redesigns, mobile apps and websites. I did 3 large redesigns with UX audit, research and UI design. Led a team (6 people) for a website redesign and was teaching interns (3 people). I created 3 UX laboratories in the work offices and conducted more than 100 hours of research.

Before that, I worked as a graphic designer for 3 years, mainly doing branding and large projects. 
My experience working as a designer 6 years total. 

I usually worked in sprints, in close collaboration with product owners, developers and analysts.
I like to use in my work: Design Thinking, Analytics, Metrics and User research (moderated usability tests, first click, card sorting, surveys etc.).
 
Additionally: technical education (information technology),
English IELTS B2 (upper-intermediate).