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Product designer with more than 6 years of experience. Have worked with fintech and edtech, as well as supported various startups.

Designed and launched three mobile apps from scratch, and also worked on desktop services, such as online banking systems, with a focus on improving usability and functionality.

Skilled in conducting comprehensive user research, developing prototypes, and managing development teams to ensure high-quality deliverables. Have led projects from concept to implementation, including project management for multidisciplinary teams under 5 people.

Currently in Tbilisi, Georgia.

TimeToQuest → is a startup making a mobile app for players and masters of tabletop role-playing games.

• Conducted user research (customer development), identifying the key needs of the target audience.
• Developed user scenarios, improving understanding of the user experience.
• Created an MVP of the app from scratch that gained its first 100 users in 1 month.
• Generated a development roadmap, providing structure to the project.
• Managed backlog prioritization, optimizing product development.
• Created the first draft of a brandbook, laying the foundation for stylistic and visual brand unity.

Evil Martians → are a startup consultancy.

• Conducted the initial research for a career tracking product, built personas and UJM.
• Reworked and redesigned the interface of a distant corporate event service (over a thousand participators per event on average).
• Participated in pre-sales, figuring out client's needs and sharing the vision of how they could be reached.

Promsvyazbank — a bank among the top 10 largest financial institutions in Russia.

• Designed a mobile app for corporate clients, starting from a concept to the full launch.
• Created the visual style of the app, ensuring it was appealing to the user.
• Developed the design and functionality of individual features for the desktop version of remote banking, expanding the service's capabilities.

2013−2015: Institute of Business and Design, Faculty of Design and Graphics, Department of Graphic Design (Moscow).

2009−2013: St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Economics, majoring in Mathematical Methods in Economics.

2022: "Neural network effects in graphics", Bang Bang Education

2018−2019: "Profession: product designer", Netologia.

2018: Adobe After Effects Fundamentals.

2017: Yandex Design School (online).

2017: "Interface designer: an introduction to the specialty" — MIPT, Contented, Mail.ru Group (via Coursera).