Denis Lesak, Designer in Burbank, CA, United States
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Denis Lesak

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Designer

Location
Burbank, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
September 30, 2019

Denis is a strategic W3 product designer and design system advocate passionate about solving problems and creating deeply felt experiences. He advocates for a process-driven approach to design that relies equally on empathy, data, and the ability to ideate quickly. Denis is a deft collaborator with a reputation for consensus-building. His goal is to enrich lives, one interaction at a time.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Product Designer

2020 - PRESENT
Meta
  • Designed a developer workflow solution app that increased app developer sales and decreased support costs.
  • Made a developer documentation site that improved app developer sentiment and developer speed to market.
  • Created a developer marketing app that increased user engagement and reduced support costs.
Technologies: Figma, Design Systems, User Interface (UI), User Research, Visual Design, User Experience (UX)

Senior Product Designer

2019 - 2020
Disney Studios
  • Designed a 3D modeling responsive web application for mobile, tablet, and desktop experiences.
  • Created a digital fingerprint desktop web application.
  • Made a master specs guidelines responsive web application.
  • Designed a TV operating system app for children's hospitals that increased user retention and user sentiment.
  • Spearheaded the design of a new design system, including design and handoff of 30 global components along with foundational elements: color, typography, spacing, grid, icons, motion, and elevation for both light and dark themes.
Technologies: Framer X, Sketch, Design Systems, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Visual Design

Head of Design Operations

2018 - 2019
Ticketmaster
  • Led all design operation efforts for Ticketmaster design as the company’s first-ever head of design operations.
  • Launched and designed 30 global components for a new design system.
  • Achieved 100% design system adoption among designers; 40% among engineers.
  • Created multiple Framer prototypes to assist engineering.
  • Designed all component usage guidelines and design on Ticketmaster.
Technologies: Zeplin, Sketch, Framer X, Design Systems, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Research, Visual Design, DataViz

Senior Product Designer

2017 - 2018
Ticketmaster
  • Led all design efforts for the successful launch of an enterprise web application.
  • Managed all usability testing for the new application launch.
  • Coordinated all UI/UX, prototyping, and interaction design efforts.
  • Created multiple Framer prototypes to assist engineering.
  • Designed a color system for complex data visualization elements.
Technologies: Zeplin, Sketch, Design Systems, Visual Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), DataViz

Senior Product Designer

2016 - 2017
Housecall
  • Led all product design efforts for a startup with iOS, Android, and web applications.
  • Coordinated all usability testing for the redesign effort of the app’s most used page.
  • Managed all UI/UX, prototyping, and interaction design efforts.
  • Created several animations to assist the engineering.
  • Designed color, grid, spacing, and typography systems.
Technologies: Zeplin, Sketch

Lead Product Designer

2015 - 2016
Service Titan
  • Led all product design efforts for a startup with web, iOS, and Android mobile applications.
  • Managed a successful launch of the redesigned mobile app in the home service industry.
  • Conducted all usability testing and user interviews.
  • Led all UX, prototyping, and interaction design efforts.
  • Designed color, spacing, grid, and typography system.
Technologies: Zeplin, Sketch

Senior UX Designer

2014 - 2015
Nordstrom Rack/Hautelook
  • Led mobile web redesign efforts for both www.hautelook.com and www.nordstromrack.com.
  • Learned the business by meeting with cross-functional leadership reviewing web analytics for both web and iOS apps.
  • Instituted low budget, guerrilla-style user interview program to observe and record user shopping behavior across the entire consumer lifecycle.
  • Achieved 0.2% conversion lift by designing proactive size filter feature.
  • Designed several feature improvements for the iOS app.
Technologies: Sketch
1994 - 1998

Bachelor of Science Degree in Consumer Science

University of Wisconsin – Madison - Madison, Wisconsin, United States