George Vasyagin - Design Lead for Fortune 500

Designer in San Francisco, CA, United States

Member since July 22, 2017

George is a design director whose specialty is user experience and user interface design, focusing on the human-centered design approach. His background includes designing visual experiences for enterprise-level brands and startups. George has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as AirCanada, Forbes, Uber, Intel, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Statefarm, and others.

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Digital Design

Evently
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Research
- Creative Strategy
- Project Management
- Events
- Event Management Platforms
- iOS
- Android
- iPhone
- App UI
Wallet for Cryptopayments
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Creative Thinking
- User Research
- Business Research
- Sketch 4
- Creative Direction
- Crypto
- Cryptocurrency Wallets
- Banking & Finance
Gymm - AI Powered Gym Assistant
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Creative Direction
- Art Direction
- Research
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- iPhone X
- iOS
- Fitness
- Exercise & Fitness
TV Streaming app for Kids
- User Research
- Research
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Creative Thinking
- Art Direction
NOVA Agency Website
- User Research
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Creative Thinking
- Art Direction
- Sketch 4
- Creative Methods
- Agency Websites
- Company Portfolio Design
Getleafs - On Demand Medical Cannabis Delivery
- App UX
- App UI
- Medical UX
- Cannabis
- Marketplace
- Store Design
- Online Shops
- iPhone X
- iOS
- Art Direction
- Sketch

Employment

Design Lead - Customer Support Experience
2019 - 2020
AirCanada (Contract)
- Redesigned a customer support agent dashboard from scratch. The new dashboard included AI ticket resolution guidance that's aimed to drastically reduce ticket resolution time and cost.
- Conducted cross-team user research, built hypothesis, and tested potential solution drafts against core user personas.
- Created multiple low-fidelity clickable prototypes and conducted multiple rounds of user testing for concept verification.
- Established and implemented a design system for the organization.
- Design high-fidelity UI mockups and worked closely with the development team to assure quality control during the implementation stage.
Technologies: Team Building, UI Design, UX Design, Dashboard Design, Customer Support, User Testing, User Research, Protoyping, Adobe, Figma
Lead Product Designer
2019 - 2020
Directly
- Led an internal dashboard design initiative for a web version of the product.
- Designed and built a design system language and scaled it across all products within organization.
- Worked directly with product leads, head of design, and stakeholders.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Zeplin, InVision, Figma
Design Lead
2019 - 2019
DFINITY
- Collaborated with the director of product towards the company's website redesign.
- Gathered a design and development team and work towards the initiative of launching the website before a major conference in January 2020.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Sketch, Figma
Product Design Lead
2018 - 2019
Life 360
- Led the Core UI experience design.
- Performed UX research, created storyboards and user-flow, as well as created visionary concepts and managing the UI design process.
- Worked directly with the VP of design and led the rest of the design team towards successful design execution.
Technologies: Human-centered Design (HCD), UI Design, UX Research, Wireframing, InVision, Sketch
Director of Design
2017 - 2018
Bolt Financial
- Designed custom checkout and reporting dashboard experience.
- Recruited design team members.
- Developed scalable design system for the organization.
Technologies: UI, UX, Prototyping, Creative Suite, Framer, Sketch, InVision
Design Director
2013 - 2018
Awesome Design LLC
- Led all aspects of design including product, brand, UX, and UI.
- Grew the company's visual style and design standards.
- Coordinated the design team's work processes.
- Recruited and coached design team members.
Technologies: Creative Suite, Framer, Sketch, InVision
Contract UI design lead
2016 - 2017
Nutanix
- Worked on implementing best UX practices for different projects.
- Translated UX mockups to high fidelity UI designs.
- Led UI design development across products.
- Collaborated with engineers to perform implementation quality assurance.
Technologies: Creative Suite, Zeplin, Sketch, InVision
Head of Design
2014 - 2016
McChrystal Group
- Led the brand and visual direction for various projects across the company to ensure best possible product usage experiences. I was responsible for developing and pushing forward unique and recognizable company's visual style.
- Established and maintained design systems and guidelines to create consistency and work closely with product design team was critical to implement it across products and platforms.
- Recruited and guided a team of UX/UI and graphic designers.
- Collaborated with engineers to implement quality assurance processes.
Technologies: InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
CEO
2010 - 2014
All Media LTD
- Worked as an individual designer and freelance consultant.
- Contributed to a variety of design projects including print design, user experience design, user interface design, logo design, identity packages, and digital photography.
- Managed client meetings, projects, and subcontractors.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Balsamiq, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Junior Designer
2009 - 2010
Marketing House
- Contributed to digital imaging and information design in multiple forms including graphic design, identity packages, layout, and digital photography.
- Worked directly with clients including design related meetings, design pitch presentations, and the design creation process.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Education

College degree in Graphic Design
2013 - 2015
ISMA - Riga, Latvia

Experience

User Interface (UI)13 years
Product Design13 years
Mobile UI12 years
Mobile App Design12 years
User Experience (UX)10 years
Wireframing9 years
UX Research8 years
Enterprise SaaS5 years

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