Portfolio
Digital Design
Ivan Annikov
Designer
San Francisco, CA, United States
Member since October 24, 2015
Ivan has been working at Silicon Valley tech companies since 2011. His core competencies are in UX, interaction, and UI design of both web and mobile software products. He designed and helped build SaaS products in the following verticals: sales automation and prospecting, private aviation, cybersecurity, and education management. Ivan also helps clients design and develop custom high-conversion marketing sites.
Ivan is now available for hire
Employment
- Head of Design2014 - 2016LeadGenius (Berkeley, CA)
- Designed all aspects of an internal platform for managing sales lead data.
- Created all aspects of an outreach product and conducted user testing sessions.
- Worked closely with two of the founders on new product initiatives.
- Collaborated with the marketing team on the re-design of the LeadGenius marketing website.
- Designed and helped launch a client-facing dashboard.
Technologies: Skecth, GitHub, Jira, Adobe Suite, InVision - Design Co-founder2014 - 2014Entio (San Francisco, CA)
- Conducted the initial user research to validate product assumptions.
- Designed clickable prototypes to test specific user flows.
- Created all aspects of the client-facing web app for restaurant owners.
- Designed all aspects of a consumer-facing iOS app.
- Hired two engineers to join the team and guided them along the way to build a better product.
- Conducted post-launch user testing to collect insights from the first clients.
Technologies: Sketch, GitHub, Photoshop, InVision, iOS - Senior Interface Designer2013 - 2014Kabuto (San Francisco, CA)
- Worked along side the VP of design and another senior designer to launch an iOS app.
- Spearheaded the product design efforts of the Android app.
- Onboarded and mentored junior designers.
- Conducted usability studies of Kabuto's mobile apps.
- Worked on adapting the company's Android app to tablets.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, Android, iOS, Jira - Lead UX/UI Designer2012 - 2013Wallit! (Berkeley, CA)
- Conducted user research prior to designing a new iOS app in the social networking space.
- Collaborated with the founder and core engineering team to flush out product details.
- Created interactive prototypes to get additional validation of specific product features from potential users.
- Designed all aspects of the first version of the iOS app.
- Worked with the marketing team to design the necessary promo materials for the app's launch.
Technologies: Photoshop, iOS, Illustrator, User Testing - Interface Designer (Contract)2012 - 2012GrowMobile (San Francisco, CA)
- Worked closely with the founders to build out the first version of the product in the mobile advertising space.
- Designed multiple variations of a client-facing dashboard that contained complex user flows.
- Created all of the visual concepts for the product interface.
- Collaborated with the core engineering team to get all of the product designs into production.
- Helped GrowMobile build and launch its platform in a short period of time.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop
Other Experience
Education
- Master's degree in Marketing2010 - 2011Maastricht University - Maastricht, Netherlands
- Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Communications1995 - 1999Oglethorpe University - Atlanta, GA, USA
Experience
- User Experience (UX)8 years
- SaaS4 years
- InVision4 years
- Sketch3 years
Tools
- Sketch
- InVision
