Julia Shkatova, Designer in Berlin, Germany
Julia Shkatova

Designer in Berlin, Germany

Member since June 1, 2020
Julia is a senior product designer with more than six years of experience based in Berlin, Germany. She enables companies and teams to build user-centered and scalable experiences through systems thinking, empathy, and pleasing aesthetics. Currently, Julia leads product and brand design at MusicHub.
Julia is now available for hire

Employment

  • Lead Product Designer

    2021 - PRESENT
    MusicHub GmbH
    • Designed and launched Stats Dashboard, with 52.3% of users checking their analytics at least weekly.
    • Improved user sign-up and introduced user onboarding to delivered release conversion, with 27.95% of the newly registered users submitting their release on their first day.
    • Exited the beta phase and launched the subscription service with 12.26% of registered users subscribing to a paid plan.
    Technologies: Figma, Mixpanel, Miro, Intercom, Maze, Typeform.io
  • Digital Designer

    2015 - PRESENT
    Freelance
    • Consulted early-stage startups on the market and competitor analysis, UI/UX benchmarking, persona creation, user journeys, and brand framework.
    • Collaborated with stakeholders and designed MVPs to validate product ideas.
    • Designed and directed mobile, web, and desktop apps from scratch.
    • Designed numerous brand guidelines for both digital and physical products.
    • Built user scenarios, user stories, and user flows for digital product improvements based on qualitative user research.
    • Created product prototypes for ideas validation and tested them with users using moderated and unmoderated testing technics.
    • Built responsive websites on Webflow to enable small teams to scale.
    Technologies: Usability, Adobe CC, Webflow, Sketch, Figma

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia
    2014 - 2018
    University of Economics - Prague, Czech Republic
  • ERASMUS (Student Exchange) Program Participant in Communications
    2017 - 2017
    Aarhus University - Aarhus, Denmark

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Tools

Location

Berlin, Germany

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