
Kirill Zhironkin
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since January 4, 2017
Kirill is a Design Lead and Design Systems specialist who focuses on B2B and Enterprise Software. Over the past decade, he has worked at SaaS companies, global corporations, and startups. He has crafted designs for SaaS applications, fintech projects, enterprise software, and business-to-business services, following Lean UX techniques. In recent years, Kirill has been working on AI solutions in payroll and data analytics.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer
Parambil Corp
- Designed an MVP for medical record review software built for litigation.
- Implemented a design system based on the existing solution.
- Crafted prototypes for future sections and features.
Product Designer | Design System Designer
Colgate-Palmolive - Global Tech
- Contributed to an internal analytics solution that allows sales, marketing, and operations departments to make data-informed decisions, research the current state of the market, and build financial forecast scenarios.
- Conducted a review and evaluation of their design workflow. Presented a clear path and project plan to rebuild, refine, release, maintain, and incrementally improve their enterprise design system. Became a team lead on the project.
- Rebuilt and released the enterprise design system version 1.0.0. Led a team of three designers. Implemented the most recent features and solutions, including design tokens as variables and atomic component structure.
- Collaborated with developers on the implementation of the components and tokens. Became part of the governance team, making high-level decisions on the future of the design system.
- Provided support and improvements for the design system and released five significant updates (current version: 1.5.0).
UX/UI Designer
Pfizer (Digital Manufacturing)
- Handled multiple internal solutions for tracking and managing metrics and KPIs across the entire enterprise organization of a global pharmaceutical corporation.
- Created a new balanced scorecard tool with four dimensions and 30+ metrics from scratch.
- Developed data visualization solutions and worked on visual management and digital operations center.
- Enhanced admin panels UI for advanced users, including hierarchy management and data exports.
- Collaborated closely with product owners, product managers, and developers to improve user experience and consistency across global organizations. Worked with the UX global team of 50+ members and five product teams.
- Helped improve the company design system. Created, managed, and supported new complex components. Collaborated with the Playbook team to release a new version of the design system.
- Participated in multiple PI planning events, cell team meetings, and LT meetings. Helped shape plans for future releases and pitched my design ideas.
UX/UI Designer
Benga Inc.
- Designed an MVP version of a credit risk management SaaS platform.
- Created an onboarding process for companies and an integration module.
- Provided user experience and UI for advanced setup and risk analytics.
UI/UX Designer
Versity Software
- Worked on the web platform for backups, servers, and cloud management.
- Redesigned various parts of the application, including the metadata management system and admin panel.
- Worked on data visualization and global dashboard.
UI/UX Designer
Emotive
- Spearheaded the revamping of Emotive's SMS marketing and advertising platform for eCommerce businesses.
- Made the platform's interface more user-friendly and efficient. This involved creating a streamlined onboarding process, an intuitive conversation flow builder, and a comprehensive analytics dashboard.
- Acted as the sole UI/UX designer and took charge of every redesign aspect, from wireframing and prototyping to visual design and implementation.
Business Process HCI UX Designer
Johnson & Johnson
- Worked on a consumer-care Salesforce service cloud platform for a global pharmaceutical corporation.
- Designed and improved the agent's user experience in the case resolution workflow.
- Created UX and provided UI for knowledge management implementation.
- Expanded my knowledge of the Salesforce Lightning Design System.
UX/UI Designer for B2B SaaS
Welcomemat Services
- Developed a marketing platform for local businesses.
- Created UX and UI for launching marketing campaigns online using various most efficient local marketing tools.
- Crafted UX/UI for data tracking and profound analytics.
UX Designer for Blockchain Web Platform
TrustLayer
- Performed the design of a SaaS fintech platform for insurance compliance audit and verification. The platform allows businesses to control their partners in terms of contract insurance compliance (Truslayer.io).
- Crafted a user experience for creating policies and rules of compliance.
- Designed a global dashboard for companies' compliance statutes and their projections.
UX/UI Designer
Capium
- Designed a SaaS fintech enterprise platform for accounting firms and their clients. Created new onboarding UX, navigation between modules and sub-modules, practice management UI, and CRM UI.
- Crafted the mobile business app design for accountants and their customers.
- Collaborated with the developers who oversaw the implementation of my design and general UX implementation.
UX Lead
Assembla, Inc.
- Worked as the UX lead at Assembla, Inc. (Assembla.com). Assembla is a platform that powers productivity by integrating code, projects, and teams. Assembla is also well-known for its Git and SVN repositories and collaboration tools.
- Solved practical interface problems, working closely with a highly technical development team.
- Led brainstorming sessions and established a productive collaboration environment within the team through sketches and mockups.
- Contributed to all aspects of interaction design, including assessing user needs, developing workflows, user task analysis, personas, interaction flows, wireframes, low-fidelity mock-ups, navigational flows, and high-fidelity prototypes.
- Designed new navigation, the onboarding experience for portfolio products, and product design for the client view service.
- Worked with a talented group of developers who were continuously delivering high-traffic applications.
- Improved my knowledge of Agile methodology, SaaS software, story-owning, data-driven design, data-informed design, and UCD.
- Crafted the product design for Assembla's connected portfolio and client view service.
- Created the navigation redesign for the Assembla app.
- Developed a new style guide along with my colleagues.
UX/UI Designer
Freelance Clients
- Designed the user experience for an eCommerce project, B2B services, a SaaS application, B2C services, mobile apps, and airline web services.
- Worked on the Ural Airlines website and booking interface.
- Built various wireframes and prototypes for eCommerce projects.
- Designed the UI concepts for Sgmsk.ru, 2x2tv.ru, and Tsum.ru.
- Worked on the responsive web designs for Agent.ru and Mts.ru.
UX Lead
Aero Creative Agency
- Built a new design team and guidelines for future projects.
- Created a design framework and UX code for the company.
- Drafted a design concept for the most important clients, such as MegaFon, Euroset, and UAC Russia.
- Worked on the biggest eCommerce projects in Russia (Technopark, 1S Interes).
- Managed the design team, contractors, and freelancers.
UX/UI Manager
BootB
- Created an interface and a bidding system. BootB was the first service for elite freelancers and companies to collaborate on marketing and design ideas.
- Worked in an international team and used English as the official communicative language.
- Oversaw selecting and hiring of various contractors.
Education
Specialist's Degree in Automatics and Electronics
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI - Moscow, Russia
Skills
Tools
Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Lightning Design System, InVision App, InVision Studio, UX Canvas, Basecamp, Proto.io, Jira, Sketch, Assembla, InVision, Axure RP Pro, Miro, Tokens Studio, UXPin, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Subversion (SVN), Slack, Figma Make
Platforms
Axure, Figma, Software Design Patterns, iOS, Justinmind, Android, Salesforce, Craft CMS
Languages
SCSS, Less, CSS, HTML5
Other
Product Design, SaaS, Enterprise SaaS, Web Design, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, Salesforce Service Cloud, Project Management, App UI, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), Onboarding, Navigation Design, Navigation Redesign, Metrics, Use Cases, Aviation Projects, eCommerce Design, eCommerce, App Design, Mobile UI Design, Chatbots, UX Research, Mobile App Design, Mobile UX Design, Web Platforms, Conversational UI, Chatbot Conversation Design, Broadcast Design, Conversational UX, Finance, Dashboards, Web App UX, User Onboarding, Digital Marketing Design, Fintech Design, MindMeister, Design Systems, B2B, Enterprise Design, iOS UI Design, Mobile UI, Android UI Design, UIKit, Web UI, Google Material Design, Web App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Interface Design, UX Design, UX Audits, User Flows, User Stories, Design, Usability, Lean UX, Human Interface Design, UI Design, A/B Testing, UX Thinking, Low-fidelity Mockups, Business Applications, High-fidelity Mockups, Software Interfaces, Software Design, Agile Software Development, Sass, Apps, Mobile UX, App UX, Agile UX, SaaS Design, Style Guides, Web UX, Design Leadership, Fintech, Financial Design, Financial Data, Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, Data-informed Visual Design, Android Design Guidelines, Microelectronics, Knowledge Management, Web App UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Teams, User Journeys, UX Wireframes, Data Analysis, Token Design, Atomic Design, Component Libraries, Design Strategy, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Mobile Design, Responsive Design, Accounting Systems, Repository Management, eCommerce Web Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Accounting, CRM Design, AI Design, Loans & Lending, UI Design Standards & Best Practices, Bootstrap UI, iOS Guides, Scrum, GUI Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Playbook, Computer Science, Policy, Business Processes, Business Process Automation, Business Strategy, Business Process Flow Diagrams, IT Infrastructure, Risk Assessment, Web Analytics, Analytics, UX Flows, Business Process Modeling, Amazon WorkSpaces, Agentic AI
Experience
- User Experience (UX) - 11 years
- User Interface (UI) - 11 years
- Data Visualization - 10 years
- SaaS Design - 10 years
- Dashboard Design - 10 years
- Enterprise Design - 8 years
- Figma - 6 years
- Design Systems - 6 years
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