Marina Rybalko
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Tokyo, Japan
Toptal member since April 1, 2020
Marina has five years of experience in product design with sharp problem-solving skills in designing user experiences from idea to reality, for both mobile and desktop. She has designed reliable apps and projects with notable IT companies like Indeed and Yandex. Marina puts communication and collaboration with clients at the core of her work process and delivers outstanding design solutions ready for development.
Portfolio
Work Experience
UX Designer
Indeed
- Worked as a contractor in a Tokyo office and helping to improve service for employers. In nine months, I initiated two big projects, and successfully finished them, addressed many user issues.
- Worked in collaboration with a team to propose, ideate, and create new company pages. Once finished, I created a new concept for its editing experience.
- Worked collaboratively to re-skin the employer tools.
Product Designer
Yandex
- Acted as a product designer responsible for creative problem solving, prototyping, design, and the UX testing of Yandex. This transport app was developed for both iOS and Android. Within a year of my work, daily auditory results increased by 40%, and the app was featured in the App Store.
- Redesigned the routing workflow from the ground up and increased route usage by 7%.
- Designed interfaces for new functionality in the app; car-sharing and bike rental services.
- Added a highly requested feature to filter different types of transportation. This change provided routes for 5% more users.
- Designed an experimental feature that helps people get off a bus in time by waking them up.
Product Designer
Pulter
- Responsible for both product design tasks as well as graphic design, creating ad materials and email subscriptions.
- Redesigned a video hosting platform and created a landing page.
- Designed a guide for adding ads, and created a several illustrations including the core product's main page.
Web Designer
WAF
- Designed landing pages and online shops and worked on a variety of graphic design related tasks.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Art Textiles
Higher School Of Folk Arts (Institute) - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Certifications
Typography
Coursera
Graphic Design
Coursera
Mobile Product Design
Yandex Design School
Product Design
Gorbunov Bureau’s Design School
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, Principle, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, XMind, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Interface Builder, Illustrator 2017
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Android, MacOS
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Consumer Products
Other
Product Design, UX Design, UI Design, Prototyping, Interaction Design (IxD), Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Presentations, Mobile Design, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, User Flows, Finance, Interactive Design, Branding, Brainstorming, Expense Management, App Icon Design, Budgeting, Microinteraction Design, Minimalism, Personal Finance Management, User Research, Wireframing, Collaboration, Job Search Sites, Iterative Design, Company Profile Design, Web Design, Enterprise, Experience Design, UI Components, Systems Thinking, User Testing, Maps, Public Transportation, Navigation, Cars, Bike Sharing, Data Aggregation, Illustration, Line Icons, Landing Pages, SaaS, Icon Design, Style Guides, Video Hosting, Subscriptions, Research, Writing & Editing
Experience
- UI Design - 5 years
- Product Design - 5 years
- UX Design - 5 years
- Principle - 4 years
- Prototyping - 4 years
- iOS - 3 years
- Android - 3 years
- Figma - 3 years
Tools
- Principle
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