Nina Klymenko
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since April 29, 2021
Nina spent the last 15 years working in the creative and IT industry. As a UI/UX designer, she's delivered numerous products, such as mobile apps, SaaS, and websites in the healthcare, blockchain, productivity, and AI domains. She led a team of full-time designers for four years that delivered more than a hundred projects and managed an international development team for a client. Nina's experience and background are very diverse and include design, technical, and business skills.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Head of Design
Reach Platform
- I managed a product design team that was working on dApps written in Reach, such as Humble DEX, Alloy Platform, and a Reach Cloud development tool.
- Developed and successfully implemented efficient product design workflows, developed and maintained three design systems for our products, and created a user testing pool for UX research that was regularly conveyed.
- I hired designers, built the design process from scratch, and kept delivering product updates maintaining high usability standards. Our System Usability Scale score for Humble is 84 (anything above 60 is considered high).
Design Lead, UI/UX Designer
BozkaDesign
- Founded and ran a UX design studio that created B2C and B2B products for companies worldwide and managed the implementation of designed solutions.
- Oversaw strategic planning, project management, and the development of design processes.
- Managed a team of six full-time designers and a few part-time employees. Handled their mentorship and assessment of the quality of their work.
- Served as UX designer, working on projects hands-on.
UI/UX Designer, Product Manager
East Coast Product
- Designed the public-facing and administrative sides for an educational portal that included a network of educational organizations in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Conducted two series of user research that included user interviews, user testing, and data analysis.
- Managed the development process with a multinational team and communication with the client.
UI/UX Designer
Plumchoice
- Designed an online marketplace platform for B2B clients of the company.
- Redesigned a number of internal SaaS products for technical and customer support teams to increase their productivity.
- Conducted on-site user research that enabled me to identify the UX issues with tools used by agents.
Game UI Designer
Playmatics
- Created the UI for "serious" (educational, environmental, etc.) games.
- Developed low- and high-fidelity prototypes for games for desktops and tablets.
- Designed many games including a training Sono anatomy game for medical students, a historical game for state museums in the US, and a behavior-changing game for quitting smoking.
Artist/Animator
Mediatek
- Developed art and animations for casual games.
- Assisted in the development of game projects both as a part of a team of artists and as a solo game artist at Mediatek.
- Created the UI for casual games.
Designer
Freelance
- Guided numerous companies from a variety of countries.
- Delivered brand identity designs, marketing materials, illustrations, web pages, and games.
- Created notable works, including a design for a social space game for the Space Institute, branding for a math modeling software developed at MIT, and the package design for candies that were imported to three different counties.
Web Designer Intern
Web Studio Vistrel
- Designed web pages for small and medium businesses based in Ukraine with the guidance of her mentor.
- Created work in Photoshop as nothing better was available at that time.
- Prepared mock-ups for the implementation, cutting out, and organizing assets for further development.
Education
Associate Degree in Games/Computer Simulation
Bunker Hill Community College - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ph.D. in Physics
B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering - Kharkiv, Ukraine
Skills
Tools
Sketch, InVision, Figma, Adobe, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Miro, Principle, Zeplin, Jira, Balsamiq, Flash
Industry Expertise
Healthcare
Other
User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Design Systems, Web App UX, UX Design, User Testing, UI Design, Wireframing, User Journey Maps, SaaS, Product Design, Responsive Design, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Mobile Design, Mobile App Design, Ideation, Web App UI, Mobile UX Design, User Journeys, UI Components, User Personas, UX Documentation, Mockups, User Flows, B2B2C, Feature Prioritization, UX Wireframes, Layout Design, Product Roadmaps, Customer Journeys, Interactive Prototypes, B2B, Data Visualization, Prototyping, High-fidelity Mockups, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Web Design, Gamification, Landing Page Design, Rapid Prototyping, User Research, Fintech, Component Libraries, Mobile UI Design, Visual Design, Style Guides, Documentation, Websites, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), Product Strategy, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX, WebApp, Blockchain, Dashboards, eCommerce, eCommerce UX, Redesign, Web UX, Web UI, Edtech Design, Mobile UI, App Design, User Retention, Heuristic Evaluation, Productivity, SaaS Design, MVP Design, Dashboard Design, Game Design, Analysis, Research, Conversion, B2C, Responsive UI, Branding, APIs, Customer Analysis
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