Olha Bahaieva
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Toptal member since February 6, 2018
Olha is an award-winning Ukraine-based designer with over 10 years of experience in UX/UI design. She has received many prestigious awards, including the Indigo Design Awards and CSSDesign Awards. Her clients include Fortune 500 company Dish Network and startups such as Human Agency, Gronda, and Growth Channel. Olha is a founder of the UX Designers Club, a design course and book author with 1+ million views, and a top ADPList mentor.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Public Speaker
YouTube
- Worked on the YouTube gig: "How to communicate remotely in a team" by ProductCamp EU.
- Collaborated on the YouTube gig: "How to remain a remote team and not become a group of freelancers?" by Rist.
- Worked on the YouTube gig: "The Dynamism of a Design" by The Real Talk Show.
Top UI/UX Design Mentor
ADPList
- Mentored mentees worldwide with achieved milestones of 3000+ minutes.
- Provided inclusive mentorship by training mentees from 20 countries.
- Received multiple ADP List awards as Top 1% ADP List Mentor.
- Achieved top 10% contributor level among all mentors in Ukraine.
Founder
UX Designers Club
- Served as a mentor within the UX Designers Club community, providing guidance and mentorship to aspiring UX designers.
- Offered one-on-one or group mentoring sessions to help members with portfolio reviews, career advice, and skill development.
- Shared personal experiences and insights from my own UX design career to inspire and guide others.
- Actively engaged with mentees by answering questions, providing feedback, and helping them navigate the complexities of UX design.
- Contributed to discussions and knowledge sharing within the group, enhancing the overall learning experience for members.
Lead UX/UI Designer
DISH
- Improved TV products for over 14 million paid TV subscribers.
- Created new features and functionalities to improve user experience.
- Conducted user testing and surveys for web products.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Growth Channel
- Improved a set of features for the AI marketing product.
- Created new user flows for the dashboard based on user feedback.
- Led a small team of designers and mentored juniors.
Design Writer
Medium
- Received a seven-time top writer status in design, art, startup, creativity, inspiration, and technology tags.
- Created over 150 design articles published by top design publications on Medium, Muzli by InVision, and UX Planet.
- Curated by Medium editors with two top design publications.
- Gained over 4,000 active followers who read my articles about design daily.
- Featured by The Startup, Mind Cafe, and other top publications.
- Interviewed and featured as a Top Medium writer in the Illumination publication.
- Founded my design publication "UX Designers Club" with over 700 followers.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Toptal Clients
- Improved the onboarding experience for a government incentive startup which included a mobile version. Updated the current dashboard with a more user-friendly design.
- Conducted user testing and created a new corporate website for a masque sound company that assisted the Super Bowl and other massive events.
- Redesigned educational web products for a medical and dentistry business.
- Restructured onboarding steps for a fashion company. Created a universal solution for all unique users and figure shapes.
- Bootstrapped email designs and marketing assets for a beauty nutrition business.
Visual Designer
Online Freelance Agency
- Won six web design, advertising, and print design contests.
- Created effective web design solutions for a variety of industries.
- Designed print products for design agencies and improved them based on the feedback.
Principal UI/UX Designer
Troo
- Worked on the social product to make communication secure worldwide.
- Created functionality of the product from scratch and worked on the product roadmap.
- Transformed ideas into valuable features based on users and direct communication with the CEO.
- Helped junior designers to build a product and integrate a design system.
Lead UI/UX Designer
Gronda
- Designed and prototyped product updates for the startup, with over 50,000 users in the hospitality industry.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to understand business goals and transform them into valuable ideas.
- Collaborated with marketing teams to create assets for marketing campaigns.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Human Agency
- Improved features based on stakeholders' and users' feedback.
- Supported marketing team by providing visual assets.
- Collaborated with the executive team to better understand business goals and transformed ideas into valuable features.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Xavinci
- Wireframed 10 websites for corporate clients from scratch based on the brief information.
- Collaborated with teams of developers to better implement my ideas and provided design support.
- Communicated directly with executives to better understand business goals and transformed them into effective solutions.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Zazmic
- Identified the user needs based on the brief and research results.
- Performed the user experience and user interface design.
- Generated various UI decisions when creating the app and web products from scratch.
- Edited and changed existing layouts and designs to improve the UX and UI of the products.
- Designed websites and web applications for multiple industries and startups.
Senior Visual Designer
Telenorma
- Designed WordPress themes from scratch according to the client's brand identity.
- Developed marketing assets to support business branding, such as business cards, flyers, and presentations.
- Edited the Envato video templates for business promos.
- Achieved a silver sponsor status for a company with one of my video works.
- Visualized 3D objects and scenes for a furniture business.
Visual Designer
Lux Design Studio
- Designed a unique magazine for a client with 100+ products for sale.
- Led press projects and provided print solutions, as part of my role.
- Collaborated with clients on an hourly basis and designed solutions with them face-to-face.
3D Designer
DC Link
- Visualized 10 company products in 3D models for the eCommerce store.
- Created five email letters for marketers to boost company sales.
- Collaborated with the manager to understand the long-term goals of the campaigns to prepare converting solutions.
Education
Specialist Degree in Design
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts - Kharkiv, Ukraine
Certifications
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
Digital Skills: User Experience
FutureLearn
Digital Skills: Mobile
FutureLearn
UI/UX Design Specialization
Coursera
Principles of UX/UI Design
Coursera
Growth-Driven Design
HubSpot Academy
Google UX Design Specialization
Coursera
Learn UI Design Fundamentals
Coursera
5000 Mentorship Minutes
ADP List
Complete Web Design: from Figma to Webflow to Freelancing
Udemy
Complete Web & Mobile Designer in 2023: UI/UX, Figma, +more
Udemy
100 Mentorship Sessions
ADP List
Motion Design with Figma: Animations, Motion Graphics, UX/UI
Udemy
Full Stack Developer Course
GoIT
3000 Mentorship Minutes
ADP List
Beyond Usability: Learn the User Research Toolkit
Udemy
How to Design & Prototype in Adobe XD
Udemy
IELTS
British Council
Skills
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite, Slack, Trello, Adobe Experience Design (XD), 3ds Max, CVS, Jira
Platforms
Web, iOS, Mobile, Webflow, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Industry Expertise
Health, Healthcare, Health & Wellness, Food, Food & Beverage, Restaurants & Dining, Consumer Products
Languages
CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, JavaScript 6
Other
Cryptocurrency, Personas, E-health, App UI, B2C, Consumer Services, Digital Services, Web Services, Electronic Payments, Order Management, Online Ordering, Food Ordering Platforms, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Event Management, Apps, iOS UX Design, Mobile Wallet, Communication, Redesign, UX Flows, UX Thinking, Flat Design, Agency, Agency Websites, User-centered Design (UCD), Corporate Design, User Groups, User Needs, Medical Applications, Pets, Animal Care, Veterinary Medicine, Crypto, Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Cryptocurrency Wallets, App Design, Corporate, Landing Pages, Business Services, Business Design, Corporate Websites, Medicine, Human-centered Design (HCD), Patient Services, Patient Consultation, Electronic Patient Care Reporting (ePCR), Patient Portals, CRM Design, Web Applications, Web Dashboards, CRM Systems, User Interviews, Design Sprints, Landing Page Design, Dashboard Design, Blockchain, eCommerce, iOS UI Design, Web Design, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), UI Design, User Experience (UX), UX Design, Visual Design, B2C Marketing, B2B, SaaS, Blockchain Platforms, eCommerce Design, Desktop Web Design, Responsive Design, Web UI Design, Dashboards, eCommerce UI, Product Design, SaaS Design, Data Visualization, Design Systems, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Marketing Design, Analytical Dashboards, Prototyping, Analytic Design, Wireframing, Conceptual Design, MVP Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Startups, Early-stage Startups, High-tech Startups, Startup Consulting, Lean Startups, Health IT, Ideation, Information Architecture (IA), Innovation, Customer Journeys, Design Leadership, Design Thinking, Mobile Design, User Flows, Social Media Apps, Web App UX, UX Audits, UI Audits, Web App UI, Mobile Apps, Mobile Web, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Blockchain as a Service, Customized Blockchains, Web UX Design, Design, Dark Design, High-fidelity Mockups, High-fidelity Prototypes, Low-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Prototypes, UI Style Guides, User Personas, User Research, Research, Research Methods, UX Research, UI Research, Customer Research, Website Redesign, Sitemaps, iOS App Design, Enterprise Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Food Ordering, Minimal UI, Minimalism, Responsive UX Design, Web UX, Web UI, Data Virtualization, Interactive Design, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), Complex Web Systems, Technical Writing, Mobile App UI, Responsive UI, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, English, UI Motion, Mentorship, Mentorship & Coaching, UX Mentoring, Team Mentoring, Resumes & CVs, Career Coaching, Coaching, Public Speaking, Development, UI Components, Mockups, User Testing, Heuristic Analysis, Mobile First, Fintech, UI Branding, Service Design, Marketing Technology (MarTech), Journey Mapping, Discovery Workshops, Web & Mobile Applications, Layout Design, User Journey Maps, Annotated Wireframes, App UX, Programming, Cryptocurrency Payments, Full-stack Development, React, Web Development, UI Development, API Development, Node.js, UX Prototyping, UI Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Paper Prototyping, Mobile Prototypes, Testing, UX Testing, UI Testing, A/B Testing, UX Wireframes, Wireframe to Product, Usability, Web Usability, Usability Testing, Accessibility, Accessory Design, Accessible Design, Web Accessibility, Creativity, Case Studies, Use Cases, System Design, User Journeys, User, User Paths, User Metrics, Metrics, Key Performance Metrics, Analysis, UX Analysis, Product Growth, Growth, Portfolios, Agile Coaching, Design Thinking Facilitation, Empathy, User Empathy, Empathy Mapping
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