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Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal Member Since
January 6, 2021
Olha is a UX product designer with more than six years of experience. She specializes in designing flows and prototypes, researching customer behavior and needs, and validating new ideas. Olha has implemented significant UX improvements that helped companies make user interaction experiences fun and enjoyable while increasing ROIs. Olha brings experience and expertise to all levels of work, from supporting business strategies to hands-on design.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer
2022 - 2023
Sensible Technologies Inc.
- Redesigned the navigation system of the app to improve user experience and increase engagement.
- Developed a design system that provided a unified visual language for the company's products and services. This helped to streamline the design process and ensure consistency across all company offerings.
- Designed a tool that helped users extract data from any document.
Technologies: User Experience (UX), Product Design, Web App Design, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), Data Visualization, Data Architecture
Product Design Lead
2021 - 2022
Freelance
- Took responsibility, as a founder designer, for the end-to-end product design process for a new web-based responsive platform.
- Built a design system from scratch and maintained it.
- Conducted countless user research and usability testing sessions.
- Translated design concepts into storyboards, user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes.
- Facilitated the remote design sprint workshop among others.
- Established, grow, and led a design team as a founder and designer.
- Designed the first major version of client, partner, and internal apps as the product design lead.
- Helped reduce transaction and operational costs by providing greater user experience and control through design.
Technologies: Figma, Confluence, Jira, Web Forms, Form Design, Logistics, Design Systems, Freight, Facilitation, Paper Prototyping, Design Sprints, Annotated Wireframes, UX Workshops, App Design, CRM Systems, Testing, Ideation Workshops, Concepting, Innovation, Brainstorming, Mentorship & Coaching, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Mentorship, UX Mentoring, Web UX Design, Data Visualization, SaaS Design, Branding, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Booking, Agile, Flow Diagrams, Content Management Systems (CMS), Strategy, Admin Panels, Web Platforms, UX Architecture, Workshop Facilitation, Design Leadership, Audience Targeting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), User Validation, Data Architecture, Cross-platform, UX Documentation, Apps, Product Consultant, Consulting, Management Systems, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, UX Review
UI/UX Product Designer
2019 - 2020
Backbase
- Designed complex, information-heavy products and interactions, including forms, data, and workflows.
- Collaborated with a UX researcher to validate design decisions by conducting user testing sessions and co-creation workshops.
- Created a design system based on material design guidelines.
- Solved complex functional and analytical problems while keeping the customer at the top of mind.
- Defined a product strategy in a new B2B value stream.
Technologies: Enterprise, CRM Design, Web App UX, Enterprise Design, Heuristic Evaluation, Customer Engagement, Dashboards, UX Audits, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), User Testing, SaaS, B2B, Web App UI, Design Thinking, Confluence, Conceptual Design, Scrum, Material Design, Digital Campaigns, B2C, Jira, Marvel, InVision, Miro, Abstracts, Sketch, Web Forms, Form Design, Design Systems, Facilitation, Paper Prototyping, Design Sprints, Annotated Wireframes, UX Workshops, App Design, CRM Systems, Testing, Ideation Workshops, Concepting, Brainstorming, Onboarding, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Web UX Design, Data Visualization, SaaS Design, Figma, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Agile, Flow Diagrams, Content Management Systems (CMS), Strategy, Web Platforms, UX Architecture, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), User Validation, Data Architecture, Cross-platform, Apps, Product Consultant, Consulting, UX Review
Product Designer
2018 - 2019
Hillebrand
- Designed a notifications system and a task management system that helped reduce the call volume in the call center.
- Assisted Hillebrand in building their product and user experience infrastructure on both web and mobile-based platforms.
- Used my interaction and research skills to communicate the value of UX research to stakeholders and to make UX research a key part of the design process.
- Applied my experience in design practices as a member of several project teams.
- Built a component-based design system that saved over 40% of the time spent on development and design.
- Created and designed multiple concepts for a product.
- Generated a 56% increase in the conversion rate of the onboarding process in four months.
Technologies: Supply Chain, Enterprise, Logistics, Web App UX, Enterprise Design, Maps, Dashboards, UX Audits, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), User Testing, Web App UI, Design Thinking, Startups, User Personas, Confluence, Scrum, Tracking, Jira, Notification Center, User Experience (UX), Remote User Testing, User Interface (UI), Miro, Marvel, InVision, Sketch, Web Forms, Form Design, Design Systems, Freight, Paper Prototyping, Design Sprints, Annotated Wireframes, UX Workshops, App Design, CRM Systems, Testing, Ideation Workshops, Concepting, Brainstorming, Onboarding, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Web UX Design, Data Visualization, Branding, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Agile, Flow Diagrams, Strategy, Web Platforms, UX Architecture, User Validation, Data Architecture, Cross-platform, Product Consultant, Consulting, Management Systems, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, UX Review
UX/UI Designer
2018 - 2018
Jobbird
- Increased the number of pages per session by 60% by improving navigation and the home page.
- Played a key role in increasing the number of clicks on the “Apply” button on mobile by 50% and the number of users who applied via "Easy apply" by 45%.
- Created a style guide and design system for both the web and mobile platforms.
- Designed multiple user flows for B2B and B2C markets.
- Managed and coached junior user experience designers.
- Redesigned the entire product, thereby improving site navigation and conversion metrics.
Technologies: Web App UX, User Experience (UX), Optimization, B2B, Web App UI, Design Thinking, Startups, User Personas, Sketch, MVP Design, Digital Campaigns, B2C, Jira, Marvel, InVision, Miro, Web Forms, Form Design, Design Systems, Paper Prototyping, Design Sprints, Annotated Wireframes, UX Workshops, App Design, CRM Systems, Hotjar, Testing, Concepting, Brainstorming, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Web UX Design, Branding, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Agile, Strategy, User Validation, Cross-platform, Apps, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Consulting, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, UX Review
UX/UI Designer
2017 - 2018
EPAM Systems
- Convinced users to switch from an old app they had used for years to the new one by giving them control over design changes, reducing the change to the smallest units possible, and showing users how they would benefit from the changes.
- Unified the application by creating the design system and style guide.
- Conducted a heuristic evaluation of the current system.
Technologies: Enterprise, Web App UX, Heuristic Evaluation, Accessibility, Maps, Dashboards, UX Audits, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), B2B, Web App UI, Abstracts, Scrum, MVP Design, Enterprise Design, User Experience (UX), Material Design, Miro, Zeplin, Marvel, InVision, Sketch, Web Forms, Form Design, Design Systems, Human Resources (HR), Paper Prototyping, Design Sprints, Annotated Wireframes, UX Workshops, App Design, CRM Systems, Testing, Concepting, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Web UX Design, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Agile, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), User Validation, Apps
Education
2017 - 2018
Postgraduate Diploma in User Experience and Product Design
AGH University of Science and Technology - Kraków, Poland
2013 - 2015
Master's Degree in Professional Communication in IT Management
Clark University - Warsaw, Poland
2009 - 2010
Master's Degree in International Relations
National University of Ivan Franko - Lviv, Ukraine
Certifications
SEPTEMBER 2022 - PRESENT
Figma Auto Layouts
Projector Institute
SEPTEMBER 2022 - PRESENT
Remote Design Sprint Facilitator
A&J Smart
NOVEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
UX Data Mining and Google Analytics
Projector School
JULY 2020 - PRESENT
Smart Interface Design Patterns
Projector School
JUNE 2019 - PRESENT
Measuring UX and ROI
NN Group
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