Olha Kot
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal member since January 6, 2021
Olha is a senior product designer with 8+ years of experience crafting user-centered, responsive applications for B2B/B2C and data-driven sectors. Skilled in end-to-end design, from UX research to implementation, she creates scalable systems and enhances complex workflows to drive engagement. Known for her collaborative approach and strategic mindset, Olha designs impactful, intuitive experiences that align with business goals and empower users.
Portfolio
Engagement App | Marketing Campaign
AI-powered Document Platform for SaaS
Enterprise Shipping Platform | Global Trade and International Logistics
Content Management Tool (CMS) | Remote Config
Recruitment Platform and Job Portal
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
Sensible Technologies Inc.
- Redesigned the app's navigation system 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.
- Created the Sensible AI component, enabling users to efficiently extract data from documents.
- Built a self-service onboarding flow, enabling users to get started independently, reducing support requests, and improving user adoption rates by 50%.
- Conducted extensive user testing, gathering actionable insights that informed key design decisions and improved product usability.
Product Design Lead
www.onesilq.com
- Led the end-to-end product design process for a new responsive web platform, taking full ownership as the founding designer.
- Created and maintained a comprehensive design system from the ground up, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product.
- Conducted extensive user research and usability testing to gather insights and continuously improve the user experience.
- Translated complex design concepts into storyboards, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes for effective communication and implementation.
- Facilitated remote design sprints and workshops, driving collaboration and rapid iteration among cross-functional teams.
- Established, grew, and led a design team, providing strategic direction and mentorship as both founder and lead designer.
- Designed the 1st major versions of client-facing, partner, and internal applications, setting the foundation for product scalability and success.
- Reduced transaction and operational costs significantly by enhancing user experience, leading to greater efficiency and user control through design.
UI/UX Product Designer
Backbase
- Designed and delivered complex, information-dense products and interactions, including advanced forms, data visualizations, and multi-step workflows tailored to financial and investment applications.
- Partnered closely with a UX researcher to validate design decisions through user testing, interviews, and co-creation workshops, ensuring a user-centered approach in all deliverables.
- Created a design system based on material design guidelines.
- Tackled complex functional and analytical problems while maintaining a customer-first mindset, addressing both user and business needs in a high-stakes fintech environment.
- Defined a product strategy in a new B2B value stream.
Product Designer
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.
UX/UI Designer
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.
UX/UI Designer
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.
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in User Experience and Product Design
AGH University of Science and Technology - Kraków, Poland
Master's Degree in Professional Communication in IT Management
Clark University - Warsaw, Poland
Master's Degree in International Relations
National University of Ivan Franko - Lviv, Ukraine
Certifications
User Onboarding Design
Projector Institute
Figma Auto Layouts
Projector Institute
Remote Design Sprint Facilitator
A&J Smart
UX Data Mining and Google Analytics
Projector School
Smart Interface Design Patterns
Projector School
Measuring UX and ROI
NN Group
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Miro, InVision, Marvel, Figma, AI Tools, Google Analytics, Zeplin, Confluence, Hotjar, Jira
Platforms
Android, Mobile, Web, iOS
Industry Expertise
Human Resources (HR), Logistics, Shipping
Other
Product Design, User Flows, User Experience (UX), Abstracts, Notion, User Journeys, User Personas, User Interface (UI), Enterprise Design, Wireframing, Mobile UX, eCommerce, App UX, Notification Center, Workshops, Heuristic Evaluation, UX Prototyping, Dashboard Design, Digital Filters, Checkout, Conceptual Design, MVP Design, Web App Design, UI Design, UX Design, Design Thinking, Design Systems, Web App UX, Web App UI, Responsive Web Design (RWD), B2B, User Testing, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), UX Audits, User Research, Prototyping, Dashboards, Mobile App Design, Responsive Web Apps, Web Design, Rapid Prototyping, User Interviews, Mobile Design, UX Flows, App Design, Enterprise, Supply Chain, Paper Prototyping, Workshop Facilitation, Facilitation, Freight, Web Forms, Form Design, Ideation Workshops, Concepting, Brainstorming, Innovation, UX Review, Onboarding, User Onboarding, Mentorship & Coaching, Usability Testing, Interface Design, Mentorship, UX Mentoring, Web UX Design, Data Visualization, Branding, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Booking, Agile, Flow Diagrams, Content Management Systems (CMS), Strategy, Admin Panels, Web Platforms, UX Architecture, Design Leadership, User Stories, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), User Validation, Workflow, Product Consultant, Consulting, Management Systems, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, Apps, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Design Workshops, Stakeholder Engagement, Discovery Workshops, Project Discovery, User Engagement, Feature Analysis, Discovery, UI Testing, UX Testing, Cross-functional Collaboration, Software as a Service (SaaS), Interactive UI, Google Material Design, Service Design, Landing Page Design, Responsive Design, Usability, UI Pattern Library, Data-heavy Design, Forms, UX Strategy, UX Research, UX Analysis, Business Model Canvas, Communication, UX Pattern Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Remote User Testing, Information Architecture (IA), Google Design Sprints, Website CMS, Fintech, CRM Systems, Material Design, Task Management, Messenger, Recruitment, Job Boards, Digital Campaigns, Remote Config, Banner Campaigns, Customer Engagement, Mobile Banking, Money Transfers, Appointment Booking, Native Mobile Apps, Web Search, Value Proposition Canvas, Personalization, Feature Prioritization, B2C, iOS App Design, Trade, Tracking, Activity Feeds, Scrum, Startups, eCommerce UX, SaaS, Optimization, Design Consultation, Maps, User Workflows, Testing, Mobile UI, Interactive Prototypes, Annotated Wireframes, Accessibility, Booking UX, Visual Design, Automation, CRM Design, Component Libraries, Design Sprints, UX Workshops, SaaS Design, Product Benchmarking, Audience Targeting, Data Architecture, Cross-platform, UX Documentation, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Subscriptions, Questionnaires, Management, Computer Informatics, International Affairs, Approval, Scheduling, Responsive UI, Cargo & Shipping, Drop Shipping, Message UI, Purchase Orders, Task Automation, Responsive UX Design, Email, UX Leadership, Workflow Automation, Large Language Models (LLMs), Developer Portals
Experience
- UX Research - 8 years
- User Experience (UX) - 8 years
- Product Design - 8 years
- Web App Design - 8 years
- Apps - 7 years
- MVP Design - 6 years
- User Flows - 3 years
- AI Tools - 1 year
Tools
- AI Tools
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