Vlad Pochukalin
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Paço de Arcos, Portugal
Toptal member since April 3, 2025
Vlad is a seasoned UX/UI design partner for product teams with 10 years of experience in design and entrepreneurship. He helps founders navigate product stages, getting in the weeds to solve challenges, scale products, and drive growth through design. Vlad mostly teams up with high-stakes projects, where he assists and operates on both strategic direction and hands-on design work.
Portfolio
NFT marketplace pitch deck that brought $500k
Work Experience
Lead Designer
XYRO (Freelance long-term client)
- Created a V1 product from the ground up that helped clients raise $1 million in a seed round.
- Designed and managed all social visuals from launch, helping scale the community from 0 to 2+ million.
- Continuously evolved the product based on user feedback by adding new games and mechanics to enhance engagement.
Senior Product Designer
TeamOut (Freelance long-term client)
- Continuously improved the platform by adding new features and addressing users' insights and feedback.
- Conducted a deep rework of the UX, revamping the core screens and delivering the second version with a much better user experience and new features.
- Initiated a rework and redesigned key website landing pages with a focus on increasing conversion rates and generating more leads.
- Assisted the development team with design implementation and conducted staging reviews.
Skills
Tools
Figma Component Library, Asana, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, FigJam
Platforms
Figma, Mobile, iOS, Web, iGaming, Desktop
Industry Expertise
Marketing, Health, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals
Other
Product Design, Website Design, Pitch Decks, UX Design, UI Design, Startups, App UX, Web App Design, App Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Web Design, Mobile App Design, Prototyping, Wireframing, Visual Design, Packaging, Landing Pages, Fintech, Logo Design, Communication, Data Visualization, Data-driven Dashboards, Mobile Design, Travel Design, Travel, Detail-oriented, UX Strategy, Product Strategy, Product Management, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, iOS App Design, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Mockups, Responsive Design, Art Direction, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Financing, Dashboard Design, Web UI, Dashboards, UX Audits, Web App UI, Responsive Web Apps, Mobile-first Design, Mobile UX, Thought Leadership, Framer, Venture Capital, Landing Page Design, Dark Design, Mobile UI, Responsive UI, Design Systems, Enterprise, SaaS Design, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Landing Page Optimization, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Branding, AI Design, PowerPoint Design, Shopify Design, Product Roadmaps, Monday.com, ClickUp, Android App Design, Mobile Game Design, Rapid Prototyping, Graphic Design, Brand Design, B2C, Website Optimization, Healthcare Software, Illustration, Game Design, Animated Interactions, Sales Pages, 3D, Animation, Websites, Redesign, Responsiveness, Web UX, App UI, User Flows, Web App UX, MVP Design, B2B, Web Platforms, Motion Graphics, Concepting, UIKit, Desktop App Design, Desktop Web Design, Design, System UI, System Design, Light UI, Visual Concepts, Early-stage Startups, Fintech Design, GameFi, Web3, Conversion-centered Design, Pitch Deck Design, Presentations, Presentation Design, Web Presentation, Marketing Materials, Midjourney, NFT launchpad, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT)
Experience
- Website Design - 11 years
- UX Design - 11 years
- Startups - 11 years
- UI Design - 11 years
- Product Design - 7 years
- Mobile UX - 7 years
- Figma - 7 years
- Thought Leadership - 6 years
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