Yaroslav Semeliak, Designer in Kiev, Ukraine
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Yaroslav Semeliak

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Bio

Yaroslav has 9+ years of hands-on experience in UI/UX design, rapid prototyping, product design, user research, user testing, and customer development. He practices user-centered design principles basing design decisions on user needs and business goals. He's been working as a lead designer at huge enterprise companies like Comodo Software, BMC Software, Propertyfinder, Inovvo LLC, Foodora, and XPlace, in addition to small companies and startups.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior UX/UI Designer

2017 - PRESENT
Propertyfinder
  • Completed a full company rebranding, defining vision and strategy.
  • Redesigned the UI/UX from scratch including all platforms available in the company.
  • Oversaw user research as part of my contributions.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Big Data, Android, Web, iOS

Senior UX/UI Designer

2014 - 2017
Global Logic
  • Analyzed website usability, 
ran user research, and conducted user testing.
  • Designed all kinds of applications including dashboards and admin panels.
  • Created different scenarios of user behavior and developed the easiest user flows.
  • Created new designs for desktop applications, responsive apps, and native mobile apps.
  • Designed information structure for applications and websites.
  • Created new designs to suit all business needs of the company.
  • Established UX design as the first stage of all web and mobile application developments, instituting a user-centered design (UCD) approach.
  • Overhauled ABC’s website to optimize the user experience. The newly launched site catapulted visit-to-lead and visit-to-order ratios while shrinking page abandonment rate by 21%.
  • Led UX design on ground-breaking mobile applications that redefined the market landscape. Displaced competitors by remaining ahead of the curve in anticipating user needs. Delivered interactive device apps that helped capture the #1 market position.
Technologies: Augmented Reality (AR), Figma, Sketch, InVision, Big Data, Android, Web, iOS

Team Lead of Web Operations Department in Ukraine

2011 - 2014
Comodo Group
  • Communicated with managers around the world for the advancement of web services.
  • Coordinated workflow (AGILE methodology, JIRA).
  • Analyzed and evaluated the proposed design options.
  • Met with requestors and clients.
  • Conducted master classes on developing interfaces.
  • Analyzed website usability.
  • Proposed changes in order to increase the conversion of sites.
  • Created landing pages.
  • Created different scenarios of user behavior.
  • Created new designs for desktop applications, responsive apps, and mobile apps.
  • Designed the information structure of websites.
  • Created new designs to suit all business needs of the company.
  • Developed web pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision

Web Designer

2009 - 2011
WiseSolutions
  • Designed websites for the agency's clients.
Technologies: Axure, HTML, Adobe Photoshop

Education

2006 - 2011

Master's Degree in Computer science

Ternopil National Pedagogical University - Ternopil, Ukraine

Skills

Tools

Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InVision, Sketch, Marvel, Axure RP Pro, Principle, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision App, Sketch 2, Flinto, Marvel App

Platforms

Figma, iOS, Android, Desktop, Web, Axure, iOS 11

Languages

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Industry Expertise

Real Estate, Food, Banking & Finance

Other

Prototyping, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, UX Design, Wireframing, Interaction Design (IxD), Information Architecture (IA), User Research, User Journeys, Big Data, Augmented Reality (AR), Web UX, Web UI, Responsive UI, Dashboards, Charts, User Testing, Planning, Android UI Design, Testing, UX Research, Native Mobile Apps, Mobile UI, Fintech, Mobile Design, iOS UX Design, iOS UI Design, Internet of Things (IoT), Product Design, Design Leadership, UIKit, Web Design, Dashboard Design, Responsive Design, Style Guides, Android Design Guidelines, Business Analysis, Design Systems, HIG, Material Design, SaaS Design

Experience

  • Prototyping - 8 years
  • Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 7 years
  • Figma - 6 years
  • User Research - 5 years
  • UX Design - 4 years
  • Information Architecture (IA) - 3 years
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