Denis Sazhin

Generating ideas, shaping solutions, delivering results for top brands & startups (Google, Snap, Airbnb, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Canada, etc.)

• I led a team of visual designers, acting as a go-to expert for a department of several hundred people within the organization.
• I developed and enhanced a design system that improved brand consistency and streamlined development.
• By refining processes and optimizing resources, I increased efficiency and ensured smooth collaboration across teams to deliver cohesive user experiences.
• Created engaging static and animated visual assets for the Google educational platform, enhancing the learning experience.
• By updating and maintaining organized visual asset libraries, development speed was increased by 3-5 times.

Led creative brainstorming and designed a comprehensive set of over 600 unique POI location icons for Snapchat’s map services, meeting tight deadlines and delivering high-quality results.

Led design efforts as a graphic designer, illustrator, animator, UI/UX designer, and developer, solving complex design problems across diverse projects. Worked with top clients like Snapchat, Airbnb, and JP Morgan Chase, creating everything from visual identities to animated TV series.

• Responsible for branding, graphic design, website design, prototyping, presentation design, and animation.
• Participated in major Panasonic ad campaign, that included creating interactive portal, photoshoots, animated games, banners and bilboard ads.
• Won multiple awards for best interactive banner, best flash game, best interactive website.

Responsible for website design, illustration, and multimedia presentation development in full-cycle web development agency.

Developed communication engineering solutions, focused on modeling simulated response software within a larger testing environment for cellular networks.

Developed architectural solutions as extensions for AutoCAD and IntelliCAD platforms.