Creative Lead | Visual & UX Design

Building scalable creative solutions, crafting engaging user experiences, and driving high-impact visual design for top brands like Google, Snap, and JP Morgan Chase. Expertise in workflow optimization, branding, and interactive storytelling.


EXPERIENCE

Google — Creative Lead

February 2023 – Present

  • Led an in-house visual design team, improving collaboration and refining creative workflows for hundreds of stakeholders.
  • Created detailed design guidelines and templates, ensuring consistency across products and accelerating production workflows.
  • Optimized resource allocation and streamlined processes, improving team efficiency and response times for design requests.

Google — Visual & Motion Designer

November 2019 – February 2023

  • Designed static and animated assets for Google’s educational platform, enhancing learning engagement and user interaction.
  • Established and maintained a visual asset library, reducing production bottlenecks and increasing efficiency by 3–5x.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless integration of design elements into product experiences.

Snap Inc — UI Designer, Illustrator
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January 2019 – May 2019, July 2021 – November 2021

  • Designed and developed over 600 unique POI icons for Snapchat Maps, balancing creative complexity with fast turnaround times.
  • Led creative brainstorming and ensured all assets adhered to Snapchat’s design guidelines.
  • Iconka – Creative Director

    February 2007 – November 2019

  • Developed branding, illustration, animation, and UX solutions for more than 400 clients including high-profile companies like Snapchat, Airbnb, and JP Morgan Chase.
  • Created scalable design frameworks and reusable templates to support digital storytelling and interactive media projects.
  • Hakuhodo/PRIOR – Visual and Motion designer

    February 2005 – July 2006

    • 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.

    ADT Web Solutions — Graphic and Web Designer

    October 2003 – February 2005

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

    Mera Networks — Software Engineer

    May 2001 – May 2003

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

    TESIS/Capvidia BVBA — Software Engineer

    October 1998 – May 2001

    Developed architectural solutions as extensions for AutoCAD and IntelliCAD platforms.



    EDUCATION

    Google UX Design Professional Certificate

    Modern Calligraphy Course

    Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev — Master’s Degree

    Faculty of Information Systems And Technologies


    SKILSS

    SKILLS

      Design & Creativity:

    • Visual Design, Branding & Identity, UI/UX Design
    • Illustration, Icon & Pictogram Design, Character Design
    • Motion Design, Animation, Calligraphy & Lettering
    • UX Research, Wireframing & Prototyping
    • Tools & Technology:

    • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
    • Figma, Asana, Trello, Moho, Xara Designer, WordPress, Smartsheets
    • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, PHP, AutoCAD
    • Leadership & Communication:

    • Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Communication
    • Creative Direction, Presentation & Storytelling