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
contract
January 2019 – May 2019, July 2021 – November 2021
Iconka – Creative Director
February 2007 – November 2019
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
- Visual Design, Branding & Identity, UI/UX Design
- Illustration, Icon & Pictogram Design, Character Design
- Motion Design, Animation, Calligraphy & Lettering
- UX Research, Wireframing & Prototyping
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
- Figma, Asana, Trello, Moho, Xara Designer, WordPress, Smartsheets
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, PHP, AutoCAD
- Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Communication
- Creative Direction, Presentation & Storytelling
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