Product designer specialising in complex B2B platforms, internal tools, and data-heavy interfaces. Currently designing research workflows at Elsevier used by 1M+ researchers worldwide, focusing on usability improvements, identity systems, and scalable design patterns across multiple products.

2023 — NowElsevierSenior Product Designer

2023 — Now

London, England, United Kingdom

Designing workflows for Elsevier’s global research platforms used by 1M+ monthly researchers, focusing on submission systems, reviewer discovery, and identity workflows.

Key contributions:

Improved researcher task efficiency by 8% and reduced user-reported errors by 21% through redesign of core submission workflows.

Introduced design system patterns adopted across 3 products and multiple teams

Worked across complex stakeholder environments (Trust, Identity, Engagement) aligning compliance, research ethics, and product goals.

Led design-ops initiatives including design jams and collaborative review formats that improved cross-team collaboration metrics.

2022 — 2023Stealth StartupSenior Product Designer

2022 — 2023

London, England, United Kingdom

Bio/lab-tech startup

* Spearheaded user interview activities

* Designed new features for the no-code customer platform

* Learned a ton about new industry

2021 — 2022BeaconSenior Product Designer

2021 — 2022

London, England, United Kingdom

Designed enterprise logistics tools used by operations and finance teams to manage global shipment tracking.

Led UX discovery across finance and logistics workflows, defining interaction models and data visualisation patterns for supply-chain operations.

Designed MVP shipment tracking product from concept to pilot in 3 months, working directly with engineers and product leadership.

Created scalable UI patterns for complex data tables, alerts, and operational dashboards.

2018 — 2021AVITO.ruSenior Product Designer

2018 — 2021

Moscow, Russian Federation

Designed internal product infrastructure and hiring tools for one of Europe’s largest online marketplaces.

Designed internal HRIS used by 3,000+ employees.

Improved candidate discovery UX, contributing to 37% revenue growth in the Avito Work vertical.

Built reusable component library and shipped two Figma plugins used by product teams.

Organised internal design meetup and contributed to company design culture.

2017 — 2018SympliLead Product Designer

2017 — 2018

Washington

Led end-to-end design of Sympli’s core tools, including Sketch, Xcode, and Android Studio plugins.

Designed a version control system and launched integrations with Atlassian Jira and Adobe XD.

Drove UX strategy and created marketing materials to grow community adoption.

Education

British Higher School of Art and Design

Interactive and New Media

Mobile Design School at Yandex

First module

Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University)

Experience+

Education

Interactive and New Media

First module

Specialist